By: Mark R. Malek If you haven’t noticed, many of my posts lately have revolved around the questions that I…
By: Mark R. Malek So you have just received your Notice of Allowance for your patent application. In the Notice…
For inventors who wish to patent their inventions, may times they will need to acquire both utility and design patents. …
By: Dan Pierron As has been well publicized, starting March 16, the U.S. patent system will join the rest of the…
By: Mark R. Malek In my previous article, I indicated that a patent is important to protect the rights of…
By: Mark R. Malek Patent rights are derived from the U.S. Constitution. Many people mistakenly call patents rights a monopoly, but…
By: Mark R. Malek I am sure everyone has starved themselves to the point of near collapse in anticipation of…
By: Mark R. Malek My previous articles (see them here, here and here) have provided information on the requirements of…
By: Mark R. Malek The first article I posted about this series was directed to the duty to disclose prior art…
By: Mark R. Malek In my last article, I noted that an inventor has a duty to disclose prior art that…