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Patent Marking Has Gone Virtual – Or Has It?

By Bob Gunderman and John Hammond on April 16, 2019

Blockchain – The Inventive Foundation of Bitcoin

By Bob Gunderman and John Hammond on November 3, 2018

Some Things You Didn’t Know You Needed – From the IoT

By John Hammond and Bob Gunderman on August 18, 2018

Scanning the Horizon – The Setup and Use of a Patent Alert Service

By John Hammond and Bob Gunderman on January 1, 2018

Swimming with the (Duly Diligent) Sharks

By Bob Gunderman and John Hammond on November 14, 2017

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Structural Weaknesses of the “Quick and Dirty” Provisional Patent Application

By John Hammond and Bob Gunderman on May 6, 2015

“The Provisional Application for Patent”- Under federal statute 35 USC 111(b), an applicant may file a “provisional application for patent,” which must include a specification, i.e., a written description of the invention, […]

The NDA – A Key Agreement in Business Operations

By John Hammond and Bob Gunderman on April 22, 2015

A Healthy Paranoia – Protection of intellectual property can be a critical task for an enterprise.  This is often the case from the earliest gestation of a business when a new invention […]

A Hypothetical Case – of Keeping an Invention From Going to the Dogs

By John Hammond and Bob Gunderman on April 15, 2015

The Opportunity (1) – Dave is the founder of Catalyst Concepts, a small product design firm.  He’s been looking for years to get some business from Gigatron Inc., a major player in […]

Have Brain, Will Invent: Who Owns Your Inventions?

By Bob Gunderman et al. on April 8, 2015

The Law – Our U.S. Constitution provides that inventors shall have “the exclusive right to their discoveries.”  Accordingly, Federal statute 35 USC 111 states that, “An application for patent shall be made, […]

The Provisional Application for Patent – What It Is, When It’s Used

By Bob Gunderman and John Hammond on April 1, 2015

On June 8, 1995, the United States Patent and Trademark Office introduced the “provisional application for patent” to inventors. The premise was to encourage small businesses and independent inventors to protect their […]

The Invention Disclosure- Putting a Stake in the Ground

By John Hammond and Bob Gunderman on March 25, 2015

A Good Habit to Get Into – In the United States, a limited monopoly in the form of a patent may be granted to the first to invent, rather than the first […]

What is a Patent?

By Bob Gunderman and John Hammond on March 18, 2015

There is certainly no shortage of technically talented and inventive people in our area who could answer this question.  Rochester consistently ranks at or near the top nationally in many measures of […]

Patent Misuse – A New Defense Against Patent Abuse?

By John Hammond and Bob Gunderman on March 11, 2015

The Property Right – a Review – Regular readers of this column will recall that a patent is a property right (1) – the right to exclude others from making, using, or selling […]

…And Last But Not Least – The New “First to File” Statute Under the AIA

By John Hammond and Bob Gunderman on March 4, 2015

Encore – For slightly over a year now, the majority of our columns have covered various provisions of the America Invents Act, which became law on September 16, 2011.  And for good […]

Challenging Business Method Patents Under Section 18 of the AIA

By Bob Gunderman et al. on February 25, 2015

Patent Reform – This is our ninth article describing the various sections of the America Invents Act (AIA)1.  Section 18 of the AIA legislates what is called a transitional program for covered […]

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Patenting Holes – And the Story of an Early Marketing Scheme

The Patent Landscape of Bitcoin and its Crypto-Brethren

This Christmas, Give…Bitcoin?

Patent Fundamentals »

Patent Marking Has Gone Virtual – Or Has It?

Scanning the Horizon – The Setup and Use of a Patent Alert Service

Patent Agent – Client Privilege as real as Attorney – Client Privilege

America Invents Act (AIA) »

Inter Partes Review – Sovereign Immunity and the Oil States Storm in the Supreme Court

…And Last But Not Least – The New “First to File” Statute Under the AIA

The Prioritized Examination Option Under the AIA

Innovation »

A Christmas (W)rap

Blockchain – The Inventive Foundation of Bitcoin

Some Things You Didn’t Know You Needed – From the IoT

Patent Reform »

The America Invents Act – Best Mode Requirement

The America Invents Act – What’s New in False Patent Marking Laws

The Gears of Government- How New Laws Are Implemented in Our Patent System

Patent Prosecution »

Building The Case For Patentability: Prosecution in the USPTO

ROBERT D. GUNDERMAN P.E.

Mr. Gunderman has 30+ years of engineering related work experience, and is the President of Patent Technologies, LLC, a patent law firm with headquarters in the Lennox Tech [more...]

JOHN M HAMMOND P.E.

Mr. Hammond is a licensed Patent Agent, the President of Patent Innovations LLC and a licensed Professional Engineer. He has 23 years of work experience in product design [...}

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