You (or often a patent law firm) do a “patent search”. Its easier than ever
for individuals these days because the US Patent and Trademark Office is
online. (USPTO.GOV). The site has a nice query engine and a great database of
abstracts and the full text and graphics of all issued US patents g
One other funny wrinkle is any “public disclosure” of an idea starts a one
year timer running on the underlying IP. The author/inventor has to apply
within that year or the idea will not be patentable and can be used by anyone.
An academic paper is a public disclosure. You might contact the
That's a really good point. The paper came out in 2019, so it should
either be patented or not patentable by now. Thanks!
On Thu, Nov 11, 2021 at 7:24 AM John Wettroth wrote:
> One other funny wrinkle is any “public disclosure” of an idea starts a
> one year timer running on the underlying IP
The best way to try and figure that out is a patent search. I think you
can do that through google. It’s not perfect. You could miss something but
it is a good start
On Wed, Nov 10, 2021 at 10:59 PM Charles West via TriEmbed <
triembed@triembed.org> wrote:
> Hello,
>
> BIt of a weird question.
To amplify John's point that "The patent process takes a while,
generally a couple of years from filing to issuing.", a "couple" in this
case might be more than two. I don't think it follows that the 2019
paper must be connected to a patent or not 'cause it's 2021.
The three patents I was invo
