Gek wrote:Sofa King wrote:Gek wrote:rake in those sweet licensing fees.
if you wanted to hit something like all the g20 countries - do you know how many patent filings you'd have to complete off hand (just a rough estimate - 5 vs 20, do certain countries use the same database of patents, etc...)?
We had a choice of countries to choose from. We picked the countries that we saw were relevant and where we wanted to market and went from there.
Most countries that I saw had their own database of patents, written in their own languages. For example, our patent attorneys were asking us about similar patents from Brazil that came up. It was all in Spanish or Portuguese but we saw the pictures and had to explain the difference between the existing patent and our patent.
Thank you. That was a great response and what I was looking for!
Also - I'm sure you have it covered, but if any other system is similar to the US patent system - don't trust the pictures! It's all about the claims.
/edit spelling - right hand was on the wrong set of keys for a few words....
Yes, most of our claims that our lawyers submitted, the important ones went through. It's very complicated work and all a game in the end with the examiners.
You just reminded me that I need to start organizing all our patents in order. It's all a mess right now.











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