Patent pending an offense, which permits theoretical damages in the hundreds of millions of dollars for high-volume consumer goods. The Leahy-Smith America Invents Act revised section 292 to say that only the United States may sue for that penalty but that a person who has suffered a competitive injury may sue for recovery of damages adequate to compensate for the injury. A provisional application, like any other patent application, also allows the applicant to use the term "patent pending". Numerous characters have assumed the name Pat Pending since at least the 1960s, notably Professor Pat Pending of cartoon series Wacky Races; the
The Osmonds (TV series) Bad Apple" was used for the opening of the show, while a brief instrumental version of the same song was used for the end credits. Like "The Jackson 5ive", it used an laugh track created by Rankin/Bass. Unlike the Jacksons, the Osmond brothers provided their own speaking voices in their series. Each episode features one song by The Osmonds and one solo song by either Donny or Jimmy. Songs are followed by their album inclusions. The Osmonds (TV series) The Osmonds is a 1972 ABC-TV Saturday morning cartoon series produced by Rankin/Bass Productions starring the Osmond Brothers. Each episode features