Patents

Drafting the Independent Claim in a Patent There are two essential types of claims: “independent” and “dependent.” “Independent claims” are those that don’t refer to

Cooperative Patent Classification The European Patent Office (EPO) and United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) both have highly developed patent classification systems. The Cooperative

Non publication request A non publication request under 37 C.F.R. 1.213 provides an inventor to keep the contents and the prosecution of the application a

Patent Application Information Retrieval (PAIR) Patent application information retrieval (PAIR) is a feature available on the United States Patent and Trademark Organization (USPTO) website providing

Patenting Of New Use Inventions The United States patent law agrees to patents to be granted for any new and useful process, machine, manufacture, or

Patent Classification Patent Classification refers to categorizing patent documents into different classes. Patent Classification is primarily carried out by patent examiners or other people maintaining