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There is more here than typically meets the eye. Royalties, licensing fees and more abound in the modern business world, with patents and secrets getting more prominence than ever before. First to file. Recognition and exclusivity go a long way to protect ideas that way as well. WE CAN NOT OVERSTATE THIS ONE ENOUGH! Especially once you get into issues (even legalese) regarding fair use, copyright law, idea-expression patents and patent law, patentability, sufficiency of disclosure, patent infringement, trademarks, passing off and/or dilution , geographical implications and reach, industrial design rights, trade secrets, sui generis rights, database rights, traditional knowledge, even moral rights!
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See also U. Creation And Birth Of Ideas, Innovations, Patents And Brilliant Million Dollar Thoughts, Products And Services (From Need To Needed! Think of it as a support network and enabling framework for you and your ideas. It has to have enough detail to have others understand and grasp what it is, how it works and how it has to be made.
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Other detailed requirements that are considered prerequisites when filing for your patent are as follows:
? COMPLETE AND ACCURATE: The application for patent is not forwarded for examination until all required parts, complying with the rules related thereto, are received.
? INCOMPLETE OR DEFECTIVE: If any application is filed without all the required parts for obtaining a filing date (incomplete or defective), the applicant will be notified of the deficiencies and given a time period to complete the application filing (a surcharge may be required)at which time a filing date as of the date of such a completed submission will be obtained by the applicant.
? RETURNS AND HANDLING FEES: If the omission is not corrected within a set, specified time period, the application will be returned or otherwise disposed of; the filing fee if submitted will be refunded less a handling fee as set forth in the fee schedule.
? ONE PACKAGE APPLICATION: It is desirable that all parts of the complete application be deposited in the Office together; otherwise each part must be signed and a letter must accompany each part, accurately and clearly connecting it with the other parts of the application.
? SERIAL NUMBERS AND FILING RECEIPTS: All applications received in the PTO are numbered in serial order and the applicant will be informed of the application serial number and filing date by a filing receipt.
? FILING DATE: The filing date of an application for patent is the date on which a specification (including at least one claim) and any drawings necessary to understand the subject matter sought to be patented are received in the PTO; or the date on which the last part completing the application is received in the case of a previously incomplete or defective application.