Patent applications

I. Grimberg R., Plavanescu, R., Andreescu, Savin, A. 1989, Transducer for Surface Control by Eddy Currents, Romanian Patent Application, No. 996JO. 

The reinaining five search topics (Research Topic, Author Name, Document Identifier, Company Namc/Organii ation, and Browse Table of Contents arc conducted in a similar fashion, with the input being the only difference between the criteria. Thus, in Research Topic" the entry can be any, or even several, keywords or phrases. In "Author Name", literature written by a specific author will be Found, including alternative spelling, Document Identifier" can also be entered directly in the query. Document identifiers arc CA abstract numbers, patent numbers, patent application numbers, or priority application numbers. The last two search topics (Company Name/Organi2ation, and Browse Table ofContents) allow one to search for literature from specific companies or to view the list of journals which are available in the database. 

JAPIO bibliographic data of Japanese patent applications... 

Appendix - Phenyl acetones by electrolytic oxidation. Process for 3,4-dimethoxyphenyl-acetone preparation. European Patent Application 0247526, Filed 02.12.87 to LARK S.p.a. Milan. 

In the PCT examination process, national patent applications may be filed at the end of Chapter I (18 months from the home appHcation filing date), or at the end of Chapter II (30 months from the home appHcation filing date). If the examination of the U.S. home appHcation ends successfully before completion of the examination of the counterpart appHcation in PCT Chapter I, the PCT AppHcant may file national appHcations including the claims examined and allowed by the U.S. PTO without proceeding to PCT Chapter II processing. A brief timeline of patent appHcation examination under the PCT is provided in Table I. 

S. A. Becker, Patent Applications Handbook, Clark Boardman Co., Ltd., New York, 1992. 

J. E. Hawes, Patent Application Practice 2nd ed., Clark Boardman Callaghan, New York, 1993. 

U. von Sacken, Q. Zhong, Tao Zheng, and J.R. Dahn, Phenolic Resin Precursor Pregraphitic Carbonaceous Insertion Compounds and Use as Anodes in Rechargeable Batteries, Canadian Patent Application 2,146,426... 

Butts, M.D. and Szaiy, A.C., EP Patent Application 1050538 A2, assigned to General Electric Company, 2000. 

Nishiyania, N., Ohura, M., Takahiro, H. and Yamamoto, H., JP Patent Application 2000239624, assigned to Nitto Denko Corp., 2000. 

Lemaitre, J., Jongen, N., Vacassy R. and Bowen, P., 1996/97. Production of powders. Swiss Patent Application No. 1752/96, PCX application EP97/03817, (July 15,1997). 

Naito, T., Oshima, Y., Yoshikawa,T., Kasahara, A., Dohmori.R., Nakai, Y. and Tsukada, W. South African Patent Application 67/4936 January 19,1968 assigned to Dalichi Seiyaku Company Limited, Japan... 

S. Al-Malaika, and G. Scott, Patent Application Number, PCTAV090/01506 (1990). 

Ecolab Inc., St Paul, MN, U.S.A International Patent Application No. PCT/US94/02504. 

Procter Gamble Co., Cincinnati, Ohio, U.S.A. European Patent Application No. 90301308.4. 

Sperry applied for his first patent—a dynamo-electric machine— when he was twenty. His final patent application—for a variable pitch propeller— was submitted in 1930, shortly after his death. In total, 355 of his over 400 patent applications matured as actual granted patents. 

Keep records that document when and what was invented. It is important that accurate records are kept showing your original sketches with a disclosure statement describing what and how your invention works. It is useful to have someone witness this disclosure document and verify the date that this invention took place. It is often during this step that the invention concept is either modeled (mathematical or physical or both) and tested. Thus, accurate records of these analyzes or test results should also be kept. In the U.S. it is the first to invent that will obtain a patent in the event of two individuals inventing the same thing. Keep the disclosure document secret until the patent application is submitted to the patent office. 

Prepare and file the patent application documents. This document is called a specification. The specification must be clear enough so that anyone skilled in the subject matter of the invention could recreate your invention and use it. In the written portion of the specifications the inventor must slate the claims of the invention. These claims must show that the invention is novel and unobvious. Also, where applicable, illustrations must accompany the specification. There are filing fees for patent applications and if the application is successful there are maintenance fees to keep the patent in force. Literature describing patent applications and how they are to be submitted can be obtained from the Commissioner of Patents and Trademarks, Washington, D. C., 20231. This is also the address to submit properly prepared patent applications. 

Any inventor may apply for a patent regardless of age, sex, or citizenship. Once a U.S. Patent has been granted most other countries allow the inventor up to one year to submit a patent application for a foreign patent. The exception is Japan which requires nearly immediate submittal of a patent application to the Japanese patent office at nearly the same time the inventor is submitting to the U.S. Patent office. 

It should be noted that all other countries grant patents to inventors that are the first to submit patent applications to their respective patent offices. We are the only country the grants a patent to the first to invent (not the first to the patent office). How ever, in 2003 the U.S. may change to the first to the patent office method of granting patents. 

Trade nameofEbonex Technologies Inc., California USA, (European Patent Application 0047595 US Patent 4 422 917)... 

Y. Idota, M. Mishima, Y. Miyaki, T. Kubota, T. Miyasaka, Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd, Canadian Patent Application 2 134 052,1995. 

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