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Patents and Patent Law
Patent laws are intended to allow an inventor a specific amount of time before their creation becomes public.
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Patent - "open"
Lument - "central cavity of a tube"
Example: The pyloris sphincter
The pyloris, a spincter in the gut that controls the flow between a reservoir dedicated to mechanical and chemical digestion (the stomach) and a conduit dedicated to the absorption of nutrients (the intestines). The pylorus adjusts gastric outflow resistance to physiological needs. It allows the outflow of isotonic fluids yet selectively retains particles too large for delivery to the intestines and in concert with the antrum further processes them (gastric sieving). Unlike most gut sphincters, the pylorus, at least of man, maintains a patent lumen most of the time. It only intermittently becomes a tightly closed barrier that arrests all flow out of and into the stomach.
How can you patent something that has already been patent but the patent has run out?
Short answer, you can't. Not in the US, anyway.
Trying to "re-patent" an item that once had a patent would likely end in a denied application. For one, the invention would no longer meet the Novelty Requirement of the patent process - it is no longer "new" or "different," and obviously has been known to the market for over a year (at least 20 at this point, actually). Even if your version were a new size or slightly different material, it still may not pass muster on the Non-Obviousness Requirement.
Patents exist as an incentive to innovation, offering the original inventor (or his assignees) an exclusive period of time to market, produce, and sell the invention, thus recouping the cost of R&D and (hopefully) profiting on top of it. Patents are not even renewable by the original holder, much less available for "re-patenting" by someone else who in all likelihood, if they're simply reproducing a product from the published patent claims, did not put the same research effort into the product's development.
That said, if you had an *improvement* or *new version* of an existing now-expired-but-once-patented item, you could follow the same patenting process as any other invention including conducting patent research, checking that you meet the eligibility requirements, filing and keeping up the fees, etc...
Does Coca-Cola have patent in it?
No, they do not have a patent. They have a trade secret. Much like KFC there are very few people who know it.
What men patented nine plumbing related inventions between 1881 and 1896?
Thomas Crapper
Earnie Kennedy and Jim Tucker who made the Kennedy TY and the Tucker coupling among other great cast drainage fittings out of galvanized
Do us patents apply in the UK?
No, not even a little. You would need a UK patent to even attempt to enforce it in the UK. Patents are only of national significance. If one has not been issued in a particular country (for any reason), then it cannot be enforced there.
How many patents were granted to inventor Thomas Edison?
1093 US patents were granted to Thomas Edison in his lifetime, as well as several hundred patents in the UK, France, and Germany.
Many of them, such as the "light bulb" were ruled invalid in a federal court, due to Edison's having stolen and copied materials from others and claimed it as his own.
Second alteration. Using the term of "stolen" regarding patent disputes maybe not that accurate.
Does kerplunk the game have a patent or copyright?
Kerplunk has a trademark registered in 1968 and now owned by Mattel.
No single company "owns" DVD. The official specification was developed by a consortium of ten companies: Hitachi, JVC, Matsushita, Mitsubishi, Philips, Pioneer, Sony, Thomson, Time Warner, and Toshiba. Representatives from many other companies also contributed in various working groups. In May 1997, the DVD Consortium was replaced by the DVD Forum , which is open to all companies, and as of February 2000 had over 220 members. Time Warner originally trademarked the DVD logo, and has since assigned it to the DVD Format/Logo Licensing Corporation (DVD FLLC).
From http://www.allformp3.com/dvd-faqs/61.htm
Patents trademarks and goodwill are are exaples of assets?
Yes. These are known as intangible assets and they are assets. An asset is anything that does or will provide a financial benefit. Goodwill is an asset because, if you have a great reputation, people are going to be more likely to buy your products. Trademarks are an asset because using trademarks is what allows a company to distinguish its products from other companies' products in such a way that people will buy your products instead of the other guys'. Patents are an asset because they allow you the exclusive right to produce a good in a way that is better (hopefully) than the way everybody else produces that good. They all do or will provide financial benefits.
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What do you copyright against what you patent?
Copyright law protects original works of authorship including (but not limited to) literary, dramatic, musical, and artistic works. It can include works such as poetry, novels, movies, songs, computer software, and architecture.
Patent is designed to protect ideas, systems, or methods of operation.
Who is Jeffrey Scott Callahan the inventor?
Jeffrey Scott Callahan is an inventor of LED lighting systems and other things such as new methods of visible light communications, digital power controls, lighting controllers, computer software, computer hardware, and LED based holiday lighting systems. A prolific inventor whose inventions have been mass produced by several Fortune 100-500 companies including NXP and Philips.
