Toedt inventor interview six slides 100.3685

Six slides:Invention-disclosure meetings: A ‘one and done’* approach * Mostly D. C. Toedt III (The last name is pronounced “Tate”) Attorney at law – intellectual property Houston dc@toedt.com O: (713) 364-6545 Blog: On Technology Law LinkedIn: dctoedt Ver. 6-100.3685 © 2010 D. C. Toedt 1

Instead: Draft, with the inventors, in real time:1. actual claims – starting with a ‘business plan’ method claim;2. explanatory ‘footnotes’ in complete sentences;3. an introduction and summary. Ver. 6-100.3685 © 2010 D. C. Toedt 3

Inventors like giving real-time Lawyers like the BIG feedback about the wording head start on legal drafting Applications get filed faster(file a same-day provisional?) Cost: Comparable, or better Ver. 6-100.3685 © 2010 D. C. Toedt 5

‘Proof of concept’ examples:U.S. Patent No. 5,631,830: Dual- U.S. Patent No. 5,917,822: Methodcontrol scheme for improved for providing integrated packetmissile maneuverability. services over a shared-mediaAssignee: Lockheed Martin network. Assignee: Xerox PARCCorp. (no endorsement implied) (Palo Alto Research Center) (no endorsement implied) Ver. 6-100.3685 © 2010 D. C. Toedt 6

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