Expect additional costs later on for analyzing and responding to foreign office actions, docketing and paying maintenance fees (annuities), etc. Many countries have extra fees to request examination, and most have annual fees (annuities or maintenance fees) payable during the pendency of the application and/or after the patent issues. Canada: A Canadian application corresponding to a US application can be filed for about $1,500 (depending on the exchange rate).
Mr. Peanut. Mr. Peanut is the advertising logo and mascot of Planters, an American snack-food company and division of Kraft Foods. He is depicted as an anthropomorphic peanut in its shell dressed in the formal clothing of an old-fashioned gentleman: a top hat, monocle, white gloves, spats, and a cane.
Charles Monroe Schulz (November 26, 1922 â February 12, 2000), nicknamed Sparky, was an American cartoonist, best known for the comic strip Peanuts. Born in Minneapolis, Minnesota, Schulz grew up in Saint Paul. He was the only child of Carl Schulz, who was born in Germany, and Dena Halverson, who was Norwegian. His uncle called him Sparky after the horse Spark Plug in Billy DeBeck's comic strip, Barney Google.