What does it mean when a patent fee status has lapsed?

So I've doing some research and reading on provisional patent application. I've found that some people use software such as Patent Wizard to help them draft a provisional patent application and use an attorney to review the application. Before taking...

A little over a month ago I made a payment for my application fee to my apartment. I just now looked at my payment history cuz I just paid my security deposit and first months rent and it said that my application fee payment was "returned"...

Google got the patent for web-based translation (http://gigaom.com/2011/01/25/goo...). Does this mean that WordLens needs to pay them a licensing fee?

Any Credit Expert? Real Estate Professional? Loan Officer? Underwriter? Lender? Lawyer? Please let me know if you can help. I truly appreciate your inputs on the following mortgage issue: I am in the process of buying a house at this time with a very...

Found a car I like that is listed, as a certified vehicle, with a certain price on the dealer website. We negotiated a price to my liking, I had a mechanic check it out and right before I was going to sign, the sales manager said they would *add* a certification...

.However our application was rejected as we erroneously sent the wrong fee.Now we are being asked to refile with the right fee(to resubmit application with the right fee).Does this mean i can send back the SAME doc to them with the correct fee or do...

Does anyone know what CSULA's out of state acceptance rate is like? Also, I applied in late October of this year and it gave me a site to go to, to check my application status. For a long time my application status was at 'complete' but suddenly it to...

okay so I applied to Dal and have everything needed in the application (letter, fee, HS marks sent, ontario uni number) but it still says "Incomplete items outstanding." Im above cut-off range and also under decision it says "Written Notification...