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Change of Owner (Assignment) and Change of Owner Name The original owner should record the assignment or name change with the USPTO's Assignment Recordation Branch by going to Assignment Center and filing a Recordation Cover Sheet along with a copy of the actual assignment or proof of name change.

Corrections to granted patents Under section 107 of the Patent Rules, certain errors made by the Commissioner in the patent, or in the specification or drawings of a granted patent can be corrected within 12 months of the issuance of the patent.

Patents cannot go on forever, not in the US or anywhere else. As long as you understand that patents will expire, then “patent renewal” may be considered a layman's term for the more technical term of patent maintenance. Patents cannot be renewed once their terms expire.

After a patent has been issued—or even while it is still under examination—the owner may submit a Recordation Cover Sheet to the USPTO's Assignment Recordation Branch. This office will accept the documentation and ensure that your patent is updated and that proof of the update is issued to you.

During examination of a patent application or after the patent is granted, the owner of the patent may: Transfer ownership to another entity or party through an "assignment;" or. Retain ownership but change their name.

Patents, trademarks, and copyrights are all forms of intellectual property and just like any other property, intellectual property can be bought, sold, inherited, or otherwise transferred. Inventors, authors, and artists may prefer to focus on creation and leave the work of licensing and monitoring to someone else.

While you can't patent a business name, you can trademark a business name. The best practice is to hire a trademark lawyer to file the trademark on your behalf. In fact, you will increase your odds of a successful federal trademark registration by doing so.

The examiner may require a title change if the original title is not sufficiently descriptive. The applicant can voluntarily amend the title during prosecution. Changes to the title can be made by amendment under 37 CFR 1.121(b).

To transfer patent ownership to a company or another entity, each inventor must sign a document called a patent assignment which should then be recorded with the USPTO. First-time patent clients sometimes hesitate to identify inventors, especially when the principals of the company are not the inventors.