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By Marianne R. Timm-Schreiber and Dana P. Jozefczyk The idea of getting a patent can seem glamorous. However, the costs associated with a patent can be gory. The price tag for filing a patent application can run $8,000 – $15,000. And that’s just to file the application. Then you may have to deal with the U.S. Patent [...]
Q. Now that passage of the America Invents Act (patent reform) is all but certain – it’s only awaiting the President’s signature – what will be the immediate and long-term effects of first-to-file? A. The administration, the Department of Commerce, and the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office support the passage of the Leahy-Smith America Invents [...]
Sometimes a mousetrap isn’t better, it’s just Byzantine By Ron Reardon So there I was at the Georgia Institute of Technology as part of a three-person panel discussion on Patents & Trademarks 101. The audience included USPTO officials, innovators, product developers, entrepreneurs and wannabe inventors. After some introductory remarks, I turned my presentation to whether [...]
Q: Can you update us on the USPTO’s provisional patent application policy? A: Independent inventors have used provisional patent applications for various purposes – to test the marketplace, attempt to gain financial backing, secure licensing agreements and to further their product development. Many independent inventors have indicated they would benefit from an extension of the [...]
