Ask The Patent Attorney: The new patent rules-First inventor to file
Please ask any patent question and the patent attorney will answer it on a future show! Patent attorney Vincent LoTempio answers questions about patents and the patent process in an interview setting. This week the patent attorney comments on these topics: The new patent rules…First inventor to file. Provisional patent application vs. non-provisional patent. Patent […]
Four Features of the “First to File” System
1. New System: From “first to invent system” to the “first to file system.” “The Leahy-Smith America Invents Act, signed into law on September 16, 2011, profoundly changes the U.S. patent system by awarding patents to the first inventor to file an application with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. Thus, in order to protect […]