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Public-Use Bar: What Startups Need to Know

IP Watchdog

Many startups are aware of how the on-sale bar interacts with these pressures and the associated need to file patent applications on any technology prior to offering or placing it on sale.

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Does Displaying a Flowering Plant Preclude Patenting It?

The IP Law Blog

This month the Federal Circuit decided a case involving whether the display of a flowering plant constitutes an invalidating prior public use. Wingen LLC (“Wingen”) applied for a reissue of its utility patent for a Calibrachoa plant, called Cherry Star, which is similar to a petunia. For example, in Motionless Keyboard Co.

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Does Displaying a Flowering Plant Preclude Patenting It?

LexBlog IP

This month the Federal Circuit decided a case involving whether the display of a flowering plant constitutes an invalidating prior public use. Wingen LLC (“Wingen”) applied for a reissue of its utility patent for a Calibrachoa plant, called Cherry Star, which is similar to a petunia. § 161. Microsoft Corp. ,

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Can You Patent Your Idea?

LexBlog IP

Important requirements must be met in order for an invention to be patented. Usefulness: This is a low bar to meet, fortunately. King Business and Patent Law can help with all your patent application needs. The post Can You Patent Your Idea? appeared first on King Business and Patent Law.

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Yes, A Secret Process Can (Still) Create an On-Sale Bar

IP Tech Blog

The pre-AIA version of the §102 on-sale bar stated that a person shall be entitled to a patent unless “(b) the invention was patented or described in a printed publication in this or a foreign country or in public use or on sale in this country, more than one year prior to the date of the application for patent in the United States.”

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MYTH VS. REALITY: CAN YOU PATENT AN IDEA?

Intepat

MYTH 2: A GOOD IDEA ALONE IS ENOUGH FOR PATENT FILING Patent applications are detailed and require information about different aspects of the invention; therefore, mere outlining of the idea, no matter how good it is, cannot be patented without explaining the workings and the practical aspects of that idea.

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Intellectual Property Rights and Federally Funded Research

LexBlog IP

However, if the Contractor fails to report any inventions to the contracting officer within two months of preparing the corresponding patent applications, the Contractor risks losing ownership of those inventions. The nations in which the Contractor seeks to file the patent application.