Patent Prosecution

PPH: Timing Is Everything

Generally speaking, the various Patent Prosecution Highway (PPH) programs in which the United States has participated since 2006 have all…

11 years ago

The Effect Of Listing An Improper Inventor On A Patent Application

The Effect Of Listing An Improper Inventor On A Patent Application An inventor is someone that has had some sort…

11 years ago

Who Is An Inventor In A Patent Application?

It is important for a patent application to list the proper inventors. An inventor is not just someone that you…

11 years ago

Getting A Refund From The Patent Office If You Are Now A Small Entity

By: Mark R. Malek This concludes the series of articles that I have been writing on entity status in the…

11 years ago

Continued Obligation to Monitor Small Entity Status in the Patent Office

By: Mark R. Malek As you may recall, my last couple of articles have been about the different statuses that…

12 years ago

Reviving An Abandoned Patent Application

By: Mark R. Malek If you haven’t noticed, many of my posts lately have revolved around the questions that I…

12 years ago

Third Party Submissions

By: Dan Pierron Yet another part of the America Invents Act are Third Party Submission of Prior Art.  This presents the…

12 years ago

Life After Allowance – What’s a Patentee to Do?

By: Dan Pierron Receiving a notice of allowance is the patent equivalence of reaching the promised land.  After years of effort…

12 years ago