Patent Art: Interesting and Unique Patent Drawings
I will be officially on vacation from Monday July 27, 2009, through Sunday, August 2, 2009, and then Monday, August 3, 2009, is a travel day to get to Chicago for the last PLI Patent Bar Review Course...
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It takes time to prepare a detailed written disclosure that will support any number of claims, and there is just no way to rush it. Inventors and entrepreneurs intuitively know this, but they get lured...
View ArticleTricks & Tips for Describing An Invention in a Patent Application
The back bone, however, is made up of many smaller bones. For example, there are seven cervical vertebrae in the necks of all mammals, and these bones together make up a portion of the back bone....
View ArticleGood, Bad & Ugly: Truth About Provisional Patent Applications
There is a terrible injustice done by those non-attorney and/or non-agent services, and it amazes me that individuals are so ready to believe inventors and scientists who have a handful of patents and...
View ArticleThe Art of the Patent, Raising Money on Kickstarter
Kickstarter is becoming more popular given the press it has received from the New York Times, CNN and NPR, but are they successful at raising money for people? According to Kickstarter just over 10,000...
View ArticlePatent Illustrations and Invention Drawings, What do you Need?
Over the years I have worked with many inventors as they seek to move forward with their inventions. As a patent attorney it is no great surprise that the overwhelming number of individuals I have...
View ArticleTurning Your Idea into an Invention
One thing that many individuals and professional inventors employed by corporations (i.e., "kept inventors") have in common is that they frequently do not perceive what they have come up with as worth...
View ArticlePatent Drawings: An Economical Way to Expand Disclosure
While formally compliant drawings are not technically always required at the time of filing, there are significant benefits to submitting professional patent illustrations at the time of filing....
View Article5 Things to Know About Patent Law Firm Management
Are you a patent attorney or patent agent setting up your own firm? Are you presently at a firm but considering splitting off and going it on your own? There are a great many things that you need to...
View ArticleWorking with Patent Drawings to Create a Complete Disclosure
What you are looking at here is something that is similar to a Big Mac because it has two beef patties, which are identified by reference numeral 10. It isn't quite a Big Mac through because there is...
View ArticleCompletely Describe Your Invention in a Patent Application
Simply said, a patent application is only as good as what is included within the application, and general or vague descriptions do nothing more than guarantee that no patent will ever issue. Beyond...
View ArticlePatent Art: Interesting and Unique Patent Drawings
I will be officially on vacation from Monday July 27, 2009, through Sunday, August 2, 2009, and then Monday, August 3, 2009, is a travel day to get to Chicago for the last PLI Patent Bar Review Course...
View ArticlePatent Drawings 101: The Way to Better Patent Applications
To properly accomplish the goal of having the best disclosure possible you should also not think in terms of a single patent drawing or illustration, but rather in terms of however many patent drawings...
View ArticlePatent Drawings and Invention Illustrations, What do you Need?
If you are going to file a patent application you must have drawings to include in the application, but patent drawings are not the only type of "drawings" that an inventor should be considering....
View ArticlePatent Drawings: An Economical Way to Expand Disclosure
U.S. patent law requires a patent applicant to furnish at least one patent drawing (sometimes referred to as a patent illustration) of the invention whenever the invention is capable of illustration by...
View Article5 things inventors and startups need to know about patents
One big problem independent inventors face when they choose to represent themselves is with respect to the very real problem of admissions. Truthfully, those who are representing themselves should be...
View ArticleRequisites of a Patent Application: Claims and drawings technically not...
For as long as I can remember, in order for a nonprovisional utility patent application to be awarded the all important filing date you had to file a specification that adequately described the...
View ArticleProvisional Applications: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
Provisional applications can be a very useful tool, but only when they are done right. When provisional patent applications are done poorly you not only obtain no benefit, the filing potentially...
View ArticlePatent Drafting Basics: Instruction Manual Detail is What You Seek
In some important ways a patent application should be akin to an instruction manual, but unlike the aforementioned BBQ grill, the reader of relevant skill in the area is the one that should be able to...
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