Patent It Yourself Your Step-by-Step Guide to Filing at the U.S. Patent Office 15th Edition
Buku ini diterbitkan tahun 2011 oleh Nolo Adalah buku edisi Limabelas.
Judul: Patent It Yourself Your Step-by-Step Guide to Filing at the U.S. Patent Office 15th Edition
Oleh: Patent Attorney David Pressman
Penerbit: Nolo
Tahun: 2011
Jumlah Halaman: 628 hal.
Penulis:
David Pressman adalah anggota dari California dan Paten dan Trademark Office bar. Dia memiliki pengalaman lebih dari 45 tahun dalam paten profesi, sebagai pemeriksa paten untuk Kantor Paten Amerika Serikat, pengacara paten Philco-Ford Corp, Elco Corp, dan Varian Associates, sebagai kolumnis untuk EDN Magazine dan Entrepreneur.com, dan sebagai instruktur di San Francisco State University. dia memberikan kontribusi Paten, Merek dan Hak Cipta entri ke World Book Encyclopedia.
Dia juga seorang penemu, dengan dua paten yang dikeluarkan. Ketika tidak menulis, berkecimpung
dalam elektronik, pemrograman, menciptakan, atau bermain terompet, ia berlatih sebagai pengacara paten di San Francisco. Berasal dari Philadelphia, ia memiliki BS di Teknik Elektro dari Pennsylvania
Universitas Negeri. Dia menghabiskan tahun pertamanya di sekolah hukum di Universitas Pennsylvania dan selesai tahun kedua dan ketiga di George Washington University, di mana ia bertugas di Law Review dan menerima gelar Juris Doctor. Ia juga aktif dalam semantik umum dan gerakan vegetarian.
Ibunya, Mildred Phillips, juga seorang penulis, memiliki lirik yang terdiri untuk berbagai lagu diterbitkan, termasuk Bill Haley "Mambo Rock."
Lingkup Pembahasan:
Buku ini merupakan buku panduan yang memungkinkan penemu dapat mengeksploitasi penemuan sendiri dan memperoleh paten dan bersifat komersial. Buku Ini menyediakan: instruksi untuk menciptakan dan mendokumentasikan sebuah penemuan, dan bagaimana serta kapan untuk mengajukan Aplikasi Paten Sementara. Buku ini juga mengemukakan panduan langkah-demi-langkah untuk mendapatkan paten AS, secara bersama-sama. Buku ini juga memberikan gambaran dari prosedur dan persyaratan untuk mendapatkan perlindungan paten di luar negeri dan saran untuk menemukan sumber daya yang diperlukan untuk membantu melakukan upaya memperoleh paten.
Di samping itu juga mengemukakan gambaran alternatif dan tambahan bentuk perlindungan yang tersedia untuk penemuan, seperti sebagai rahasia dagang, hak cipta, merek dagang, dan hukum persaingan tidak adil, dan informasi rinci serta saran tentang cara untuk mengevaluasi secara komersial, pasar, dan lisensi Penemuan.
Salah satu tujuan dari buku ini adalah untuk menghemat uang. Menurut American Intellectual Property
Association, biaya rata-rata menyiapkan minimal satu Aplikasi paten kompleks adalah sekitar $ 8.500;
mempersiapkan aplikasi-misalnya relatif kompleks, sebuah aplikasi untuk bahan kimia, bioteknologi, mekanik, elektronik, atau pengolahan data penemuan-biaya antara $ 11.500 dan $ 15.500. Anda mungkin tidak mampu membayar biaya tersebut, dan bahkan jika Anda bisa, masih membayar untuk melakukannya sendiri. Dengan mengikuti petunjuk yang ditetapkan dalam buku ini, Anda tidak hanya akan menghemat biaya pengacara, tetapi Anda akan terlibat secara pribadi dalam setiap langkah dari proses paten. Jika memiliki penemuan yang lebih baik dari milik orang lain, dan dengan asumsi bersedia dan mampu mengarungi sejumlah aturan paten dan teknis, maka akan menjadi orang terbaik untuk paten itu. Buku ini memberikan pengetahuan untuk memungkinkan garasi-toko atau basement doit- yourselfer untuk mendapatkan hak paten sebagai perusahaan besar. Buku ini menyediakan perangkat hukum yang diperlukan untuk penemu (apakah besar atau kecil) untuk memberikan perlindungan hukum.