When was the kitchen table patented?
Generic kitchen tables are not patented, nor can they be. Almost any relatively large flat surface in a kitchen can act as a kitchen table.
This is a Stevens gun, probably a Model 5100 or 311. Value in like-new condition could be as much as $200. If rusted or busted, then about $20.
What is the value of a Deutsche Werke Ortgeis patent 7.65mm pistol?
I just bought one for $225.00 (12/14/07) in good condition (for an 85 year old pistol) with an after market magazine instead of the OEM. I have seen them on gun sale web sites for as much as $500. There are some tricks to disassemble and reassemble the pistol and to remove and install the handgrips. Damaged handgrips are a sign that the previous owner applied force instead of intelligence.
How do you patent an invention idea and What are the first steps to the Patent process?
Please note that an idea is not a patentable matter. For example, if you have an idea of a composition containing aloe vera directed to reduce sun burnts, you need to develop that idea by means of creating the product and demonstrating that the same is indeed effective to solve the problem you want to solve. Further, you must demonstrate that your product has advantages and improvements over any other similar composition already seen. It is important to bear in mind that a patent must always solve a technical problem. Using the same above example, a technical problem to be solved would be for example, that with your new product, the necessary amount to achieve the same effect than the amount of prior product is 10%. The requirements to obtain patent protection of an invention, are that your invention must be: New: this means that no equal product must have been ever seen or published before wordwide. Once you apply for the patent, the local Patent Office is in charge of carring out said search Inventive: this means that regardless that your product have similar features or is intended to solve the same problem than another patent already granted, at least one advantage or improvement over prior similar inventions must be demonstrated. The better and easiest way to apply for a patent is to be assoried by a Patent Lawyers Company. Just google patent lawyers and you will get tons of companies that will adivse in you in this matter Regards.
A substitute patent is one that is issued on a substitute APPLICATION.
A substitute application is one that is submitted by the same inventor(s) to replace an earlier application that has lapsed or otherwise been abandoned. It does not obtain the benefit of the earlier filing date, but the patent file and copies will contain notation that the patent was a substitute for an earlier application. MPEP 201.09
This should not be confused with a "substitute specification", whereby an applicant is permitted to submit a new copy when the original does not conform to format requirements (size, shape, color of paper, page numbers, etc). 37 CFR 1.125.
Does Japan have patent numbers?
Yes, Japan has its own patent system administered by the Japan Patent Office (JPO). Japan is a full member of the World International Patent Organization (WIPO) co-operating closely with the US Patent Office (USPTO) and the European Patent Office (EPO) for example. English language translations of Japanese patents are provided by the JPO, and these typically start e.g. JP7654321 for granted patents, though applications are sometimes hard to find. Japanese patents can be searched for on commercial patent database systems such as Relecura, Innography, PatBase and Thomson Innovation plus others.
Are patent drawings public domain?
No, they're not "public domain" until the copyright of the author expires. Just because they were sent to the patent office and issued as a patent does not changed the copyright ownership or duration.
However, an author of a patent application has, by statute, granted a limited right to others to reproduce the patent.
Most of the rules in the US Patent Office regarding copyright notice have not been subject to comprehensive update since the 1988 laws were changed to repeal the need to have a proper copyright notice on a publication in the USA if it was to have copyright protection.
Copyright of any creative work of authorship is now free, instantaneous and automatic, whether or not the copyright owner knows it or wants to enforce it, without requiring any copyright notice, nor any registration.
A patent number is the code that helps identify an invention.
Who first patented the Gibson mandolin?
The Gibson Mandolin was originally patented in 1898. It was patented by Orville Gibson. This version of a mandolin was made with a greater level of durability then other versions. It also allowed them to be mass produce compared to making one at a time.
How can US patent office get away with stealing Washington Redskins Intellectual property?
The question misunderstands the adjudication that took place concerning the Redskins' Intellectual Property. Intellectual Property is protected from infringing copies by the US Patent Office through registry with them However, a group that can claim that the image or property that is copyrighted is offensive to members of that group. In the case of the Redskins, several Native Americans brought suit to the adjudication board of the US Patent Office and demanded that the patent be rescinded since it is offensive to them. The Patent Office heard arguments from both the Native Americans and from the Redskins and determined that the Native Americans' arguments were correct. Therefore the protection granted by the Patent Office was rescinded.
The Redskins have not lost the ability to use the symbols or any other intellectual property associated with the rescinded patent, nor has the Patent Office "acquired it" from the Redskins. However, with the loss of the patent, there is no more legal grounds for the Redskins to claim that any copying of their signs or logos is an infringement of an existing patent.
