Intellectual Property Law for Engineers, Scientists, and Entrepreneurs. Howard B. Rockman

href="#ulink_cd2be5af-ea77-51cb-86fd-58890d05baf3">8.4 DATABASE SEARCHES 8.5 U.S. PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE PATENT CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM Thomas Alva Edison – THE LIGHT BULB 9 The Patent Application 9.1 INTRODUCTION 9.2 REGISTRATION SYSTEM EVOLVING INTO AN EXAMINATION SYSTEM 9.3 GOAL OF A PROPERLY PREPARED PATENT APPLICATION 9.4 PROVISIONAL PATENT APPLICATIONS 9.5 REGULAR, NON‐PROVISIONAL PATENT APPLICATION; NO NEW MATTER 9.6 CONTENT OF A REGULAR NON‐PROVISIONAL PATENT APPLICATION 9.7 YOUR REVIEW OF THE PATENT APPLICATION 9.8 EXECUTION OF THE DECLARATION, POWER OF ATTORNEY, AND ASSIGNMENT UPON COMPLETION OF THE PATENT APPLICATION George Eastman – PRACTICAL PHOTOGRAPHY Emile Berliner – DISC SOUND RECORDING 10 Claims of a Patent Application 10.1 INTRODUCTION TO PATENT CLAIMS 10.2 HISTORICAL DEVELOPMENT OF PATENT CLAIMS 10.3 WHAT CLAIMS ARE 10.4 YOUR REVIEW OF THE CLAIMS OF YOUR PATENT APPLICATION 10.5 DISTINGUISHING DIFFERENT TYPES OF CLAIMS 10.6 MORE ON METHOD OR PROCESS CLAIMS 10.7 COMPOSITION OF MATTER CLAIMS 10.8 DESIGN PATENT CLAIM 10.9 DEPENDENT CLAIMS 10.10 HOW TO READ AND UNDERSTAND PATENT CLAIMS DRAFTED BY YOUR PATENT ATTORNEY Ottmar Mergenthaler – THE LINOTYPE® HOT‐TYPE COMPOSING MACHINE Theodore Maiman and Gordon Gould – LIGHT AMPLIFICATION BY STIMULATED EMISSION OF RADIATION (LASER) 11 Examination and Prosecution of a Patent Application 11.1 U.S. PATENT EXAMINATION PROCESS 11.2 THE PATENT EXAMINATION SYSTEM—A LITTLE MORE HISTORY 11.3 FILING THE PATENT APPLICATION WITH THE USPTO 11.4 EXAMINATION OF THE PATENT APPLICATION 11.5 RESULTS OF THE EXAMINATION—THE “OFFICE ACTION” 11.6 YOU AND YOUR ATTORNEY’S RESPONSE TO THE OFFICE ACTION 11.7 FURTHER PATENT PROSECUTION 11.8 GRANTING THE PATENT 11.9 INFRINGEMENT DURING EXAMINATION OF THE PATENT APPLICATION 11.10 ADDITIONAL PROBABLE PATENT PROSECUTION EVENTS 11.11 RE‐EXAMINATION OF AN ISSUED PATENT BY THE APPLICANT, THE INFRINGER, OR THE COMMISSIONER OF PATENTS 11.12 RE‐ISSUE PATENTS Nicolaus Otto – THE INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE Rudolf Diesel – THE INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE 12 Design Patents 12.1 COVERAGE OF DESIGN PATENTS 12.2 THE DESIGN PATENT APPLICATION 12.3 INFRINGEMENT OF A DESIGN PATENT 12.4 IMPORTANCE OF DESIGN PATENTS 12.5 EXAMPLES OF DESIGN PATENTS 12.6 DESIGN PATENTS ON COMPUTER SCREEN ICONS 12.7 DESIGN PATENTS CONTRASTED WITH COPYRIGHTS 12.8 DAMAGES FOR DESIGN PATENT INFRINGEMENT 12.9 THE HAGUE AGREEMENT CONCERNING THE INTERNATIONAL DEPOSIT OF INDUSTRIAL DESIGNS (THE HAGUE SYSTEM) Nikola Tesla – AC INDUCTION MOTOR AND RADIO Clarence Birdseye – FROZEN FOOD 13 Protection of Computer‐Related Inventions 13.1 INTRODUCTION 13.2 THE TORTUROUS PATH THROUGH THE COURTS 13.3 RECENT COURT DECISIONS AND USPTO GUIDELINES ATTEMPTING TO DEFINE PATENT‐ELIGIBLE SUBJECT MATTER REGARDING COMPUTER‐RELATED INVENTIONS 13.4 THE USPTO EXAMINATION PROCESS TO DETERMINE SUBJECT MATTER ELIGIBILITY OF A COMPUTER‐RELATED INVENTION 13.5 RECOMMENDED STEPS TO OBTAIN PROPER PROTECTION OF COMPUTER‐RELATED INVENTIONS 13.6 STATUTORY SUBJECT MATTER 13.7 THE COMPUTER‐RELATED INVENTION MUST STILL BE NOVEL AND NON‐OBVIOUS 13.8 COMPUTER PROGRAMMING AND A SUFFICIENT DISCLOSURE 13.9 THE PROTECTION OF SOFTWARE THROUGH CONTRACTS 13.10 PATENT ELIGIBILITY OF SOFTWARE AND COMPUTER‐RELATED INVENTIONS IN EUROPE Hedy Lamarr – SPREAD SPECTRUM TECHNOLOGY Herman Hollerith – TABULATING MACHINE 14 Biotechnology Inventions 14.1 INTRODUCTION TO BIOTECHNOLOGY 14.2 HISTORY OF BIOTECHNOLOGY PATENT PROTECTION 14.3 PATENT‐ELIGIBLE SUBJECT MATTER AND BIOTECHNOLOGY Скачать книгу