Intellectual Property

This work discusses the proper procedures for filing and prosecuting applications. It describes exactly what must be included in an application and explains the fundamentals of preparing a disclosure, drafting claims, and submitting prior art under the new rules. It also provides content on disclosure, claims, patentability and infringement, statutory subject matter, filing and prosecution, the America Invents Act, post-issuance, design patents, filing through the Patent Cooperation Treaty and record keeping.
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Patent application practice provides a thorough introduction to the field of patent application preparation and prosecution before the United States Patent and Trademark Office (PTO). Find succinct presentations of the essentials for most aspects of patent practice, amplified by recent decisions and PTO rules changes. It includes more than 60 appendices.
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A one-volume reference and guide to tactical and strategic patenting decisions for patent professionals after the most comprehensive revision to U.S. patent law since 1952, the America Invents Act (AIA). It also provides historical and legislative discussions and practical foundational discourses.
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A companion to the treatise entitled Patents After the AIA: Evolving Law & Practice, it aids the understanding, application and evaluation of the changes to United States patent prior art law that resulted from the 2011 America Invents Act (AIA). It covers patent prosecution, due diligence, re-examination and review proceedings, or litigation.
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