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In patent law there is a very important rule, “rule 56” as we colloquially refer to it. Technically this rule may be found at Title 37 of the Code of Federal Regulations, section 1.56, i.e. 37 CFR section 1.56. Under this rule, the inventor, the applicant, and the patent attorney all have a duty to […]
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In the context of obtaining a patent, a “search” is a professional search of various online databases for inventions that are similar to your invention. The name of such searches varies within our industry, but at our office we call such searches a “Prior Art Search,” and is also often called a “Novelty Search” (and […]
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