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 Three Musketeers (animated TV series) becoming a musketeer but the musketeers won't allow him into their services because of his age. Tooley, who has a white horse, named Lightning, does get a present from the musketeers, which was a mule for his birthday. Several of the cartoons end with the famous "ALL FOR ONE, AND ONE FOR ALL" slogan. The cartoon is based on the famous novel "The Three Musketeers" by Alexandre Dumas. The Three Musketeers (animated TV series) The Three Musketeers is an American Saturday morning cartoon produced by Hanna-Barbera Productions for NBC. It premiered in 1968, running for 18 episodes as a segment