US Patent # 5,744,155 Bioadhesive Emulsion Preparations for Form

1. Mammoths were alive when they were building the pyramids(via TED Blog)Image Source: via National Geographic / Science Picture Co., Corbis2. It rains diamonds on Jupiter(via BBC News)Image Source: via DOGO News  3. Maine is the closest state to Africa(via ACSCDG) Image Source: via Proud to be American4. Humans share 50% of their DNA with bananas(via Mirror)Image Source: via Sneaker Report5. Betty White is older than sliced bread(via Huffington Post)Image Source: via Ryan Seacrest / Getty Images6. Turtles can actually breathe from their butts(via California Turtle and Tortoise Club)Image Source: via imgur / GandalfTheTartan7. Nintendo was founded in 1889(via Gizmodo)Image Source: via deviantART / PokeMarioFan648. Saudi Arabia imports their camels from Australia for meat production, because they focus on breeding animals for domestic and racing purposes(via BBC News)Image Source: via Fine Dining Lovers9. From the time it was discovered to the time they revoked its status as a planet, Pluto had not yet made a full trip around the Sun(via Wonderopolis)Image Source: via Planets for Kids10. An octopus has three hearts. Two hearts are used to pump blood to each of the octopus' lungs and the third pumps blood throughout the body.(via About Education)Image Source: via cerebrovortex11. Anne Frank, Martin Luther King Jr., and Barbara Walters were all born in the same year(via Biography)Image Source: via Break 12. When you get a kidney transplant, they leave your original kidneys in your body(via UCSF Medical Center)Image Source: via Vietnam Active Tourism 13. North Korea and Finland are separated by only one country(via Today I Found Out)Image Source: via imgur / tobeornottobe14. Vending machines are twice more likely to kill you than a shark is(via Freakonomics)Image Source: via Wikipedia15. The unicorn is the national animal of Scotland(via Scottish at Heart)Image Source: via ThinkGeek16. Peanuts are not actually nuts, are in fact legumes(via The Peanut Institute)Image Source: via Aaron Quinn 17. Every two minutes we take more photos than were taken during the entirety of the 19th century(via 1000 Memories Blog)Image Source: via izifunny

A lot of things have already been said! But I will share a few more based on my personal experiences & visits to a few Japanese corporates!Gifting is a religion there. The companies overburdened with souvenirs. a) Tokyo Stock Exchangeb) CITIZEN Factory: A famous Japanese company for Digital equipments. They welcomed with Cap, good luck charms, pen etc.c) TCS Japan: Not purely Japanese but the Japanese branch of an indian company2. Heavy reliance on Seafood / Non-Vegetarian: Being an Indian vegetarian, it can be very difficult to survive in Japan without prior preparations. A funny incident happened when one of my friends asked for vegetarian options in a hotel to which the waiter replied if “Ohh, you are pure veg! So only egg or fish will do”!It’s just a huge tuna fish-head. Nothing worth seeing :P3. Strong focus on detailing In India, we don’t really know what detailing mean. Apart from warm-seater toilets and technologically advanced traffic system, even their menus are detailed for various spice levels.4. Tokyo Stock Xchange: They must be the only stock exchange who use opposite signs. The stocks which are improving are shown in red while the falling stocks are shown in green. They have interesting reasoning for that! Want to take a guess? Comment section, please!5. Indian Food: A little bit of patriotism is necessary, right! For a risk-averse person like me who doesn’t take risk when it comes to food, I searched for Indian restaurants. I finally stumbled upon a scene in a Tokyo Hotel which was mind-blowing! India-Pakistan rivalry is well-known but who knew the two flags can be seen together on the streets of Tokyo. This restaurant was run by Shaikh Sahab, a Pakistani who got so emotional to know that I am an Indian. He offered a delicious free tandoori chicken! What more can you expect? Much love, sir! <36. Cars: The most exquisite models of cars in any country. McLaren, Porsche, Ferrari etc. you name it!It was an extremely interesting country for me to explore! I wish you all the luck for the Tokyo Olympics 2020.Last but not the least, it would be a shame to not show the beauty of Tokyo and what their cleanliness is all about.I will keep adding !Thanks for reading :) . Have a nice day!

