Understanding critical patent filing deadlines – Steve Sponseller

<div id="contentsContainer" class="style-scope qowt-page"> <div id="contents" class="style-scope qowt-page"> <p id="E311" class="x-scope qowt-word-para-0"><span id="E312" class="qowt-font2-TimesNewRoman">In this solo episode,</span> <span id="E313" class="qowt-font2-TimesNewRoman">I talk</span> <span id="E314" class="qowt-font2-TimesNewRoman">about patent filing deadlines that are important to tech companies and</span> <span id="E315" class= "qowt-font2-TimesNewRoman">inventors.</span></p> <p id="E316" class="qowt-stl-NormalWeb x-scope qowt-word-para-1"> <span id="E317">There are three important activities that automatically trigger a 12-month deadline in the United States for filing a patent application to protect your invention. In most situations, if you miss this deadline, you forfeit the ability to protect the invention. This</span> <span id="E318">often</span> <span id="E319">means your competitors can freely use that invention in their products because you can’t protect it with a patent.</span></p> <p id="E320" class="qowt-stl-NormalWeb x-scope qowt-word-para-1"> <span id="E321">Unfortunately, many business leaders are unaware of this deadline and inadvertently lose patent rights to their inventions.</span></p> <p id="E322" class="qowt-stl-NormalWeb x-scope qowt-word-para-1"> <span id="E323">Too often, I’ve had to tell company leaders, “It’s too late to protect your invention.”</span></p> <p id="E324" class="qowt-stl-NormalWeb x-scope qowt-word-para-1"> <span id="E325">Listen to this episode so you understand the deadlines and make an informed business decision before forfeiting your patent rights.</span></p> <p id="E326" class="x-scope qowt-word-para-2"><strong><span id= "E327" class="qowt-font2-TimesNewRoman">Today on the</span> <span id="E328" class="qowt-font2-TimesNewRoman">Tech Leader Talk</span> <span id="E329" class= "qowt-font2-TimesNewRoman">p</span><span id="E330" class= "qowt-font2-TimesNewRoman">odcast:</span></strong></p> <p id="E331" class="x-scope qowt-word-para-0" data-contextual-spacing="