Daftar Isi:
Your Legal Companion
A. You Don’t Have to Use a Patent Attorney 2
B. A Layperson Can Do a Quality Job 2
C. Using an Attorney 2
D. Should You Do It Yourself? 3
E. New Material in the Fifteenth Edition 5
F. How to Use Patent It Yourself 5
1 Introduction to Patents and Other Intellectual Property
A. What Is a Patent and Who Can Apply for It? 9
B. The Three Types of Patents 9
C. The Novelty and Unobviousness Requirement 10
D. How Long Do Patent Rights Last? 13
E. Patent Filing Deadlines .13
F. Patent Fees 13
G. The Scope of the Patent 14
H. How Patent Rights Can Be Lost 14
I. What Rights a Patent Grants and the Prior-Art Reference Value of a Patent 14
J. What Can’t Be Patented 15
K. Some Common Patent Misconceptions 16
L. How Intellectual Property Law Provides “Offensive Rights” (and Not Protection) to
Inventors) 16
M. Alternative and Supplementary Offensive Rights 17
N. Intellectual Property—The Big Picture 17
O. Trademarks 18
P. Copyright 21
Q. Trade Secrets 25
R. Unfair Competition 28
S. Acquisition of Offensive Rights in Intellectual Property—Summary Chart.....29
T. Summary of Legal Remedies for Misappropriation of Various Types of Intellectual Property 29
U. Invention Exploitation Flowchart 31
V. Summary 31
2 The Science and Magic of Inventing
A. What I Mean by “Invention” 34
B. Inventing by Problem Recognition and Solution 35
C. Inventing by Magic (Accident and Flash of Genius) 37
D. Making Ramifications and Improvements of Your Invention 38
E. Solving Creativity Problems 39
F. Contact Other Inventors 41
G. Beware of the Novice Inventor’s “PGL Syndrome” 41
H. Don’t Bury Your Invention 42
I. Summary42
3 Documentation and the PPA
A. Introduction 45
B. Documentation Is Vital to the Invention Process 45
C. Documentation Is Vital to Prove Inventorship 46
D. Trade Secret Considerations 47
E. Record Conception and the Building and Testing of Your Invention 48
F. How to Record Your Invention .49
G. Another Way to Record Conception or Building and Testing— The Invention Disclosure 54
H. The Provisional Patent Application— A Substitute for Building and Testing, With Some
Disadvantages 56
I. Don’t Sit on Your Invention After Documenting It 77
J. Don’t Use a “Post Office Patent” to Document Your Invention 77
K. Summary 77
4 Will Your Invention Sell?
A. Why Evaluate Your Invention for Salability? 80
B. Start Small but Ultimately Do It Completely 81
C. You Can’t Be 100% Sure of Any Invention’s Commercial Prospects 81
D. Take Time to Do a Commercial Feasibility Evaluation 81
E. Check Your Marketability Conclusions Using the Techniques of Consultation and Research 87
F. Now’s the Time to Build and Test It (If Possible) 89
G. The Next Step 90
H. Summary 91
5 Is It Patentable?
A. Patentability Compared to Commercial Viability 95
B. Legal Requirements for a Utility Patent 95
C. Requirement #1: The Statutory Classes 96
D. Requirement #2: Utility 100
E. Requirement #3: Novelty 102
F. Requirement #4: Unobviousness 107
G. The Patentability Flowchart 117
H. Don’t Make Assumptions About the Law 118
I. Summary 118
6 Search and You May Find
A. Why Make a Patentability Search? 121
B. When Not to Search 123
C. The Two Ways to Make a Patentability Search 123
D. The Quality of a Patent Search Can Vary 124
E. How to Hire a Patent Professional 125
F. How to Prepare Your Searcher 127
G. Analyzing the Search Report 127
H. Computer Searching 139
I. Do-It-Yourself Searching 143
J. The Scope of Patent Coverage154
K. Patent and Trademark Depository Libraries 156
L. Problems Searching Software and Business Inventions 159
M. Searches on the Internet 159
N. MicroPatent Patent Searches on the Internet 166
O. NPL (Non-Patent Literature) Searches 166
P. Summary 167
7 What Should I Do Next?
A. Drop It If You Don’t See Commercial Potential (Chart Route 10-12-14-X) 170
B. Try to Sell Invention to Manufacturer Without “Regular” Patent Application (Chart Route
10-12-14-16-18-B) 170
C. File an Application and Sell It to or License a Manufacturer If You See Commercial Potential and
Patentability (Chart Route 14-16-18-20-22-A) 172
D. If You Have Commercial Potential Without Patentability, License or Sell Your Invention to a
