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do you HAVE to be anonymous? if you are not, can you somehow be sued by the patent owner?
by b20000 4y ago
do you HAVE to be anonymous? if you are not, can you somehow be sued by the patent owner?
- eternalban 4y agoIANAL! https://www.uspto.gov/web/offices/pac/mpep/s2209.html https://www.uspto.gov/web/offices/pac/mpep/s2209.html => https://www.uspto.gov/web/offices/pac/mpep/mpep-9015-appx-l.html#d0e306474 https://www.uspto.gov/web/offices/pac/mpep/mpep-9015-appx-l.... => https://www.uspto.gov/web/offices/pac/mpep/mpep-9015-appx-l.html#al_d1fbe1_19912_121 https://www.uspto.gov/web/offices/pac/mpep/mpep-9015-appx-l.... "(e) CONFIDENTIALITY.—Upon the written request of the person citing prior art or written statements pursuant to subsection (a), that person’s identity shall be excluded from the patent file and kept confidential. " An option, apparently.
- b20000 4y agoi wonder if, once this process is started, you can still cancel it, or if you totally lose control over the process once filed.