A Continuation-In-Part – In a recent issue of our column, we gave a lesson on performing “do-it-yourself due diligence” on a pending U.S. patent application. This month, we present a “Continuation-In-Part” of […]
Swimming with the (Duly Diligent) Sharks
Feeding Frenzy – Most of us are familiar with the network TV show, Shark Tank® – but in case not, here is a brief summary of the premise. Entrepreneurs seeking funding for […]
Eye in the Sky – The Advantages of Using a Patent Alert Service
The term “patent landscape” is widely used to denote the state of patent activities in a given field of technology, or with regard to a more narrow class of inventions. An […]
Online Searching for Business Information in the USPTO
A Spectrum of Subject Matter – Many engineers and scientists are aware of the United States Patent and Trademark Office website, http://patft.uspto.gov/, that is available for online searching of patents and published […]
Google Patents – A One Stop Shop for Patent Research
Old School Patent Searching – In years past, when clients have had an interest in doing some initial patent searching on their own, we have referred them to the United States Patent […]