Patents demystified
Subtitle: an insider's guide to protecting ideas and inventions
By: Dylan O. Adams
Contributors: American Bar Association. Section of Intellectual Property Law
Publisher: American Bar Association, Section of Intellectual Property Law
Published: 2015
Language: eng
Number of pages: 259
ISBN-13: 9781634251679
Subjects: Patent laws and legislation
Description: Learn the secrets of maximizing patent protection on any budget, with strategies that can be tailored to companies with any business plan or product. Instead of being intimidated and confused by patents, discover how to proactively work with a patent attorney to craft a customized patent strategy, thereby taking the mystery out of what can be an arduous and complicated process. --Publisher
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Types of intellectual property; title: Why invest in patent protection?; title: Overview of the patent process; title: Prefiling procedures and considerations; title: Patent and prior art searching; title: Choosing what type of application to file; title: Why you should work with a patent attorney; title: Picking a patent attorney; title: Drafting an invention disclosure; title: Working with a patent attorney to draft a provisional patent application; title: Working with a patent attorney to draft a non-provisional application; title: The examination process : deciphering office actions and helping your attorney respond; title: Advanced patent strategies; title: Leveraging patent assets.