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.
Mr. Peanut gets a wardrobe makeover -- and a voice. You have to admit, as advertising mascots go, Mr. Peanut is one darn dapper fellow -- what with his monocle, top hat, cane, white gloves and spats. Hardly the type in need of a wardrobe overhaul. So I was surprised when I caught a segment on this morning's TV news.