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Fundamentals of patenting and licensing for scientists and engineers /
"This comprehensive book is the first of its kind to take scientists and engineers beyond simply getting a patent granted. Through the author's extensive technical background and experience in intellectual property licensing, it ties the many technical, legal and business aspects of patent...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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New Jersey :
World Scientific,
[2015]
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| Edición: | Second edition. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Part 1. The Basics :
- 1. The Basics of the Patent System
- 2. What You Should Know about Patent Law
- 3. How to Read a Patent
- Part 2. Getting Ready for Patenting :
- 4. Innovation Harvesting
- 5. Protecting Your Invention and Planning Your Patent Filing
- 6. Preparing Your Patent Applications
- Part 3. Patent Prosecution and Post Granting :
- 7. Patent Prosecution
- 8. Tactics for Overcoming Rejections
- 9. Post Patent Granting
- Part 4. Patent Monetization :
- 10. Patent Strategy for a Successful Business
- 11. Patent Evaluation and Patent Maintenance
- 12. Common Practices in Patent Monetization
- 13. Patent Valuation
- Part 5. Skills :
- 14. Patent Search
- 15. How to File a U.S. Provisional Patent Application.
- Part 1. The Basics :
- 1. The Basics of the Patent System
- 1.1. Patent Rights Are Granted by the Government
- 1.2. Ideas to Assets: The Patent Value Chain
- 1.3. Patent Rights, Patent Infringement and Patentability
- 1.4. Patent Portfolio Strategy
- 1.5. Trade Secrets and Patenting
- 1.6. Patents and Research Papers
- 1.7. A First Glance at the Attorney's Draft
- 1.8. Patent Maturity Date
- 2. What You Should Know about Patent Law
- 2.1. Types of Patents and Patent Examination
- 2.2. Patent Dates
- 2.3. Invention Date: Conception, Diligence and Reduction to Practice
- 2.4. Patentability
- 2.5. Inventorship
- 2.6. Patent Ownership
- 2.7. Inventor's Rights
- 2.8. Accelerated Examination
- 2.9. Patent Search
- 2.10. Duty of Disclosure
- 2.11. International Treaties
- 3. How to Read a Patent
- 3.1. Anatomy of a Patent
- 3.2. Understanding the Embodiments of a Patent
- 3.3. Patent Claim Basics
- 3.4. Different Types of Claims
- 3.5. Understanding the Scope of the Invention
- 3.6. What to Look for When You Read a Patent
- 3.7. Published Patent Application
- Part 2. Getting Ready for Patenting :
- 4. Innovation Harvesting
- 4.1. Patentability Analysis
- 4.2. Patenting beyond Core Algorithms
- 4.3. Innovation Harvesting
- 4.4. Patent Landscaping
- 4.5. Making Filing Decisions
- 5. Protecting Your Invention and Planning Your Patent Filing
- 5.1. Documenting Your Invention
- 5.2. Patent Ownership and Government Regulations
- 5.3. Filing as Soon as You Reduce to Practice
- 5.4. Filing before You Disclose, Use or Sell
- 5.5. The Continuation-in-Part (CIP) Strategy
- 5.6. Working with an Attorney
- 5.7. Who Can File a Patent for You?
- 5.8. Can You File a Patent by Yourself?
- 6. Preparing Your Patent Applications
- 6.1. Structural Parts of a Patent and Their Purposes
- 6.2. Best Practice in Drafting Specifications
- 6.3. Citations
- 6.4. What Is Considered New Matter?
- 6.5. Broadening and Diversifying Claims
- Part 3. Patent Prosecution and Post Granting :
- 7. Patent Prosecution
- 7.1. Patent Prosecution History
- 7.2. Restriction and Election Requirements
- 7.3. What If All of Your Claims Are Rejected?
- 7.4. When All of Your Claims Are Allowed in the First Office Action
- 7.5. Conditional Allowance
- 7.6. Telephone Interview with the Examiner
- 7.7. When a Final Rejection Is Received
- 7.8. Appeal
- 7.9. Third-Party Protest
- 8. Tactics for Overcoming Rejections
- 8.1. Common Rejections on the Merits
- 8.2. Rejection Related to Specifications
- 8.3. Novelty Rejection and Prior Art
- 8.4. Overcoming a Novelty Rejection
- 8.5. Novelty under the AIA
- 8.6. Obviousness Rejection
- 8.7. Tactics for Overcoming an Obviousness Rejection
- 8.8. Admission of Prior Art by an Applicant
- 9. Post Patent Granting
- 9.1. Publications
- 9.2. Reissue
- Part 4. Patent Monetization :
- 10. Patent Strategy for a Successful Business
- 10.1. Patenting Is Business Driven
- 10.2. Defensive Strategy
- 10.3. Offensive Strategy
- 10.4. "Carrot" Licensing and "Stick" Licensing
- 10.5. Patent Issues in Industry Standards
- 10.6. Patent Issues in Open Source
- 10.7. Uncovering Infringing Products
- 11. Patent Evaluation and Patent Maintenance
- 11.1. Patent Use
- 11.2. Market Potential
- 11.3. Claim Quality
- 11.4. Technical Strength
- 11.5. Ease of Detection and Reverse Engineering Costs
- 11.6. Patent Maintenance
- 12. Common Practices in Patent Monetization
- 12.1. Outright Sale and Licensing
- 12.2. Technology Transfers
- 12.3. Patent Family and Surrounding Patents
- 12.4. Field of Use
- 12.5. Patent Ownership
- 12.6. Patent Enforceability
- 12.7. Patent Age
- 12.8. Litigation History
- 12.9. Due Diligence Checklist
- 13. Patent Valuation
- 13.1. Intangible Assets and the Reason for Patent Valuation
- 13.2. Representative Valuation Approaches
- 13.3. Factors Affecting Royalty and NPV Calculation
- 13.4. Drawing the Connection between Patent and Market Revenue
- 13.5. The Patent Infringement Damage Award
- 13.6. Patent Sale Case Studies
- Part 5. Skills :
- 14. Patent Search
- 14.1. The Basics of the U.S. Patent Search
- 14.2. International and Other Foreign Patent Databases
- 14.3. Patent Classification
- 14.4. Progressive Patent Search
- 14.5. Monitoring Fresh Patents
- 14.6. The USPTO PAIR and Image File Wrapper
- 15. How to File a U.S. Provisional Patent Application
- 15.1. The Benefits and Pitfalls of a Provisional Application
- 15.2. When Do You Need to File a Provisional Application?
- 15.3. Specifications for a Provisional Application
- 15.4. Determining Your Entity Status
- 15.5. Filing a Provisional Application Electronically
- 15.6. What's Next after the Provisional Filing.