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A few years ago I applied for a patent. We went through all the steps needed and at the end the only thing stop me from getting my patent was the amount of time they wanted me to come up the money for the patent. Unfortunately I was not able to go any further with it and my idea hit the market and its very successful , I think the company I filed my application with sold my idea
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You need to provide more information than you have; for example, what fees could you not afford to pay? Was it only the government issue fee or other government fees and/or fees charge by "the company?"
From your comments, I assume that you worked through an invention marketing; do you have any basis for believing that the company misused the information provided as opposed to another party becoming aware of it from your published patent application?
If you now have the money to pay all of the government fees that were due and all fees for reviving the application, it may be possible for you to do so, but it is not clear from the information provided how much those fees would be and whether it would be possible to revive the application.
Answered on Apr 02nd, 2013 at 3:10 PM