Third in a four-part series on design patents, here we are looking at Apple’s design patents and their strategies for using them to protect the iPhone from being copied.
Third in a four-part series on design patents, here we are looking at Apple’s design patents and their strategies for using them to protect the iPhone from being copied.
It’s tough to get a patent these days. In my career as both an inventor and a registered US patent agent, I’ve seen the process for getting a patent become increasingly more difficult.
“Why is it taking so long to get my patent?” The answer may well be that you have a tough patent examiner.
It’s a struggle to get a mechanical patent. In the good old days, you wrote a patent, you filed a patent, and with maybe one or two rejections from the patent examiner, you got a patent.