Re: ePave for old application

Subject: Re: Re: ePave for old application

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: : I have a year 2000 patent application that has received its first office action. I want to do the rest myself now that the USPTO allows internet applications since the lawyer costs are so high to continue this application. : : What is the best strategy? Should I abandon the existing application and file a new ePave application? Is there a way to switch my paper application to electronic? : : I know how to write patent specs and claims and don't need technical/legal advice from an attorney. : Dear Art, : It is easy to get a patent. It is not easy to get a patent that will get the protection that you need. : It is not the cost of the lawyer that is the concern, Should the application have been filed, even if you use a Registered Patent Lawyer? : You can do it yourself by revoking the lawyers power. : What do you known about claim BREADTH? : I had client that came to me with a patent he had gotten using a qualified Registered Patent Lawyer, telling me he saw his invention in use. : The claims of that patent were so narrow that he had given away the concept, gotten the patent and could not stop the use of the idea. : You cannot always get the breadth of protection that you need. If you understand that from the outset it might not even have been worth filing in the first place. : That is why we start with the Reality Check®, to sasve time money and worry. : If you think that just filing a patent application and getting a patent is going to make you money, that is wrong. It take a lot more that just getting the patent, even with a lawyer you can trust, and are able to pay. : Do you know the consequences of abandonment? Even if you can write a sophisticated claim? : M. Arthur Auslander : Auslander & Thomas-Intellectual Property Law Since 1909 : 505 Eighth Avenue, New York, NY 10018 : 212-594-6900, fax 212-244-0028, aus@auslander.com : ELAINE's Workshop® : E arly L egal A dvice I s N ot E xpensive™ : Reality Check®

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