Legal Question in Intellectual Property in Pennsylvania
do you have too have a patent pending before a patent is approved by the goverment
Asked on 9/10/10, 1:38 pm
1 Answer from Attorneys
Thomas Thibault
Thibault Patent Group
Yes. The first step in obtaining a patent is to file a patent application. Once that is done, your application is pending, i.e., patent pending. After 2 years or so, your application will be examined and, if it is found to be novel and non-obvious, the patent application will issue as a patent.
Answered on 9/15/10, 1:48 pm
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