It is a patent for an old lighter, invented by some Megill.
The U.S. Patent Office has no jurisdiction over questions of infringement and the enforcement of patents
Anything that was collected and patent in the year it was made, an issue year can be determined between partners or individual on an exact date and time...
Most patent lawyers won't bring anything, unless they took something home with them. Some bring lunch in.
He was a clerk at a patent office for a time.
There are no requirements to prove anything to get a patent. Under US law, there is a constitutional right to have a patent that properly claims a qualifying invention. The patent office must prove that the application or the invention does not qualify under one or more laws or rules if it wants to reject an application for a patent.
Yes. You can sell nearly anything to the right buyer.
You can't usually patent pure software such as games, but they are automatically covered by copyright in any country that signed the Bern Convention (most Western countries). If you really want to try and patent it though, try submitting your patent proposal to the US Patent and Trademarks Office, as they seem to let practically anything have a patent.
it is an old pewter creamer and it says landers, ferry and clark on bottom, universal, new britain, conn
If it is a U.S. patent, you can go to the USPTO website for patent searches and enter the number in "patent number search". You can obtain the online image of nearly any US patent ever issued (using TIFF format). If you do not know the patent number, you may have to go elsewhere for more information, as the USPTO database prior to 1976 cannot be searched by anything other than the patent number. http://www.uspto.gov/patft/index.html
You can patent anything that IS a change or a new idea. For example, if your berries have a new flavor or origin, than they can be patented. A patent is an ownership mark for an idea. If you want to patent a brand name, then you get into corporate marketing.
US Patents for anything are good for 17 years.
No, for several possible reasons.A product is not patented - an invention is patented.Only a "new and non-obvious" invention can be patented.A patent expires, usually in 20 years from its initial filing date.Once a patent has been published or a product used in public, the invention is no longer considered "new" in most countries and can never be patented by anyone else.If a patent was not filed within one year of public use or sale (in the USA), the rights to any patent on the invention are forever waived.After a patent expires, the invention becomes public domain.There is no way to "renew" any expired patent.Only the original inventor of an invention can file for a patent.