PTO Allowance
I heard today that “The United States Patent and Trademark Office has issued an Allowance for your Patent.”
This apparently means that they agree that the application was filled out correctly, that the invention represents something new, useful, and non-obvious, and that they are prepared to issue me a patent. Now, the only thing left to do is for Alcatel to send in a final “Gimme that patent” form along with a filing fee, and by September-October timeframe, I’ll have my patent! Well, not mine, of course, because technically I sold it to Alcatel for a $1, but the patent’s in my name, alright, and it certainly doesn’t tarnish a resume.
Plus, a few months later, Alcatel will get around to paying me a patent bonus, but no telling exactly when this will happen, since they’re usually issued in groups every six months or so. I can probably expect it around the beginning of the year, though. What a month I’m having!
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