FAQs Patent Questions

Question:New and Original are types of design patents

Answer:
Invents a new, original, and ornamental design for an article of manufacture.

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.

Question:Use of inventions more than one year prior to filling a patent will prohibit the granting of a patent

Answer:
Inventors are also reminded that any public use or sale in the United States or publication of the invention anywhere in the world more than one year prior to the filing of a patent application on that invention will prohibit the granting of an U. S. patent on it.

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