This is a very difficult to answer just based on the information you have provided. I advice you to seek qualified patent attorney in your region/city so he can guide you through the whole process and discuss you with your options.

1) You do not need an attorney to pay a maintenance fee. You can pay directly with a credit card at https://fees.uspto.gov/MaintenanceFees/.

2) There is a process to revive a patent for unintentional failure to pay a maintenance fee. There is a hefty fee for this. The petition is at... Read more »

Hello! Yes, if the corporation is to be the “Applicant” on a U.S. patent application, the patent application has to be signed by a registered patent attorney or a registered patent agent.

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I am a registered U.S. patent attorney, however, absent a mutually-agreed, written... Read more »

The first step in any potential infringement action is to take a look at the product/service/method and compare it to the patent and then put a strategy together.

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None patent application can be considered as global (covering all the territories of the world). There is no patent which can cover all the countries. However there is international patent system called PCT governed by the WIPO. You can check it out here: https://www.wipo.int/pct/en/... Read more »

You should first check if there is not such patent registered on regional/national level in the EU or in the EU member states. For this I highly recommend performing patent search with patent attorney.

Dear Mrs or Mr,

in your described case, I would say that as the patent is the territorial right that you would be protected in the territory of the U.S. However I am an IP lawyer in EU, so I am taking into account the principles of IP law and my legal knowledge. So in order to be sure about... Read more »

This is not a patent. It is a published patent application that was abandoned a long time ago. If you need a patent search to see if any other patents out there would present a problem, you're gonna have to engage a patent professional. But this patent application would not be a problem.

For patents, no.

If there's a new improvement to it that is patentable, there may be an opportunity for a new patent application. However resubmitting an old application as-is that's already published, with nothing more, generally won't work.

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The question of inventorship is actually a legal question, so ultimately anyone who should legally be listed as an inventor *must* be listed as an inventor. If inventorship is found to be incorrect, the patent itself could be in jeopardy. There are procedures available for making these corrections.... Read more »

Some challenges post-grant have limits on the type of challenge. An ex parte reexamination under 35 USC 302 is limited to challenges based on prior patents and printed publications. Other forms of challenge address an on-sale bar. Often if a product is on sale, there are user manuals, white... Read more »

You may start at the US Patent and Trademark Office website (USPTO. org) to get general information about patenting an invention. The next step would be to consult a Patent attorney who can guide you through the process and advise you based on the invention you wish to Patent. Sometimes it is... Read more »

Note that I am not licensed in Illinois, and that none of the answers to questions in this forum should be considered legal advice.

You may need a license from the company that owns the patent and any other intellectual property rights, but maybe not if you simply buy the other... Read more »

It is possible for someone to start up another coupon site. You just have to be outside of the scope of the claims. In this particular case, the four patents have very long independent claims, suggesting that one should be able to work around these claims.

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Hi,

the main option to obtain permission to use a patent is by contacting its owner. But first I would recommend you to find a patent in patent database to check if its stil valid in your territory. If it is valid check the owner or representative of the patent and contact them to negotiate... Read more »

James L. Arrasmith
answered on Sep 8, 2022

You still have copyright protection. You may not have patent protection depending on more factual circumstances of your case.

James L. Arrasmith
answered on Sep 8, 2022

You can usually find a list of patents on the U.S. patent and trademark office website.

You can start by doing a Google Search. Here is the search for looking for patents that I invented. Note that if you do not include the middle name that you will get extra patents that other people invented but you can go through that short list.... Read more »

This depends on if you created it as a company employee, or in your free time for yourself. It is sometimes hard to prove both of them. It all depends on jurisdiction. I would recommend you to contact local attorney to discuss this matter.