Color Drawings & Color Photographs in Utility Patent Applications Color drawings are acceptable in US patent applications, but not in international applications (see PCT Rule…
What happens after your nonprovisional utility patent application is filed? So your utility nonprovisional patent application has been filed. Now what? Expect a long wait…
What is a Statement of Use? An Intent-To-Use (ITU) trademark application does not require any evidence of trademark use at the initial filing. In fact,…
Preliminary Review of Claims in PCT Application Every PCT application automatically receives a prior art search and a written opinion on the invention’s novelty, inventive step…
Critical Patent Deadlines If You Have Not Yet Applied If you haven’t yet filed a patent application on your invention, there are two critical deadlines…
What is the P3 Program? P3 effectively combines two after-final pilot programs into one: the After Final Consideration Pilot (AFCP) 2.0 program; and the Pre-Appeal Brief Conference…
USPTO Trademark Application Process: What are the most important factors? Time and money. These are the two crucial factors in the trademark application process. How…
Does a continuing application require an IDS disclosing prior art references already considered in the parent application? No. According to MPEP Section 609.02, it is…
How do we identify the risk of likelihood of confusion rejections before filing a trademark application? A trademark knockout search generally refers to a pre-filing…
When is the nonprovisional deadline? The 1-year anniversary of a US provisional patent application or a foreign priority application may occasionally fall on a non-business…