United States and international patent law requires us to seek certain information from you prior to undertaking the filing of any patent application(s) on your behalf. Please carefully review the following requests for information. Please compile your written answers to these questions and forward them to the attention of your Myers & Kaplan Intellectual Property Law, LLC patent attorney either prior to your initial consultation or at another mutually agreed-upon time. You should review and supplement your answers to these questions on an ongoing basis throughout the entire patent process. You should keep your patent attorney apprised, in writing, of any changes in your answers to these questions, and of any developments and new information which may bear upon the accuracy of the information contained therein.
We recognize and appreciate that answering these questions will take some time and thought. It has been our experience, however, that clients who do take the time to complete this Questionnaire have better outcomes at significantly lower costs.
Please answer thoroughly, accurately, and in writing the following questions:
1. Please give the specific dates of all printed publications, sales, offers for sale, and public uses of the subject matter of your invention(s), whether by you or by any other individual or entity, whether in this or in any foreign country. If copies of such materials are available to you, please provide them to us with your answers for review.
2. Please state whether you intend to pursue one or more foreign patent applications.
3. Please state whether you are aware of any patent applications concerning the subject matter of your invention(s) which have been filed in this or in any foreign country, whether by you or by any other individual or entity. If copies of such patent applications are available to you, please provide them to us with your answers for review.
Thank you for your time in answering these questions! We look forward to reviewing your answers with you.