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If you are filing a U.S. patent application, you may be tempted to use a patent “agent” instead of a patent “attorney”. After all a patent “agent” will probably be cheaper than a patent attorney. A U.S. patent “agent” has the

Nobody wants to get older. However,  getting older does have its benefits. Social Security and Medicare; assuming they’re still there. Senior discounts on everything from movies to travel to eating out at restaurants. I frequently joke with my children that I can’t

If you went for a haircut and were pleased with the results, you probably would go back again. If you hired someone to fix the roof of your house, and were happy with the outcome, you might ask that person

You are a first time inventor. You file your first U.S. non provisional Patent Application. You anxiously wait for a first office action back from the US Patent and Trademark Office to see if you can get a US utility patent. However,

You are an inventor with limited resources.                 You go through the patent process and are able to obtain a patent which has only one claim which is method claim 1.                 A large company performs all of the steps

Patent attorneys and experienced inventors know that most U.S. non provisional patent applications are rejected the first time.  In fact, they expect a first rejection.  However, novice inventors, no matter how many times you tell them about the high likelihood