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Patent Preparation and Prosecution, Patents, Portfolio Development and Innovation

Design Patents Versus Utility Patents

January 14, 2020January 14, 2020stevehansendesign patents

Clients often ask about the differences between design and utility patents. The phrase “design patent” confuses some people because in everyday usage, the term “design” frequently connotes the structure, function, and properties of a product.  Not so with design patents. Design patents
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Patent Preparation and Prosecution, Patents

How Long Will it Take Me to Get a Patent?

December 4, 2012stevehansenAccelerated Examination, design patents, expedited examination, patent prosecution, patentability, Track One, Utility Patents

Clients often want to know how long it will take them to get a patent.  Of course, whether they get one at all will depend on whether their invention is novel and non-obvious as well as how broadly their claims are drafted. 
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Patents, Portfolio Development and Innovation

Have You Considered Design Patents?

January 13, 2012January 14, 2012stevehansendesign patents, patents, trade dress1 Comment

Design patents can be a powerful, and often underutilized tool, for protecting your products and market position. Design patents protect the ornamental features (think appearance) of an article of manufacture, as opposed to protecting its structure and function. Some items are obvious
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