Why a Call to Your Patent Examiner Can Make a Huge Difference
Why Talking to Your Patent Examiner Can Help A call to your patent examiner can make all the difference. Talking to your examiner is a…
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AI Prior Art Search: How to Get a Free USPTO Search
How the USPTO Uses AI to Search Prior Art In October of 2025, the USPTO launched an initiative to use AI to search for prior…
Filing as a Trademark Individual Applicant? Think Again
Trademark Applicant Is Not Necessarily the Individual Signing the App In a USPTO trademark application, you have to be very careful in identifying the right…
Why Do You Need to Keep Filing IDS Prior Art Submissions?
Why One IDS Might Not Be Enough Unlike most foreign patent offices, the USPTO is unique in one particular aspect. US law requires each patent…
Top 9 Benefits of Trademark Registration
Why Bother Registering a Trademark? At the outset, let’s set the record straight. Registration is not required for you to use a trademark. You can…
Icon Design Patent: How to Protect User Interfaces
How to Get an Icon Design Patent Imagine protecting your icons without spending tens of thousands and years of time filing a software utility patent.…
Trademark Cost Calculator: Estimating TM App and Office Action Filing Costs
How to Use This Trademark Cost Calculator Trademark costs can be a bit confusing. This trademark cost calculator is meant to provide some guidance and…
Patent Cost Calculator: Rough Estimates of Patent Filing Costs
How to Estimate Patent Costs Patent costs vary widely. This post is intended to be more of a cost guide than an actual patent cost…
How to Avoid the Biggest Trademark Mistakes
Learn from the Biggest Trademark Mistakes I have some good news. Most trademark mistakes are avoidable. By knowing certain insights and taking precautionary measures upfront,…
Biggest Patent Mistakes: How to Avoid Doing Dumb Stuff
What are dumb patent mistakes you can avoid? Getting a patent can be a long and expensive endeavor. If you are going to invest in…
How to Get Patents that Drive More Sales
What patents will drive more sales? Before you can get the right patents to drive more sales, you need to know something critical about patent…
Would a Slight Change Get Your Trademark Registered?
How different must your trademark be? We get this question all the time. Would a slight change to a trademark be enough to get it…
Invalidity: What is an invalid patent?
How in the world did they get that patent?! Have you ever come across a patent that made you shake your head? You wonder how…
How to Get a Utility Patent Faster: Streamlined Claim Set Pilot Program
How can USPTO pilot programs help you get a utility patent faster? Waiting for a utility patent application to get examined can take years. What…
USPTO AI Patent Searches: How to Get the Patent Office to Search Prior Art
Does the USPTO use AI for patent searches? This is a must read if you are considering a patent search before applying for a utility…
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