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Words To Avoid When Filing Patent Applications
Patents are legal, technical and business documents directed to several potential audiences, at the same time. The first consideration when writing a patent application is to know your audience. Be Aware of Your Audience Corporate management and directors Potential...
AIA “First-to-File” Patent Provision becomes Effective March 16, 2013; What it Means to Your Start-Up Business
The new America Invents Act (AIA) was signed into law in September 2011. The longstanding “first-to-invent” patent system will soon be replaced by a new, “first-inventor-to-file” system for patent applications filed after March 15, 2013. Technology developers and...
How Many Patents Are Issued Every Week?
How many patents are issued every week? Better question: how many of those patents are successful? Every Tuesday, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office issues about 3,000 new patents. Of those, only 2-3% cover actual products that go to market. And each of those...
Patent Applications for 21st Century Technology
It takes an attorney with deep knowledge of technology and many years of experience in that area of law to write and file a solid patent application for modern technology. Although clients in technical fields have many good choices in Chicago and throughout the...
New York International Gift Fair 2013
The NYIGF happens twice annually (in January and August) and is open to the trade only. Held in New York City, the Fair hosts 2,800 exhibiting companies showcasing the very best product lines across the home, lifestyle and gift spectrum. They see themselves as an...
The Truth About Cheap Online Patent Services
There are many options online to file a patent application with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. Online services like "Legal Zoom" and "Patent Wizard" simply file your patent application for you “as-is” using your own drawings and your own description. There's no...
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