Nolo's patents for beginners
Book - 2000
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Berkeley, CA :
Nolo
2000-
- Language
- English
- Item Description
- Kept up to date between editions by revised printings.
- Physical Description
- volumes : illustrations, forms ; 23 cm
- ISBN
- 9781413331882
- Your Legal Companion
- 1. Patents and Intellectual Property Law
- What Is a Patent?
- The Three Types of Patents
- Patent Rights
- The Requirements for Obtaining a Patent
- How Long Do Patent Rights Last?
- How Patent Rights Can Be Lost
- Intellectual Property-the Big Picture
- Trademarks
- Copyright
- Trade Secrets
- 2. Qualifying for a Patent
- Requirements for a Utility Patent
- Statutory Classes
- Utility
- Novelty and Prior Art
- Nonobviousness
- Requirements for Design Patents
- Plant Patents: Requirements and Limitations
- 3. Invention Documentation
- The Value of Documentation
- Lab Notebook
- Invention Disclosure
- Trade Secret Considerations
- 4. Patent Searching
- Principles of Patent Searching
- Structuring Your Search
- Patent Search Databases
- Hiring a Professional Patent Searcher
- 5. Writing Patent Applications
- Elements of a Patent Application
- Invention and Inventor Data
- Specification: Overview and Requirements
- Sections of the Specification
- Claims
- Abstract
- Drawings
- Other Parts of a Patent Application
- Other Application Documents
- Expediting Examination of Your Patent Application
- 6. Patent Prosecution and the PTO
- Patent Prosecution: The Road to Allowance
- Responding to a Final Office Action
- Additional Application Issues
- Design Patent Prosecution
- 7. Patent Ownership
- The Inventor Is Initial Ownerof Patent Rights
- Employee Inventions
- Joint Owners
- 8. Patent Infringement
- What Is Patent Infringement?
- Downstream Liability and Vicarious Liability
- Stopping Patent Infringement
- Defenses to Patent Infringement
- Ending Disputes Without a Lawsuit
- Supplemental Examination
- 9. International Patent Treaties
- Introduction to Foreign Patent Treaties and Laws
- Paris Convention
- Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT)
- European Patent Convention (EPC)
- 10. Help Beyond This Book
- PTO Resources
- Other Inventor Resources
- Additional Intellectual Property Resources
- Working With an Attorney
- Glossary