FAQs Patent Questions

Question:How do I check on the status of my pending patent application?

Answer:
The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) is pleased to present PAIR - Patent Application Information Retrieval System. PAIR also has a public side to provide the same information to the public once an application has issued as a patent or published as a patent application publication. Once you receive a patent filing receipt containing the application number of your application, you may check on the status of a pending application once you obtain the appropriate tools.

Question:The laws of the U.S make no discrimination against the citizenship of the inventor, any inventor may apply

Answer:
The patent laws of the United States make no discrimination with respect to the citizenship of the inventor. Any inventor, regardless of his/her citizenship, may apply for a patent on the same basis as a U.S. citizen. There are, however, a number of particular points of special interest to applicants located in foreign countries.

Question:A design patent protects only appearance of an article,and not its structural or functional features

Answer:
The design patent protects only the appearance of an article, but not its structural or functional features.

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