w/regards to the term "expired" holds no validity to the continued manufacturing and selling of this patent: www.uspto.gov...
Potentially an even greater burden is the possibility that the failure to pay maintenance fees may have created so-called "intervening rights." When a patent expires due to failure to pay maintenance, it has fully expired, and the formerly patented device moves into the public domain. If the commissioner grants the petition to accept late payment, it is as though the patent never expired - with one important exception. A person who has begun making, selling, using, or importing the device in question during the time after the expiration of the six month grace period but before the acceptance of the petition to pay a late maintenance fee, may have established "intervening rights" to their activities. 35 U.S.C. S41(c)(2) provides that a person who has begun use during that time period, or who even has made "substantial preparation" to do so, may assert their reliance on the expiration as a defense to infringement. The court may, in the interest of fairness, allow such parties to continue their use, even if it otherwise would be blatant infringement. www.invention-protection.com... Pay_Those_Patent_Maintenance_Fees.html/www.uspto.gov... _S_C_100.htm#usc35s100; www.uspto.gov...www.uspto.gov... _S_C_100.htm#usc35s100; www.uspto.gov...
didn't michael jackson buy the patent rights to the beatles music? also, after the expiration of a patent, anyone is free to make, use or sell the patented device without infringing upon original owner's rights pursuant to u.s. code. The patent holder may continue to make, use and sell his device, but may no longer prevent others from doing so as well. suffice it to say, the term "expired" here has no bearing with respect to the entity that now manufactures and sells this product.
almost 25" in height does not allow for more than one body and the depth of those coffins appears to hold an entire casket; however, i'm still digging as to whether or not a third-party assignee can improve on the scope of original patent.
i am not a paralegal. just a retired legal secretary; however, i love digging. we have something in common.
i do understand about conspiracy theorists for i am one w/regards to the fema coffins! i do believe there is an expectation on the part of cdc/fema that millions of americans will die from a biological attack or Codex Alimentarius. an attack from whom???? remains to be seen.
i do, sincerely, appreciate your comments.
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