One time it helped and one time it didn't.  This really does not come up that much. Both cases deal with who invented first, under the pre-AIA law, whoever invents first gets the patent and the late comer is an infringer.  In both cases, the inventors and the alleged infringers filed patents, all of which issued.In Timely Products Corp. v. Arron, CIV. No. 11,864, 1974 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 6916, at *25 (D. Conn. Sep. 3, 1974).  Arron argued that he invented a sock heater first and that he should get a patent for it.As proof of conception Arron relies upon his Rule 131 affidavit and an exhibit attached to that affidavit, a letter dated August 23, 1965 written and mailed by certified mail to himself describing his idea for low voltage electric and battery operated clothing, blankets and sleeping bags. The letter emphasizes socks and gloves. Well, there you go, he mailed it to himself, open and shut case, right?  Well, there's more to it than that.The question here is not the corroboration of Arron's testimony but rather the sufficiency of the letter of August 23, 1965 as recording a conception of the invention claimed in Arron's patent.Like most inventor drafted materials, this one failed to meet the requirements of Section 112 of the Patent Act and by leaving out key features failed to show that the device was controlled by Aaron prior to the critical date.In Unisplay S.A. v. Am. Elec. Sign Co., NO. CS-92-214-JLQ, 1993 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 20993, at *15 (E.D. Wash. Sep. 7, 1993), AESC defended against infringement by saying that Gunther Selig invented a Solar Glo prior to Unisplay's invention.Mr. Selig states that he documented the conception of his invention on December 21, 1974 and again on January 9, 1975. (Ct. Rec. 116, Exhibits 3 and 4.) The January 1975 document referenced certain drawings of Mr. Selig's work, which were produced for the first time at Mr. Selig's deposition. (Ct. Rec. 181, Exhibit 27.) The December 21, 1974 document was reportedly witnessed by Rita Robinson, and the January 9, 1975 document was witnessed by Katherine Diel. In order to further verify the conception date of his invention, Mr. Selig reportedly had his January 1975 letter and blueprint mailed to himself, return receipt requested. The postmarked envelope and return receipt were submitted by the Defendants and are part of the record. (Ct. Rec. 193, Exhibit B.)Unlike Aaron, Selig had drawings that adequately demonstrated the pertinent features of his invention.  Those verified his date of inventorship and were sufficient to anticipate some of Unisplay's claims.

You did not mention what field your development is in, but in biotech, very often the inventions are licensed before the patent issues. If you think your idea is patentable, you should hire a competent patent attorney in your field to draft an application. You will also have to reduce your invention to practice - which means doing the work to show that the invention works (eg., animal data to show that a drug works in a disease model).Once filed, you can contact companies about your idea. You may wish to create a one page write up that describes what your invention does, the unmet need it is addressing and why the potential buyer would be interested in it. This write up should be a non-confidential summary. If you get any companies interested in learning more about the idea, then you can move to putting a NDA in place.Important: Do not disclose confidential information (your data that underlies the invention) without a nondisclosure agreement (NDA) in place. In my opinion, even with a NDA in place, only disclose what is absolutely necessary, because you may not have the deep pockets to go after a big company.Hope this helps.

I would suggest compiling a list of mop manufacturers that would be interested in your product. Googling keywords is always a wise first step. You could also try your local library, which should have some resources helpful for your search. After spending ample time researching possible suitors, it’s time to write a business plan. The United States Small Business Association provides a free guide on how to “Write Your Business Plan.” As you can see, it is a pretty hefty project to undertake though!I think you should take a look at what we have to offer at LawTrades. Inventors don’t always possess the greatest business IQ so bringing in a lawyer to help represent you during precious licensing negotiations can save you money in the long run. We have helped many entrepreneurs connect with talented, affordable commercial and patent attorneys. Simply visit our site, fill out a short form, and sit back for a free on-demand price quote from us. Feel free to shoot me a message with any questions you have.Good luck!

Some parts of some responses really do require a specific form.For instance, if you file a terminal disclaimer, you need to use the correct form or it’s coming back to you with another rejection.The USPTO has a ton of technical requirements for amendments in applications. It’s probably easier to look at the preferred sample response than it is to try to go over everything here.If you can’t signNow the examiner, try calling the supervisor listed on the office action. If you sound professional and leave a message with your application number you are likely to get a response in a day or two.Good luck.

be a US citizenhave at least a BS in a technical fieldbe willing to live in Alexandria, VA, Detroit, Dallas, Denver or Silicon Valley—where the USPTO has offices—for at least two years. Telework, including full-time remote telecommuting, is available after that initial period.apply via The Federal Government's official employment siteAs others have said, it is a high-paced production job, someone once described it as a “legal sweatshop”, but there is excellent training and the pace increases only as you move up in GS level. The pay is great, good benefits too, and exceptionally flexible hours.