Manufacturer Without Filing (Chart Route 16-24-26-28-30-B) 173
E. Make and Sell Your Invention Yourself Without a Utility Patent Application (Chart Route
16-30-C) 175
F. Manufacture and Distribute Your Invention Yourself, Keeping It as a Trade Secret (Chart
Route 20-32-34-D) 175
G. File Patent Application and Manufacture and Distribute Your Invention Yourself (Trade-Secretable
Invention) (Chart Route 20-32-34-36-E) 176
H. File Patent Application and Manufacture and Distribute Invention Yourself (Non-Trade-Secretable
Invention) (Chart Route 20-32-38-36-E) 176
I. Test Market Before Filing (Chart Route 20-32-38-40-F) 177
J. Summary 178
8 How to Draft the Specification and Initial Drawings
A. Lay Inventors Can Do It! 181
B. What’s Contained in a Patent Application 181
C. What Happens When Your Application Is Received by the PTO 183
D. Do Preliminary Work Before Preparing Your Patent Application 183
E. Flowchart 185
F. Write Your Patent Specification to Comply With the Full Disclosure Rules 185
G. Software, Computer-Related Inventions, and Business Methods 188
H. First Prepare Sketches and Name Parts 189
I. Drafting the Specification 193
J. Review Your Specification and Abstract Carefully 205
K. Checklist for Your Patent Application Draft 206
L. Specification of Sample Patent Application 206
M. Summary .206
9 Now for the Legalese—The Claims
A. What Are Claims? 225
B. The Law Regarding Claims226
C. Some Sample Claims 227
D. Common Misconceptions Regarding Claims 231
E. One Claim Should Be as Broad as Possible 232
F. The Effect of Prior Art on Your Claim 233
G. Technical Requirements of Claims .234
H. Drafting Your Main (Independent) Claim 240
I. Other Techniques in Claim Writing 242
J. Drafting Dependent Claims 245
K. Drafting Additional Sets of Claims 249
L. Checklist for Drafting Claims 250
M. Summary .250
10 Finaling and Mailing Your Application
A. The Drawing Choices 256
B. PTO Rules for Drawings 257
C. Doing Your Own Drawings 259
D. Consider Using a Professional Patent Draftsperson 269
E. Finaling Your Specification—For Paper Filing 269
F. Finaling Your Specification for EFS-WebFiling 284
G. File the Information Disclosure Statement Within Three Months 287
H. Assignments .293
I. Petitions to Make Special 293
J. Filing a Design Patent Application 297
K. Summary 300
11 How to Market Your Invention
A. Perseverance and Patience Are Essential 305
B. Overview of Alternative Ways to Profit From Your Invention 306
C. Be Ready to Demonstrate a Working Model of Your Invention to Potential Customers 308
D. Finding Prospective Manufacturers/Distributors 309
E. The “NIH” Syndrome 310
F. The Waiver and Precautions in Signing It 311
G. The Best Way to Present Your Invention to a Manufacturer 312
H. Presenting Your Invention by Correspondence 313
I. Making an Agreement to Sell Your Invention 314
J. Manufacturing and/or Distributing the Invention Yourself 314
K. Summary 317
12 Going Abroad
A. Introduction 320
B. The Paris Convention and the One-Year Foreign Filing Rule .321
C. Other Priority Treaties Similar to the Paris Convention 321
D. European Patent Office/Europäisches Patentamt/Office Européen des Brevets (EPO) 321
E. The Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) 322
F. Non-Convention Countries 322
G. Never Wait Until the End of Any Filing Period 325
H. The Early Foreign Filing License or Mandatory Six-Month Delay 325
I. Don’t File Abroad Unless Your Invention Has Very Good Prospects in Another Country 325
J. The Patent Laws of Other Countries Are Different 326
K. The Ways to File Abroad 326
L. Rescind Any Nonpublication Request 332
M. Resources to Assist in Foreign Filing 332
N. Summary .333
13 Getting the PTO to Deliver
A. What Happens After Your Patent Application Is Filed 338
B. General Considerations During Patent Prosecution 341
C. A Sample Office Action 351
D. What to Do When You Receive an Office Action 357
E. Format for Amending the Specification and Claims 365
F. Drafting the Remarks 379
G. Drawing Amendments 385
H. Typing and Filing the Amendment 386
I. If Your Application Is Allowable 389
J. If Your First Amendment Doesn’t Result in Allowance 390
K. Interferences 394
