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No one kept this patent alive forever by updating and extending it every few years in perpetuity. The way the patent system is used today is broken.
by annoyingnoob 4y ago
No one kept this patent alive forever by updating and extending it every few years in perpetuity. The way the patent system is used today is broken.
- felipemnoa 4y agoCall me ignorant but didn't they change it so that you would not be able to do that anymore and instead were given a max of around 20 years from the start of the application process?
- annoyingnoob 4y agohttps://www.upcounsel.com/how-to-patent-an-improvement-on-an-existing-product https://www.upcounsel.com/how-to-patent-an-improvement-on-an... https://www.uspto.gov/patents/laws/patent-terms-extended https://www.uspto.gov/patents/laws/patent-terms-extended There are ways, even if they are not easy or likely to succeed. What I'm referring to are improvement patents. Improvements keep the moat carved out.