Our lawyer didn't mention publication. The first I heard of "publication" was from your answer to my original question. I've done some research and have come up with the terms "first to invent" , "non-abandonment" and "infringement". Could there be any protection afforded from any of these...
Thank you for your answer. Although the idea for the product was introduced in a memorandum to raise money for manufacturing and marketing, the actual product was not produced until the money was procured. If the memorandum constitutes publication the question is moot. If, however, the...
We, my husband and I, have a product that we produced and started selling in Dec. 2005. We started the patent process in Jan. '06 but ran out of money before filing it. We continued the sale of our product on a very small basis, but without interruption through the present. We were able to...