Since 2014, she has rescued 434 kidsSharing the following article which I read in ‘The Hindu’.In June 2016, Rekha Mishra, a sub-inspector with the Railway Protection Force, was on duty in Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus. She and her team spotted three scared young girls in school uniforms getting down from the Chennai Express on Platform 15. When she went up to the girls to ask them if they were in trouble, they only stared at her. That’s when she realised they couldn’t understand her. Putting two and two together, the team called a Tamil-speaking person to help. It turned out that the girls had been kidnapped outside their school in Chennai; they had been tricked into approaching a van, the forced into it. At a traffic signal, one of the girls bit her captor, and in the resulting confusion, they managed to escape. In panic, they boarded a train at a nearby station, not knowing it was a long-distance express. “We then called up their parents, and the local police station, Ms. Mishra says. “The girls were my responsibility, I felt, so slept along with them at the police station.”Ms. Mishra, who is 32 and joined the RPF in 2014, is known a hard-working officer with a track record of helping children at the CST station. She has rescued 434 children, 45 of them girls. Most of them were kids who had run away from home, often because of being beaten by parents. There are also frequent cases of children who, obsessed with a film star or attracted by rumours of glamour in Mumbai, had run away to see it for themselves. There are some where they came to meet Facebook friends, and there have been victims of kidnapping too.“As per my records,” Ms. Mishra says, “Most of them are from U.P. and Bihar.” Almost all the children found are from 13 to 16 years old. Sometimes, though, the children are too young and unfamiliar with the world outside their homes, so it is difficult to even get their addresses and names of their family members from them. There was one case of a boy who couldn’t speak or hear, and the RPF had to call in experts in sign language to understand him. Sadly, out of the 434 rescued children she has handled, the RPF was only able to trace the parents of 28; the rest had to be handed over to the Child Welfare Committee for further action.Ms. Mishra works in a team with ASI Shivram Singh and other staff. They are trained to follow proper procedure, with a lengthy process — designed to protect the best interests of the child — to be followed every time a child is rescued. Santoshi Dhekle, team member of Community Committed Development Trust, says, “After medical tests, and following procedures like making entries with and filling up documents at station manager’s office, we take the child for further investigation. We try to find out their parents so we can send the kids home. Or we have to send them to the remand home in Mankhurd or Dongri.”In 2017, as of the end of March, Ms. Mishra and her colleagues had already rescued 162 children. They expect the number of such cases to rise in June. Ms. Mishra says that this is because children have school holidays, and therefore more team to roam around, and sometimes they take advantage of the freedom, or are tempted by the stories they have heard of Mumbai, so they get into trains without knowing anything about the city or knowing anyone there.Ms. Mishra’s work has impressed senior officers. Ajay Yadav, the senior inspector in charge of CST, says, “She is a very hard-working and dedicated staff member, ther staff should also learn a lesson from her hard work.”Sachin Bhalode, Senior Divisional Security Commissioner, CR, RPF, said, “This is different type of work, and one has to be very dedicated and needs a special skill which, Ms. Mishra has. This is a very responsible job, handling sensitive cases. She has done a commendable job and we are in a process of recommending her for rewards.”“I feel very blessed and happy that God helps in doing such work,” Ms. Mishra says. “I always pray to God that gives me strength to help others, especially senior citizens, children, and poor people. I work for around 12–14 hours a day, and make sure that I don’t regret anything when I go to bed.”Source: ‘The Hindu’

The very first thing you should do is go to the US patent office web site United States Patent and Trademark Office and learn how to file for a provisional patent if you are in the USA. They charge just $60.00 to file your self.  It isn't all that hard to do and they have staff that will help you get the forms filled out successfully. If not in the USA seek you own country's patent office. There are attorneys that specialize in patent work, seek a reputable one in your area, if you have the funds to pay them.  Once you have protected your idea then seek Universities and or companies that have programs or products that are applicable to your idea. Good luck, we need new ideas everyday.