1.   A patent is issued to the individual who can show the first date of invention, the moment that a means for creating the product has been described.

2.   After the patent was issued, Wells Electronics began selling its own socket design, prompting Pfaff to sue for patent infringement.

3.   After the patent was issued in April, Chiron made another attempt to negotiate a royalty.

4.   But he rejected suggestions that the Patent Office will cause trouble if it issues many patents on gene fragments.

5.   But two new patents have been issued for inventions that commit our voices to posterity in ways he might never have imagined.

6.   But why should a patent have been issued for a new version of Prozac if it does not reduce side effects like suicidal thoughts?

7.   Currently, applications in the United States are kept secret until a patent is issued.

8.   Currently, they are secret until a patent is issued.

9.   Currently, for competitive reasons, applications in the United States are kept secret until a patent is issued.

10.   In February, a patent was issued to a Colorado inventor for just such a device.