At 10:33 AM 4/13/2006 -0500, you wrote:
>Does anyone have recent experience with receiving a hardware or
>process patent? I was curious how long it took from initial
>application to issue. An attorney we know said recently that quite a
>few are stretching out to 4-5 years or more.

The last hardware patent I received (in 2005) took 3 years.
I filed the patent application, 6 months later I received word that the
application had been accepted and was under review. 1.5 years later
one of my friends told me that they found my approved patent while doing
a search for a related design. I called the patent office to see what was
going on, they said that they would look into it. 2 months later, the patent
office notified me that the patent had been approved.
So I could easily see it taking 4 to 5 years for the patent office to 
notify you
of approval.
_____________________________________________________________
Cris Wilson
Information Resource Consultant
College of Architecture, Arts, and Humanities
Clemson University
cris@clemson.edu
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