The Traditional Road to Appeal – If the claims in your patent application have been rejected twice, there are several options at your disposal, one of which is to go through the […]
Bob Gunderman and John Hammond
Patent Agent – Client Privilege as real as Attorney – Client Privilege
Attorney-Client Privilege. A Short Overview. Attorney-client privilege is considered to be the oldest form of privilege related to confidential communications; that of the communication between an attorney and client. Attorney-client privilege protects […]
Super Cars!
Spring is in the Air – Nothing says spring better than a fast car. Not a self-driving autonomous car or one of those computer screen emblazoned luxury SUVs with cupholders and WiFi, […]
Avoid Admitting Prior Art in Your Patent Application – Take the Path Less Traveled
Your Invention in Words – A patent application is, simply put, your invention in words. While the patent application describes your invention in detail, it should also describe what makes your invention […]
In Defense of Simple Inventions
Simple in a Complex World – Today’s world is anything but simple, and there seems to be a bias against anything that hints of simplicity, as if anything simple is synonymous with […]
Reissue – One of Seven Ways to Correct a Patent
The Super Seven – There are currently seven ways to correct or amend an issued patent: Reissue (the topic of this article), Certificate of Correction, Disclaimer, Reexamination, Inter partes review, Post Grant […]
Interpreting Patent Claims
The Meaning of Those Strange Little Sentences – What’s in a Claim Anyhow – Claims, those strangely constructed sentences at the end of a patent or patent application, usually get all of […]
Correcting Inventorship in the USPTO
Oops, You’ve Got The Wrong Guy… Errors Can and Do Happen – While the preparation and prosecution of patent applications is about striving for perfection, sometimes errors happen. Determining who should be […]
Patents Rights – Avoiding a Collision with the Social Media Iceberg
Social Media and Intellectual Property – The Iceberg and More – As our world becomes ever more connected, and opinions, ideas, and thoughts are exchanged freely through the rapidly increasing use of […]
Patent Models – A Blast from the Past
Where did The Limited Monopoly® come from anyhow? Back in 2005, friends from the Rochester Engineering Society heard that we had set off on our own and asked us to write a […]