FAQs Patent Questions

Question:An allowance notice is sent to the applicant if any fee for issuing the patent is applicable

Answer:
A Notice of Allowance and Fee(s) Due will be sent to the applicant, or to applicant’s attorney or agent of record, if any, and a fee for issuing the patent and if applicable, for publishing the patent application publication is due within three months from the date of the notice.

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

Answer:
Exclusivity is not added to the patent life.

Question:What is a patent?

Answer:
A patent is a property right granted by the Government of the United States of America to an inventor “to exclude others from making, using, offering for sale, or selling the invention throughout the United States or importing the invention into the United States” for a limited time in exchange for public disclosure of the invention when the patent is granted.

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