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Patents 101: How to figure out if a patent has expired – Part I

PatentBytes — Thu, 18 Apr 2013 20:44:49 +0000

So you’ve got a U.S. patent in your hands, and you’d like to know if it has already expired. You may have heard that U.S. patents have a 17 or 20 year term. Not sure which is correct? Well, the … Continue reading →

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European Patent Applications: How to Check the Status

PatentBytes — Mon, 15 Apr 2013 15:40:39 +0000

If you’re a U.S. patent practitioner like me, you may occasionally have European counterpart patent applications that are handled by foreign counsel. Sometimes I need to check the status of an EP patent application. The European patent attorneys that I’ve … Continue reading →

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Patents Aside: Speaking of Space…

PatentBytes — Thu, 11 Apr 2013 19:03:13 +0000

Yesterday I posted a short entry about a new design patent that CalTech received for the descent stage used for the Mars Rover. I’ve always been a bit of a space geek. I especially enjoy the photographs that the Mars Rover … Continue reading →

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Cool Design Patent: Descent Stage for Mars Rover

PatentBytes — Tue, 09 Apr 2013 15:22:51 +0000

Today the California Institute of Technology received an issued design patent for the descent stage used for the Mars Rover. The new patent is U.S. Patent D679,646. The cover figure is shown below. NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory is a division … Continue reading →

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Video Tutorials Coming Soon

PatentBytes — Fri, 05 Apr 2013 13:27:41 +0000

Just a quick note to say “thank you” for all of the positive feedback I’ve received for the PDF series of posts. I try to respond to every post and email that I receive. But if I missed your question, … Continue reading →

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PatentBytes — Sat, 30 Mar 2013 23:13:36 +0000

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Recent happenings: Ruby on Rails and Github

PatentBytes — Sun, 25 Mar 2012 23:22:24 +0000

I have a half-written post about how you can auto-populate a PDF from a spreadsheet. I confess that it’s been that way for over a week now. I promise, I’ll make a solid effort to get to it this week! … Continue reading →

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Automatically Completing Your PDF Forms – Part II

PatentBytes — Fri, 02 Mar 2012 20:59:17 +0000

This post is a continuation of Part I, which you can find here. As a quick recap, in Part I we took a look at how Adobe Acrobat and Reader import and export data to and from PDF forms. We … Continue reading →

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Automatically Completing Your PDF Forms – Part I

PatentBytes — Tue, 21 Feb 2012 19:27:31 +0000

Note: If you have Adobe Acrobat Pro, there is an alternative method that you may find easier than the method I discuss below. If you are interested, let me know by comment or by email (see email address in the … Continue reading →

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Search’n'Save Updates

PatentBytes — Mon, 13 Feb 2012 18:50:53 +0000

Over the past week or so I’ve been working on upgrades for the Search’n'Save website, and yesterday I added some of the new code to the live site. If you haven’t used Search’n'Save, give it a try. It’s a simple … Continue reading →

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