FAQs Patent Questions
Question:Utility patents are granted to inventors that discover new and useful processes, machines, articles of manufacture.
Answer: File a Utility Patent Application - Utility patents may be granted to anyone who invents or discovers any new and useful process, machine, article of manufacture, or compositions of matters, or any new useful improvement thereof.
Question:You can find a list of PTDL libraries on the official Gazette and on the USPTO Web site.
Answer:
A list of PTDL libraries can be found in the Official Gazette and on the USPTO Web site.
Question:Utility patents issued on and after 12/12/1980 are subject to the payment of maintenance fees
Answer:
All utility patents that issue from applications filed on and after December 12, 1980 are subject to the payment of maintenance fees which must be paid to maintain the patent in force. These fees are due at 3 1/2, 7 1/2 and 11 1/2 years from the date the patent is granted.
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There is a time limit on patent protection.
For applications filed on or after June 8, 1995, utility and plant patents are granted for a term which begins with the date of the grant and usually ends 20 years from the date you first applied for the patent subject to the payment of appropriate maintenance fees. Design patents last 14 years from the date you are granted the patent. Note: Patents in force on June 8 and patents issued thereafter on applications filed prior to June 8, 1995 automatically have a term that is the greater of the twenty year term discussed above or seventeen years from the patent grant.
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