FAQs Patent Questions
Question:In order to disclose the appearance of the claimed design you must provide sufficient protographs.
Answer: The drawings or photographs should contain a sufficient number of views to completely disclose the appearance of the claimed design, i.e., front, rear, right and left sides, top and bottom.
Question:The term of a new patent is 20 years from the date it was filed in the United States
Answer:
The term of a new patent is 20 years from the date on which the application for the patent was filed in the United States
Question:If two or more persons make an invention jointly, they apply for a patent as joint inventors
Answer:
If two or more persons make an invention jointly, they apply for a patent as joint inventors. A person who makes only a financial contribution is not a joint inventor and cannot be joined in the application as an inventor.
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