In a notice published in the Federal Register (85 Fed. Reg. 58038) on September 17th, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office announced that it was implementing a deferred-fee provisional patent ...
Mehran Arjomand, Marisa Sanders Ph.D., Lisa Silverman Ph.D. Knowing what qualifies as prior art is a core requirement of patent practitioners—whether in life sciences, in the technology sectors or in ...
I am a big fan of inventors using provisional applications as a first step toward obtaining a utility patent. Indeed, provisional patent applications provide many benefits. Provisional applications ...