The Complete Guide to Securing Your Own U.S. Patent: A Step-by-step Road Map to Protect Your Ideas and Inventions

by Burrell, Jamaine

• ISBN13: 9780910627054
• ISBN10: 0910627053
• Edition: CD
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2007-04-30
• Publisher: Atlantic Pub Co

Summary

What do all of these famous inventions have in common: air conditioning, airbags, bandages, barbed wire, blow dryers, can openers, cement, chewing gum, computers, credit cards? They were all invented in the U.S. by American inventors, and they all went on to make fortunes for the inventors and those companies licensing the ideas. Don't be left out and don't spend thousands in unnecessary legal fees; you can file your own patent with the step-by-step guidance in this new book.

Table of Contents

Foreword	p. 9
Introduction	p. 11
What is a U.S. Patent?	p. 15
Types of U.S. Patents	p. 17
Offensive Rights vs. Protection	p. 22
Requirements for a Patent	p. 23
Filing a Patent Application	p. 38
Processing a Patent Application	p. 39
Inventions	p. 43
Partnerships	p. 43
Design and Development	p. 44
Documentation	p. 47
Manufacturing	p. 56
Ongoing Research and Evaluation	p. 57
Intellectual Property (IP)	p. 59
Types of IP Assets	p. 59
IP Assets That Cannot Be Patented	p. 60
Copyright Laws	p. 61
Trademark Laws	p. 62
Patent Laws	p. 63
Trade Secret Laws	p. 65
Unfair Competition Laws	p. 65
Contractual IP Rights	p. 67
Royalties	p. 67
Licensing	p. 67
Types of Licenses	p. 68
Franchising	p. 71
Assignments	p. 72
Elements of a License	p. 72
Recording a License	p. 75
Licenses and Taxes	p. 75
License Legalities	p. 76
Establishing Copyrights	p. 79
Original Work of Authorship (OWA)	p. 79
Copyrights vs. Patent Protection	p. 81
Copyright Limitations	p. 82
Defining Ownership	p. 84
Making Application	p. 84
Registering	p. 85
Recording Documents	p. 85
Relinquishing Rights	p. 85
Sale and Transfer	p. 86
Using the Copyright Mark	p. 90
Researching an Existing Copyright	p. 90
Establishing Trademarks	p. 91
Commercial Identifiers	p. 92
Trademark Search	p. 93
Establishing an Identifier	p. 93
Registering a Trademark	p. 93
Trademarks vs. Patent Protection	p. 94
Using the Trademark	p. 94
Establishing Trade Secrets	p. 95
Trade Secret Protection Policy	p. 95
Trade Secrets vs. Patents	p. 96
Establishing Patent Ownership	p. 99
The Inventor as Owner	p. 100
Joint Inventors as Owners	p. 101
The Employer as Owner	p. 103
Employment Agreement	p. 103
Acquiring Joint Ownership	p. 107
Assigning Patent Ownership	p. 108
Professional Assistance	p. 109
The Patent Search	p. 111
Searching the PTO	p. 112
Searching PTDLs	p. 115
Searching the Internet	p. 119
Professional Patent Searchers	p. 121
Patent Searching Process	p. 124
Patent Search Results	p. 127
Filing a Patent Application	p. 129
Provisional Patent Application (PPA)	p. 129
Non-Provisional Patent Applications	p. 131
Foreign Patents	p. 133
Parts of a Patent Application	p. 147
Receipt Postcard	p. 148
Payment	p. 149
Transmittal Letter	p. 149
Fee Transmittal	p. 149
Non-Publication Request	p. 149
Drawings	p. 149
Specification	p. 162
Claims	p. 166
Sequence Listing	p. 169
Abstract	p. 170
Other Documents	p. 170
Exhibits, Models, and Specimen	p. 171
Parts of the Provisional Patent Application	p. 171
Patent Application Processing	p. 173
Patent Applications	p. 173
Patent Application Examination	p. 174
Patent Office Actions	p. 174
Corrections to Patents	p. 182
Patent Markings	p. 182
Patent Publication	p. 183
International Patents	p. 183
Marketing and Manufacturing a Patented Invention	p. 185
Inventor's Manufacturing and Marketing Plan	p. 186
Inventor's Decision Analysis	p. 191
Selling an Invention	p. 193
Marketing and Manufacture	p. 194
Distribution	p. 210
Protecting a Patent	p. 211
Infringement	p. 212
Stopping Infringement	p. 222
Defending Patent Infringement	p. 229
Conclusion	p. 233
Bibliography	p. 235
Appendices	p. 237
Glossary	p. 271
Index	p. 283
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