And it was progress and it was news 6 weeks ago when it actually happened.
"So, if 18 months is normal how long do you think it will be until the patent is issued?"
I didn't say "normal. I said "routine", as in "by law".
No idea how long it will take until (or if) a patent is issued.
Lets wait and see what the inspector has to say. Remember, we're talking about a CEO who couldn't even secure a trademark and that should have been a cakewalk.
88388347 TAURIG-GUMMI TSDR DEAD
88388327 TAURI-GUMMIES TSDR DEAD
88226543 TAURI-GUM TSDR DEAD
87238428 COLLUM AUXILIUM COLLUMAUXIL LLC TSDR DEAD
87266443 ROLLEAF TSDR DEAD
87266438 ROLLEAF! TSDR DEAD
But there are 2 NEW Trademark applications on file...for Tauri-sun and Tauri-_____ (something else)....that haven't been seen by an inspector yet (so they aren't DEAD yet). And they have their own little tricks to them, at least the Tauri-sun version does and I haven't looked at the other but expect it has the same flaws:
An application was filed. 15 minutes later a second Tauri-sun Application was filed which included the required owner phone number (2024149249) that had been left out of the original. They had to put a number on the application but the one they used isn't Tauriga's (It's SUPPOSED to be)! Whose is it?
The Application also requires an email address for the trademark owner. The form was filed with "XXXX" in the space provided for that address. Tauriga doesn't have an email address? Swifty the lawyer knew that wouldn't fly so he included the following footnote:
"Requirement for Email and Electronic Filing: I understand that a valid email address must be maintained by the owner/holder and the owner's/holder's attorney, if appointed, and that all official trademark correspondence must be submitted via the Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS)."
Does he really think that that solves the problem?
The Patent application process is orders of magnitude more complicated than the Trademark process and Tauriga has yet to show that it can even get that incredibly simple task done. I see two more DEAD's on the TAUG Trademark list in Tauriga's future.
"how long do you think it will be until the patent is issued?"
If their Trademark pursuit is any gauge there's a good chance that a patent will never be issued, but in the case of a patent it can take a long, long time to find that out. I think my guess is solid but as long as the money keeps flowing a patent attorney can drag things out for years. Lets see what the Inspector has to say (when he stops laughing).
ps. "I remember some Bozos thinking no provisional patent was applied for, and even that an actual patent application was never filed."
Memories can fail us (I know mine does sometimes). Do you have links to the posts where those assertions were made?
As my dear old grandfather Litvak said (just before they swung the trap), he said "You can't cheat an honest man. Never give a sucker an even break or smarten up a chump."
