FAQs Patent Questions

Question:When Filing a continuation or divisional application a copy of the oath filed may be used.

Answer:
A declaration does not need to be notarized. When filing a continuation or divisional application a copy of the oath or declaration filed in the earlier application may be used.

Question:The laws of the U.S make no discrimination against the citizenship of the inventor, any inventor may apply

Answer:
The patent laws of the United States make no discrimination with respect to the citizenship of the inventor. Any inventor, regardless of his/her citizenship, may apply for a patent on the same basis as a U.S. citizen. There are, however, a number of particular points of special interest to applicants located in foreign countries.

Question:You can File a patent via the internet by using the electronic filing system on the USPTO's website

Answer:
Use EFS, the USPTO's electronic filing system for patent applications, to submit Utility patent applications, Provisional applications, electronic information disclosure statements (eIDS), patent assignments, computer readable format (CRF) biosequencelistings, and pre-grant publication submissions to the USPTO via the Internet.

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