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Types of Patent Applications: Utility Patent Applications

by BDL | May 31, 2021 | intellectual property laws, patent, patent laws

When most people talk about patents, the first type that probably comes to mind is a utility patent.  A utility patent is granted to anyone who invents or discovers any new and useful process, machine, manufacture, or composition of matter, or any new and useful...

Trademark Modernization Act

by BDL | May 10, 2021 | intellectual property laws, trademark, trademark laws

In late 2020, the Trademark Modernization Act (TMA) was signed and included, among other things, two new and notable procedures.  The two new procedures, expungement and reexamination, are aimed at reducing the number of trademarks which have been registered but have...

Types of Patent Applications: Design Applications

by BDL | May 3, 2021 | intellectual property laws, patent, patent laws

Design patents are granted to anyone who has invented any new, original, and ornamental design for an article of manufacture.  These patents apply only to the appearance of an article and do not cover an article’s structural or utilitarian features.  The subject...

Types of Patent Applications: Provisional Applications

by BDL | Apr 26, 2021 | intellectual property laws, patent, patent laws

For many inventors, starting with a provisional application is the first step in obtaining patent rights.  A provisional application allows an inventor to establish an early effective filing date at a low cost.  It also allows the inventor to use the term “Patent...

Types of Patent Applications: Plant Patent Applications

by BDL | Apr 12, 2021 | intellectual property laws, patent, patent laws

Under 35 U.S.C. § 161, a Plant Patent may be granted to “whoever invents or discovers and asexually reproduces any distinct and new variety of plant, including cultivated sports, mutants, hybrids, and newly found seedlings, other than a tuber propagated plant or a...
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