Patent Pending - album - was created on 2006-09-11.

Simply add the text "Patent Pending" to the product or service which is a pending patent covers. Optionally, include the pending application number at the corresponding patent office. In the USPTO, the application number is formatted like this xx/xxx,xxx.

A patent is a grant from a patent office, such as the United States Patent Office. "Patent Pending" is a phrase that an application for a patent has been filed and is in some stage in the process of obtaining a patent. Thus, a patent can be presently enforced while a patent that is merely pending is unenforceable but can mature into a patent that can be enforced. Once the pending patent matures, the patent owner can sue for back damages or reasonable royalties starting from the filing date of the patent.

A "pending patent" does not exist. A patent application which is pending at the patent office is typically referred to as "patent pending", but has not yet matured into an enforceable right. A patent application can, in theory, be pending indefinitely as long as you are willing to pay to keep it alive (via Requests for Continued Examination or via continuation applications, and so forth).

Marc Kantor appears to be a member of the pop punk, Ska band known as Patent Pending. He is one of the guitarists for the band who hail from Mount Sinai, New York.