Table of Contents
Preface
About the Authors
Types of Intellectual Property
What Is a Patent?
What Can Be Patented?
Documentation of Invention to Establish Your Rights Against All Others
Types of Patent Searches and What They Can Do for You
Preparing the Patent Application
The Patent Application in the U.S. Patent Trademark Office
After the Patent Issues: Maintenance Correction, Reissue and Reexamination
Chemical Inventions and Patents
Biotechnology and Patents
Patent Interferences
Ownership of Patent Rights
Enforcing Patent Rights
Getting Around Your Competitor’s Patent
Exploitation of Inventions: Licensing
Foreign Patents
Misuse of Patents
Trade Secrets
Copyrights
Trademarks
Appendix
A U.S. Design Patent No. Des. 242,412
B U.S. Utility Patent No. 3,996,723
C Illustrative U.S. Patent Office Classification Schedule, Class 3
D U.S. Utility Patent No. 3,225,299
E U.S. Trademark Registration No. 925,164
F U.S. Patent No. 4,736,866: Transgenic Non-human Mammal
Index
