Patent is an invaluable resource for future inventors as well as product development professionals at all levels-from R&D to marketing-who help take innovative ideas from concpet to store.
Patent includes:
- Claims
- Inventorship
- The patent application process
- The patent search process
- Litigation and disputes
- Internation patent protection
- and more.
Contents
1. What is a Patent?
2. Claims
- Elements of a Claim
- Claims Language—Broad to Narrow
- Claim Groupings
- Independent vs. Dependent Claims
- Types of Claims
- Written Description
3. Patentability
- Novelty
- Section 102(a)
- Section 102(b)
- Obviousness
- The Person of Ordinary Skill in Art
- The Graham Revistited
- Rebutting Obviousness
4. Inventorship
- Standards of Inventorship
- Joint Inventorship
- First to Invent
5. Power of the Five Legged Chair®
- No Representations: No Warranties
6. Patent Application
- Non-Provisional Application
- Statement of Federally Sponsored R&D
- Reference to Nucleotide and/or Amino Acid Sequence Listing Table or Computer Program
- Background of the Invention
- Timeline
- Rejections
- Patent Prosecution
- Continuation, Continuation-in-Part and Divisional Applications
- Provisional Application
- Patent Cooperation Treaty
7. Patent Disputes
- Re-examination
- Reissue
- Challenging Patents Abroad
8. Patent Litigation
- The Litigation Process
- Claim Construction
- Patent Infringement
- Claim Construction Case Studies
9. The Patent Application Process
- The MPEP
- Steps 1-19
- Conduct Patent Clearance Search to Avoid Patent Infringement
- Investigate Design Arounds
- Obtain Freedom to Operate Opinion
- Consider Licensing
10. International Patent Protection
- International Treaties
- Patent Cooperation Treaty
- European Paten Application
- Advantages of Filing in the US First
- Pulling It All Together
11. Other Intellectual Property
- Trademarks and Service Marks
- Trademark Applications
- Copyrights
- Trade Secrets
Index
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