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Q: IF A PERSON COMES ACROSS A EXPIRED PATENT, CAN THEY REBRAND THE PRODUCT AND SELL IT? ISN'T IT PUBLIC DOMAIN? posted Sunday 1 of May 2011 by Brian A. Maybe, if there are no other patents that would prevent one from making, using and selling the invention. view tags: expired, patent, rebrand, product, sell, public domain

Q: WHAT'T THE BEST WAY TO LET A PATENT EXPIRE? posted Monday 19 of November 2012 by Amanda A. One can request express abandonment of the patent, which would kill the patent on receipt by the patent office. Most patentees op... view tags: patent, expire, best, way

Q: I HAVE A DESIGN PATENT WHICH EXPIRED 3 YEARS AGO. I SEE MANY SIMILAR INVENTIONS ON THE MARKET NOW, COULD I SUE FOR INFRINGEMENT OR CAN I STILL PUT THIS INTO PRODUCTION? posted Tuesday 22 of January 2013 by peter A. You (and anyone else for that matter) should be able to make the design as described in your expired design patent, provided that ... view tags: design, patent, expired, invention, infringement

Q: DEAR DR. PATENTSTEIN, I HAVE A USA PATENT APPLICATION WHICH GOT FINAL REJECTION.I FILED AFCP 2.0 AND GOT ADVISORY ACTION WHICH SAID THAT AFTER FINAL AMENDMENT WILL NOT BE TREATED UNDER AFCP 2.0 DUE TO NEW ISSUES, AND THE PERIOD FOR REPLY EXPIRES ON THE MAILING DATE OF THE ADVISORY ACTION. WHAT CHOICE I HAVE NOW? OR THE APPLICATION IS ALREADY ABANDONED? CAN I STILL FILE NOTICE OF APPEAL? THANKS JERRY posted Friday 20 of March 2015 by jerry A. First, you question needs to be corrected. The phrase "and the period for reply expires on the mailing date of the advisory acti... view tags: usa, patent, application, final, rejection, afcp, amendment

Q: CAN YOU RENEW A PATENT AFTER IT EXPIRES? posted Thursday 3 of September 2015 by David A. Yes, in the US, if it was not renewed unintentionally, and provided you act within a set amount of time. view tags: renew, patent, expire

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