Invention Analysis and Claiming A Patent Lawyer's Guide

by Slusky, Ronald D.

• ISBN13: 9781590318188
• ISBN10: 1590318188
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2007-11-28
• Publisher: American Bar Association

Summary

Invention Analysis and Claiming presents a comprehensive approach to analyzing inventions and capturing them in a sophisticated set of patent claims. A central theme is the importance of using the problem-solution paradigm to identify the "inventive concept" before the claim-drafting begins. The book's teachings are grounded in "old school" principles of patent practice that, before now, have been learned only on the job from supervisors and mentors.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	p. xvii
About the Author	p. xix
Introduction	p. xxi
Identifying the Invention
Introduction	p. 3
Inventions Are Concepts	p. 5
Begin from the Problem (Not the Embodiment)	p. 11
The Problem-Solution Statement	p. 19
The Problem-Solution Statement-Reaching for Breadth	p. 29
The Problem-Solution Statement-Reining in Overbreadth	p. 45
Fallback Features and the Planned Retreat	p. 53
Drafting Individual Claims
Introduction	p. 67
Problem-Solution-Based Independent Claims	p. 69
Inventive-Departure-Based Independent Claims	p. 79
Intermediate- and Narrow-Scope Claims	p. 103
Definition Claims	p. 115
Assembling the Dependent Claims	p. 123
The Claim Suite and the Anticipated Enforcement Scenario
Introduction	p. 141
Invention Settings and Direct Infringers	p. 143
Statutory Claim Types	p. 165
Claim Diversity	p. 173
Claim Review with Enforcement in Mind	p. 185
Preparing and Prosecuting the Patent Application
Introduction	p. 191
Writing the Background and Summary	p. 193
Writing the Detailed Description	p. 209
Claim Rejections-Amend or Argue?	p. 219
Claim Amendments	p. 227
Working with the Inventor	p. 235
Appendices
Inventive Concepts and Their Problem-Solution Statements	p. 249
An Exercise for the Reader-and the Author	p. 259
Sample Patent	p. 265
Selected Statutes and Regulations	p. 269
Glossary	p. 277
Index	p. 281
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