Design Patent Issued to Elizabeth Console of Carlsbad
InterContinental IP would like to congratulate client and local inventor, Elizabeth Console of Carlsbad, CA on being issued a design patent. The patent design consists of a Hair Styling Brush with a detachable handle. It was issued by the USPTO on May 8, 2012 and the Patent number is US D658,892S; to view it in more detail please visit the United States Patent and Trademark Office website.
read moreDesign Patent issued for Workspace Partition
InterContinental IP would like to announce the USPTO has issued a design patent on January 31, 2012 to our client Ursula Roberts of Carlsbad. She is the inventor of a new design for a Workspace Partition. Patent No. US D653,058 S, if you would like to view the new design go to the USPTO website and enter the patent number.
read moreCarlsbad Chamber of Commerce Trademark Issue
InterContinental IP successfully defends Carlsbad Chamber of Commerce. For some reason, people keep picking on the Carlsbad Chamber of Commerce on trademark issues. InterContinental IP has had to recently step in and rectify a couple of situations and sucessfully defend the Chamber’s trademarks. Most recently, the Chamber has had some problems with rouge members setting up LinkedIn groups using the Carlsbad Chamber’s name. In the latest case, we had the Linkedin group dissolved and a new group, “Carlsbad Chamber of...
read moreDesign Patent issued for Vacuum Splint
Hartwell Medical has just received another patent to add to its rather lengthy and impressive IP portfolio. This one is on a vacuum splint that can be used to immobilize a victim’s body for safe transportation. Since design patents focus on the shape rather things like colors, we could not put into this patent application that the splint we used for the application was bright orange in color. This splint should show up very well on the ski slopes, and the patent number will look good at the next EMS trade...
read moreIssuance of a Patent
Issuance of a Patent Hopefully after one or two responses, the USPTO examiner will allow your invention to issue as a patent. Once we get a Notice of Allowance, you have at least one more important decision to make. Since the publication of your patent application, the issuance of your patent, and any public sales of your product (or trade show displays, licensing meetings, etc.) may count as “public disclosures”, once your patent issues you may be precluded from filing further patent applications on improvements to your invention...
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