FAQs Patent Questions

Question:The inventors assistance center provides patent information.

Answer:
Provides patent information and services to the public. The IAC is staffed by former Supervisory Patent Examiners and experienced Primary Examiners who answer general questions concerning patent examining policy and procedure.

Question:Why does a particular drug product only have patents?

Answer:
Some drugs have both patent and exclusivity protection while others have just one or none.

Question:Once the patent is granted, it is outside the jurisdiction of the USPTO

Answer:
Once the patent is granted, it is outside the jurisdiction of the USPTO except in a few respects. The Office may issue without charge a certificate correcting a clerical error it has made in the patent when the printed patent does not correspond to the record in the Office. These are mostly corrections of typographical errors made in printing.

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