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Patent_Question

Junior Member
What is the name of your state? FL
There are VERY old patents in the Uspto search that are from 1901, 1935, 1939, etc

I did a search with names, name of original invention, I tried if somebody 'resurrected' them, blah, blah... but that US patents are exactly look to be dead.

Now, How, what I do to contact who to know if I can buy (and resurrect) an old patent?

What is the process to 'resurrect' a 'dead' patent? I have to add/modify/update the old claims?

All that patents are as Utility patents of its era, so... what I do?

Is there an address to send my inquiry to the USPTO in my particular concern?

How much cost to buy a patent of that era?

can some relative of the original author(s) sue me? lol
 


divgradcurl

Senior Member
What is the name of your state? FL
There are VERY old patents in the Uspto search that are from 1901, 1935, 1939, etc

I did a search with names, name of original invention, I tried if somebody 'resurrected' them, blah, blah... but that US patents are exactly look to be dead.

Now, How, what I do to contact who to know if I can buy (and resurrect) an old patent?

What is the process to 'resurrect' a 'dead' patent? I have to add/modify/update the old claims?

All that patents are as Utility patents of its era, so... what I do?

Is there an address to send my inquiry to the USPTO in my particular concern?

How much cost to buy a patent of that era?

can some relative of the original author(s) sue me? lol

You can't "ressurect" a patent. Once a patent expires, it's expired for all time -- the invention moves into the public domain, and is free for all to use.
 

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