Design Patents- A Refresher1 – The United States patent laws provide for the granting of a design patent to any person who has invented a new and nonobvious ornamental design for an […]
Patenting Computer Generated Icons
Bob Gunderman and John Hammond
An Eerie Sound – Transitory Signals and Computer Readable Media Rejections
Patent-eligible Subject Matter – The patentability of inventions is defined in the United States by federal statute 35 U.S.C. §101 that states “Whoever invents or discovers any new and useful process, machine, […]
Get a Loan Using Your Intellectual Property
Freeing Up Value or Locking Up Your Assets? Security Agreements and Assignments – A patent is owned by the inventor(s), absent an agreement to the contrary. This is a fundamental principle of […]
National Phase Entry – Life Worldwide After The PCT
Filing Internationally – In today’s world, most businesses cross international boundaries as a normal course of doing business each day. From materials purchased and goods sold to having a web site that […]
Developing a Patent Strategy for Your Business – Building Value
Why a Patent Strategy? A patent is a legal instrument that allows you to exclude others from making, using, or selling your patented invention. A patent is a limited monopoly, limited to […]
Obtaining a United States Patent via the Patent Cooperation Treaty
This article discusses entry into the “national phase” in the United States for Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) international patent applications. The Patent Cooperation Treaty as a Portal for Pursuing Patent Protection in […]
“Under the Knife” – Patenting Surgical Procedures
Patentable Subject Matter – Federal Statute 35 U.S.C. §101 establishes the patentability of inventions, stating that, “Whoever invents or discovers any new and useful process, machine, manufacture, or composition of matter, or […]
Secrecy Orders- Protecting National Security
Patent Publication: Usually in the Public Interest… In the United States, issued patents and pending patent applications are published(1) so that all may understand the inventions that they teach. This provision in […]
Election of Species And Restriction Requirements
Restriction Requirements- a Brief Refresher(1) – The patent rules essentially state that “Two or more independent and distinct inventions may not be claimed in one national application…”(2). So one of the first […]
Examiner Interviews and Their Place in Patent Prosecution
After your patent application has been filed with the United States Patent and Trademark Office, you will most likely receive an Office Action. When this happens, you have now entered what is […]
