Is it too late to patent a product after it has been sold or publicly disclosed? Maybe not. Ideally, you would have filed patent applications before selling or publicly disclosing your product. Since we do not live in an ideal world, it’s better to be late than never. It might not be too late to […]
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What are critical deadlines to remember if my patent application has not been filed?
Before filing a patent application If you haven’t yet filed a patent application on your invention, there are two critical deadlines to keep in mind: If you’re interested in foreign patents, then you must file a patent application before publicly disclosing your invention (“absolute novelty bar”); and If you wish to patent only in the US, then […]