FAQs Patent Questions

Question:A joint owner of a patent may sell the invention for his or her own profit provided they do not infringe another’s patent rights or the joint owners have a contract

Answer:
Any joint owner of a patent, no matter how small the part interest, may make, use, offer for sale and sell and import the invention for his or her own profit provided they do not infringe another’s patent rights, without regard to the other owners, and may sell the interest or any part of it, or grant licenses to others, without regard to the other joint owner, unless the joint owners have made a contract governing their relation to each other.

Question:The official publication for patents is called the Official Gazette.

Answer:
The Official Gazette of the United States Patent and Trademark Office is the official journal relating to patents and trademarks.

Question:How do I obtain the status of a patent?

Answer:
The Patent Application Information Retrieval (PAIR) system permits third parties to obtain information about applications that have been published pursuant to 35 U.S.C. 122(b) and issued patents, such as the status of maintenance fee payments and whether or not a reissue application or reexamination request has been filed. PAIR can be accessed on the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) web site at http://portal.uspto.gov/external/portal/pair.

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