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Rene HasekampNetherlands
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I can answer questions about European patent law and practice. My experience mainly lies in the Dutch patent practice. I am not familiar with other patent systems than the European and Dutch systems, although I am familiar with general issues regarding patents. Please don`t ask me questions, specific for US patent law or any other non-European patent law. | |
George H. Morgan, P.E., Patent AgentAvailable
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U.S. Patent Law only, no copyright or trademark qualification. I was a volunteer in the past, but my homeland defense activities pulled me away at times, and I was dropped. If you want me back, I am willing to come back. |
Hello, If you have not disclosed your invention in any written (publicly accessible) source, and there are no publicly accessible, working models (prototypes) available, and if you have not disclosed
Yes, I do it frequently. However, if you want to sue someone in a Federal court, you must register it with our Uncle Sam. I am told by my attorney that one who doesn't register it with our Uncle Sam
If it is innovative beyond prior art & not obvious, obviousness being a high bar these days, very probably. When talking to patent practitioners, be sure to get the total cost of the entire process
Hello, Some European countries (France, the Netherlands, Belgium and more) have a "registration system", which means that there is no examination at all. In those counties patents are granted always
Short answer: No. Explanation: The U.S. patents give the inventor the most bang for the buck. You have to file in each country, for a patent in that particular country. That gets very expensive. Next
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