Too Many Ideas in One Patent?
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What Does it Mean to Restrict? Your inventions are related, but distinct and it’s too much work! Often inventors develop ideas and claim them in one patent application. If there is no relation between them and it would be a burden for the Patent Office to search the two distinct inventions, you will be restricted. Meaning, you will have to choose only one for examination, but you can claim the other in another patent application. Claim Away! Legal told me to include this: The intellectual property information that we provide does not constitute legal advice. We are not intellectual property lawyers nor are we a law firm, consequently we do not provide legal advice. No
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You are limited to one invention per patent by the constitution of the United States.
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What Does it Mean to Restrict? Your inventions are related, but distinct and its too much work! Often inventors develop ideas and claim them in one patent application. If there is no relation between them and it would be a burden for the Patent Office to search the two distinct inventions, you will be restricted. Meaning, you will have to choose only one for examination, but you can claim the other in another patent application. Claim Away! Legal told me to include this: The intellectual property information that we provide does not constitute legal advice. We are not intellectual property lawyers nor are we a law firm, consequently we do not provide legal advice. No
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