The U.S. Patent Act was enacted by congress under its Constitutional grant of authority to secure for limited times to inventors the exclusive right to their discoveries. “A patent is essentially a […]
What is a Limited Monopoly?
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 […]
Building The Case For Patentability: Prosecution in the USPTO
The Arcane World of Prosecution – Most engineers and scientists who have had some exposure to patents know that a substantial effort is required to file a patent application in the U.S. […]
Patentability and the “Long-Felt Unmet Need” – The Christmas Tree Stand as a Case Study
The Law, Statistics, and Anecdotes – One of the key laws for patentability of an invention is that the invention must be unobvious1. In making a determination with respect to obviousness, certain […]
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 […]
Patentability and Infringement
— Two Separate Concepts PART ONE We occasionally see our clients interchange the concepts of patentability and infringement with regard to their inventions and/or issued patents. They are separate matters; thus a […]
Staking Your (Patent) Claims
PART I Very few topics in the field of patent law are as misunderstood and mysterious as “claims,” the language at the end of a patent or patent application that appears to […]
A Hypothetical Case – of Keeping an Invention From Going to the Dogs
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 […]
The Provisional Application for Patent – What It Is, When It’s Used
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 […]
What is a Patent?
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 […]
