Questions tagged [protection]
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Is a patent I am checking in force or abandoned
Masterfilter Ltd is the company that owns this patent.
The patent no is PN 829158 GB I believe payments were suspended.
Has the application been abandoned, or is it still pending.
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Supplemental Protection Certificates, two different drug indications (Europe)
I've been trying to understand the scope of protection for SPC's.
Let's say a drug company gets an MA in Europe for compound X for two different therapeutic uses, use A and use B. Let's say the ...
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I would like to protect a technique I use to teach meditation
I have a method I use for teaching meditation that I would like to patent, or at least protect. Suggestions?
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What can I do to someone who stole my idea and patented it?
What can I do to someone who stole my idea and patented it? He stole this idea from me when I let him live with me while he was separated from his wife. Knowing that I didn't have the money to hire a ...
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Is it possible to describe functionally materials instead of chemically?
If in my description, I describe functionally materials, will this protect my invention from any known material suitable for this function? E.g. if I describe that my invention has a lubricate, will ...
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Can alternative embodiments well known to skilled persons but not described in my description be protected by my broad claim?
I missed from the description some alternative embodiments, particularly some different structures/versions/variations. The claim is broad and it is not limited to the embodiments of the description ...
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If a claim is broader than the description, what is protected exactly?
If a description describes one embodiment but the claim is very broad that does not limit to that embodiment, what will be actually protected? Any embodiment under the broad claim or the specific ...
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Protections for selling a business idea
Which protections is needed to be bought for a business idea?
I like to sell it to a European citizen (of Course, for starting it in that country) and I am from a non-EU country.
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Do 2 patents with single claim have the same legal protection as 1 patent with 2 independent claims?
I am wondering whether legally a single patent with Claim A and Claim B allows the same legal protection for the content presented in Claim A and Claim B as two single patents containing in Patent 1 ...
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Can a patent make you stop selling your product?
You invented, build, and a product (like a Personal Cooling Unit a devise you wear over your close to keep cool). You have records and receipts of your sales, published pictures, online catalogs, and ...
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Validity of patent
In reference to the patent: US5565264
Till which year is the patent valid?
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I need to find out about keeping my sketch secured
I emailed my sketch to a prototype company after signing an agreement. Is that agreement binding, and can I mail a picture of my sketch to myself and keep it sealed in case someone wants to patent and ...
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Patent protection per country
If I provisionally patent an invention in 1 country(USA) and then develop and take to market in that country and others, before patenting within 1 year, can someone copy the invention and take it to ...
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Patent protection: Through Inventor or Company name
When three inventors file a provisional patent application, should we file under our individual names sharing the patent or under our company name?