Basic facts about patents
How to get a patent ![help](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20090118083913im_/http://www.uspto.gov/images/20help.gif)
Types of patents
Registered patent attorneys & agents
You can APPLY for a patent online (EFS-Web)
Accelerated Examination
• Final disposition within 12 months
• All petitions to make special except for those based
on age or health or Patent Prosecution Highway (PPH)
Corresponding re: patenting (rules for)
see
• Responding to office actions (§700)
• Customer-requested actions (all)
• Assignment of ownership (§300)
>> more about assignments
Manual of Patent Examining Procedure - MPEP
FEES and payments ![fees](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20090118083913im_/http://www.uspto.gov/images/20fees.gif)
Look-up & Pay Patent Maintenance Fees
First-Action Interview Pilot Program
FORMS - printable & fillable
Mailing Addresses ![help](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20090118083913im_/http://www.uspto.gov/images/20help.gif)
New Route Pilot
Triway Pilot
Patent Appeals & Interferences - procedures & proceedings ![linked definition- interference](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20090118083913im_/http://www.uspto.gov/images/glossary.gif)
(Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences)
Patent Prosecution Highway(between USPTO and JPO fast-track examination)
Patent Prosecution Highway (between USPTO and UK IPO fast-track examination)
Patent Prosecution Highway(between USPTO and CIPO fast-track examination)
Patent Prosecution Highway (between USPTO and KIPO fast-track examination)
Patent Prosecution Highway (between USPTO and IPAU fast-track examination)
Patent
Prosecution Highway (between USPTO and EPO fast-track examination)
Patent
Prosecution Highway (between USPTO and DKPTO fast-track examination)
If the office of first filing rules that at least one claim in an application is patentable, an applicant may request that the office of second filing fast track the examination of corresponding claims in corresponding applications
Peer Review Prior Art Pilot - an opportunity to submit annotated technical references relevant to the claims of a published patent application before an examiner reviews it
Complex Work Unit (CWU) Pilot - program to help the Office to simplify on-line access to, and availability of, USPTO information and data for purposes of improved examination of applications and publication of pre-grant publications and patent grants
Patent Publication Services
SEARCH existing patents and published applications
See eBusiness column on right for patent searches; assignment searches & services; e-filing; application status & images of documents; and more online services. |