Assertion: patent's inventor | /r/CapableOf | file a patent application
Facets:
value: in the country
type: LOCATION
value: in canada
type: LOCATION
value: before may
type: TEMPORAL
value: in order to acquire patent rights
type: PURPOSE
value: to preserve the option
type: PURPOSE
value: electronically
type: MANNER
value: separately
type: MANNER
value: on the new improvement/version
type: OTHER
value: in their place
type: LOCATION
value: on improvements to their inventions
type: TRANSITIVE-OBJECT
value: from 1838
type: TEMPORAL
value: on the item
type: LOCATION
value: at uspto.gov
type: LOCATION
Source sentences:
text: A patent prevents others from using, making or selling a specific invention within the U.S. Use of the term "patent pending" or "patent applied for" is intended to inform the general public that the inventor has filed a patent application on the item, but these terms do not protect the inventor until a patent is actually granted.
text: From 1838 to 1861, inventors could file patent applications on improvements to their inventions.
text: In sum, if the product is unique, it may still be worth the time and money for an inventor to file the patent application to preserve the option to secure a patent.
text: If all of the inventors, or the sole inventor, are deceased, another person may file a patent application in their place, but only if the filing individual has a legal right to file (such as through descent of the inventors' personal property) and the inventors are still properly identified.
text: In United States patent law, a status allowing small businesses, independent inventors, and nonprofit organizations to file a patent application and maintain an issued patent for a reduced fee.
text: Only the inventor can file a patent application.
text: Before an inventor files a patent application, he or she can and should file a provisional patent application.
text: An unrepresented inventor may file a patent application and prosecute it on his or her own behalf (pro se).
text: There is a (small) risk that another inventor filed a patent application on the new improvement/version.
text: Inventors outside the United States would be able to file a patent application in the country where they lived, which would lock in priority but not start the patent term clock running (because patent term starts based on the filing of a U.S. non-provisional patent application, not the filing of a foreign patent application).
text: A "novelty search" is a prior art search that is often conducted by patent attorneys, patent agents or professional patent searchers before an inventor files a patent application.
text: If an inventor uses the patent search to decide whether to start the business and whether to file a patent application, the patent search would be beneficial.
text: If the inventor files a patent application, and the product does not do well on the market, you can abandon the patent application.
text: The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (PTO) maintains a website to allow inventors to search registered patents and published applications and to electronically file a patent application at uspto.gov/
text: An inventor can still file a patent application and mark the invention with a "patent pending" label before shopping it around.
text: In order to acquire patent rights, the inventor must separately file a patent application in each Convention country.
text: If the inventor files a patent application in Canada before May 1, 2020, she will have priority over any other patents that may be filed after May 1, 2020.
text: To obtain a patent, inventors must file patent applications in each and every country in which they want a patent.