Once an attorney files a patent, how long does the U.S. patent protect me?
Once your application is filed you have limited protection and patent pending rights. The term of a granted non-provisional utility patent is twenty years from the earliest effective U.S. filing date for which benefit is claimed under 35 U.S.C. 120, 121 or 365(c). In order to obtain full protection for the entire patent term, maintenance fees are periodically due to the Office.
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