The Speed Dial Screen ........................................................................................................................ 13. Working in the Speed Dial Screen ........................................................................................................ 14. Managing Your Speed Dial List ...........................................................................................................
(As of year 2005). Answer: Utility and plant patents are granted for a term which begins with the date of the grant and usually ends 20 years from the date the applications were filed. You must make the timely payment of the appropriate maintenance fees. Design patents last 14 years from the date you are granted the patent. No maintenance fees are required for design patents.
How to File a Patent Application for a Utility Patent. The descriptions and claims are very important to a patent application, they are what the patent examiner will look at to determine if your invention is novel, useful, nonobvious, and correctly reduced to practice as covered in our lesson on patentable.It takes up to three years for a patent application to be granted.he descriptions and claims are very important to a patent application, they are what the patent examiner will look at to determine if your invention is novel, useful, nonobvious, and correctly reduced to practice as covered in our lesson on patentable. It takes up to three years for a patent application to be granted.