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The document outlines a notice from the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) regarding the expansion and extension of the Patent Application Backlog Reduction Stimulus Plan. This plan allows applicants, previously limited to small entities, to obtain special status for examination of their patent applications by abandoning other copending applications. The program aims to reduce the backlog of unexamined patent applications and is effective until December 31, 2010, or until 10,000 applications have been accorded special status. Additionally, it includes details about a symposium on counterfeiting enforcement policies and public awareness efforts.

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Can you extend a provisional patent application?

Can You Extend a Provisional Patent Application? Unfortunately, you cannot legally extend a provisional patent application. A provisional patent application will automatically be abandoned 12-months after the provisional patent application filing date.

How to look up a US patent?

United States Patent and Trademark Office (.uspto.gov) Copies of patents, patent applications, and many other patent-related filings are available on the USPTO web site. Patent searching can be done directly on the USPTOs web site. Full text and images are available for patents from 1976 to the most recent Tuesday.

What is the extension of time for USPTO notice to file missing parts?

The 2-month time period for reply to A Notice to File Missing Parts of an Application is not identified on the Notice as a statutory period subject to 35 U.S.C. 133. Thus, extensions of time of up to 5 months under 37 CFR 1.136(a), followed by additional time under 37 CFR 1.136(b), when appropriate, are permitted.

How do I check if a US patent is valid?

Call up the patent on the USPTO patent database, the European Patent Offices espacenet system or in Google Patents, if you do not already have a printed copy.

How do you look up a US patent?

Go to the USPTOs online database. Choose the Basic Search. In the pull-down field menu, select Assignee Name if searching for company name or Inventor Name if searching for Inventor name. Type in the name of the inventor or company, keeping in mind that you might need to try several times. Click on Search.

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Are U.S. patents public record?

As part of the terms of granting the patent to the inventor, patents are published into the public domain.

What is the extension of a patent?

The time period for a patent can only be extended by following conventional and constitutional laws that explicitly or implicitly allow for an extension, for a maximum of five years.

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