L. Statutory Invention Registration (SIR) 395
M. If Your Application Claims More Than One Invention 395
N. The Public May Cite Additional Prior Art Against Your Published Patent Application 396
O. NASA Declarations 396
P. Design Patent Application Prosecution 396
Q. What to Do If You Miss or Want to Extend a PTO Deadline 397
R. Summary 398
14 Your Application Can Have Children
A. Available Supplemental Cases 400
B. Continuation Applications 402
C. Request for Continued Examination (RCE) 404
D. Divisional Applications 405
E. Continuation-in-Part and Independent Applications .406
F. Reissue Applications 408
G. Statutory Invention Registration (SIR) and Defensive Publications 408
H. Substitute Applications 409
I. Double Patenting and Terminal Disclaimers 409
J. Summary 410
15 After Your Patent Issues: Use, Maintenance, and Infringement
A. Issue Notification 413
B. Press Release 413
C. Check Your Patent for Errors .413
D. Patent Number Marking 414
E. Advertising Your Patent for Sale 415
F. What Rights Does Your Patent Give You? 415
G. Be Wary of Offers to Provide Information About Your Patent 417
H. Maintenance Fees 418
I. Legal Options If You Discover an Infringement of Your Patent 420
J. What to Do About Patent Infringement 421
K. Product Clearance (Can I Legally Copy or Make That?) 426
L. Citing Prior Art Against Patent Applications and Patents 429
M. The Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (CAFC) 430
N. Using the Reexamination Process to Reduce the Expense of Patent Infringement Suits 431
O. Jury Trials 431
P. Arbitration 432
Q. How Patent Rights Can Be Forfeited 432
R. Your Patent Is Subject to Interference for One Year 433
S. Tax Deductions and Income 433
T. Patent Litigation Financing 433
U. Summary 434
16 Ownership, Assignment, and Licensing of Inventions
A. The Property Nature of Patents 436
B. Who Can Apply for a Patent? 436
C. Joint Owners’ Agreement 437
D. Special Issues Faced by the Employed Inventor 438
E. Assignment of Invention and Patent Rights 440
F. Record Your Assignment With the PTO 441
G. Licensing of Inventions—An Overview 443
H. Universal License Agreement 444
I. How Much Should You Get for Your Invention 447
J. Summary 449
K. Desiderata for PTO 449
Appendixes
1 Abbreviations Used in Patent It Yourself
2 Resources: Government Publications, Patent Websites, and Books of Use and Interest
A. Government Publications 454
B. Patent Websites 454
C. Books of Use and Interest 456
D. Books Relating to Self-Improvement 458
3 Glossaries
A. Glossary of Useful Technical Terms 460
B. Glossary of Legal Terms 466
4 Fee Schedule
5 Mail, Telephone, Fax, and Email Communications With the PTO
A. Patent and Trademark Office Mail Addresses 482
B. Patent and Trademark Office Telephones and Faxes 483
6 Quick-Reference Timing Chart
7 Tear-Out Forms
Nondisclosure Agreement
Invention Disclosure
Provisional Patent Application Cover Letter
Application Data Sheet—PTO SB/14
Positive and Negative Factors Evaluation
Positive and Negative Factors Summary
Consultant’s Work Agreement
Searcher’s Worksheet
Drawing Reference Numerals Worksheet
Declaration for Utility or Design Patent Application
Patent Application Declaration (Supplemental Sheet)
Utility Patent Application Transmittal
Fee Transmittal
Credit Card Payment Form
Information Disclosure Statement Cover Letter
Information Disclosure Statement by Applicant
Nonpublication Request
Request Under MPEP 707.07(j)
Petition to Make Special
Design Patent Application
Design Patent Application Transmittal
Request for Expedited Examination of a Design Application
Amendment
Submission of Corrected Drawings
Supplemental Declaration
Petition for Extension of Time
Pre-Appeal Brief Request for Review
Request for Continued Examination (RCE) Transmittal
Request for Certificate of Correction
Certificate of Correction
Maintenance Fee Reminder Sheet
Submission of Maintenance Fee
Joint Applicants—Statement of Respective Contributions
Joint Owners’ Agreement
Assignment of Invention and Patent Application
Recordation Form Cover Sheet
Universal License Agreement
8 Forms Available at the PTO Website
Index
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