Protecting Your Ideas (eBook)

The Inventor's Guide to Patents

Joy L. Bryant (Autor)

eBook Download: PDF

1998 | 1. Auflage
222 Seiten
Elsevier Science (Verlag)
978-0-08-051527-4 (ISBN)

Infos

Intellectual property law is currently exploding, as demonstrated by the growth of technology transfer offices in universities. More and more scientists, companies, and institutions are rushing to secure intellectual property rights for their ideas and inventions. This process frustrates many people, patent laws are constantly changing, and most books about them are either overly technical or boring.

Protecting Your Ideas: The Inventor's Guide to Patents is a succinct, straightforward guide to the system. This guide presents the steps involved in obtaining patent protection for inventions. It is easy to read and brimming with essential information and advice compounded from FAQs posed by the author's academic and industrial clientele. The text includes tips, warnings, and examples that guide the reader through the invention process so patent rights are not jeopardized. Checklists and other helpful information are provided to assist the inventor preparing to enter the patent process. The book includes valuable resource information and business guidance to protect the inventor from consumer fraud that is sometimes associated with the patent process. Protecting and Idea is a must read for every engineer, scientist, or amateur inventor.

Key Features
* Simple, easy-to-read format demystifies the patent process
* Numerous example patents help to illustrate the issues involved
* Provides an overview of the types of intellectual property protection
* Incorporates up-to-date information about U.S. patent laws
* Advises inventors about the do's and don'ts of patenting
* Includes useful resources for helping inventors safeguard their ideas

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Intellectual property law is currently exploding, as demonstrated by the growth of technology transfer offices in universities. More and more scientists, companies, and institutions are rushing to secure intellectual property rights for their ideas and inventions. This process frustrates many people; patent laws are constantly changing, and most books about them are either overly technical or boring. Protecting Your Ideas: The Inventor's Guide to Patents is a succinct, straightforward guide to the system. This guide presents the steps involved in obtaining patent protection for inventions. It is easy to read and brimming with essential information and advice compounded from FAQs posed by the author's academic and industrial clientele. The text includes tips, warnings, and examples that guide the reader through the invention process so patent rights are not jeopardized. Checklists and other helpful information are provided to assist the inventor preparing to enter the patent process. The book includes valuable resource information and business guidance to protect the inventor from consumer fraud that is sometimes associated with the patent process. Protecting and Idea is a must read for every engineer, scientist, or amateur inventor. - Simple, easy-to-read format demystifies the patent process- Numerous example patents help to illustrate the issues involved- Provides an overview of the types of intellectual property protection- Incorporates up-to-date information about U.S. patent laws- Advises inventors about the do's and don'ts of patenting- Includes useful resources for helping inventors safeguard their ideas

Inhalt

Front Cover 1
Protecting Your Ideas: The Inventor's Guide to Patents 6
Copyright Page 7
Contents 10
Preface 16
Acknowledgments 20
Chapter 1. Choose the Right Protection 24
What Is Meant by the Term "Intellectual Property"? 24
What Are Copyrights, Trademarks, Trade Secrets, and Patents? 25
How Have These Forms of Intellectual Property Protection Evolved in the U.S.? 26
More Information about Copyrights, Trademarks, Trade Secrets, and Patents 30
Review 59
Annotated References 59
Chapter 2.The Types of Patents and Patent Applications 62
U.S. Patents 62
Foreign Patents 83
Review 94
Annotated References 96
Chapter 3. The Invention Process 98
What Is the Invention Process? 98
The United States: A First to Invent Country 103
Proving Conception, Reduction to Practice, and Diligence 106
Review 108
Annotated References 108
Chapter 4. Documenting Your Ideas 110
Laboratory Notebooks 110
Keeping a Laboratory Notebook 111
The Business and Legal Reasons for Keeping a Notebook 114
Review 117
Chapter 5. Researching Your Ideas 120
Searching the Literature 120
Conducting a Search 125
A Brief Word about Prototyping the Invention 129
Review 130
Chapter 6. Protect Yourself 132
Avoid Statutory Bars 132
Review 145
Annotated References 146
Chapter 7. Preparing the Patent Application 148
Representing Yourself 148
Patent Practitioners 150
Preparing for an Effective Practitioner Interview 154
The Requirements for Patentability 157
Preparing the Regular Utility Patent Application 162
Review 172
Annotated References 173
Chapter 8. Filing and Prosecuting the Patent Application 176
Filing the Patent Application 176
The Information Disclosure Statement 193
Patent Pending Status 195
Accelerating the Patent Process 203
Review 207
Annotated References 208
Chapter 9. Deciding to Patent 210
Why Are People Interested in Patenting? 210
The Cost of Patenting 211
Making Money with a Patent 213
Preventing Others from Getting a Patent 220
Review 222
Annotated References 222
Appendix I. Resources 224
Appendix II. Patent and Trademark Depository Libraries 228
Appendix III. Tips Regarding Invention Development Firms 232
Appendix IV. What the Patent Practitioner Needs 234
Index 236

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 15.10.1998
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber
• Themenwelt: Medizin / Pharmazie
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften ► Chemie
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften ► Physik / Astronomie
• Themenwelt: Recht / Steuern ► EU / Internationales Recht
• Themenwelt: Recht / Steuern ► Wirtschaftsrecht ► Urheberrecht
• Themenwelt: Technik ► Bauwesen
• ISBN-10: 0-08-051527-4 / 0080515274
• ISBN-13: 978-0-08-051527-4 / 9780080515274