Editor’s note: This story was updated on March 28, 2025, to add comments from the Cannabis Control Commission. The Cannabis Control Commission failed to collect about $550,000 in prorated license fees ...

The term patent pending is a well recognized term of art that many inventors rightfully covet. It subtly, and very directly, conveys great meaning. It means that an inventor has taken steps to protect ...

The Ohio Division of Cannabis Control (“DCC”) recently published proposed rules for adult-use cannabis license applications. In November 2023, 57% of Ohio voters approved the legalization of adult-use ...

Provisional applications are not low-cost substitutes for utility applications Provisional applications are often improperly used as low-cost substitutes for utility applications. The problem with ...

As patent reform moves forward with the first to file provisions still intact we can expect to hear from many corners that the thing that inventors and businesses need to do is file provisional patent ...

Jeffrey Proehl is a registered patent attorney with Woods, Fuller, Shultz & Smith P.C. in Sioux Falls. Inventors often have questions about the difference between filing a “provisional” and a ...