This document discusses patents and strategies for patent success. It defines a patent, explains the US legal regime including what makes an invention novel and non-obvious. It emphasizes starting with a business and patent strategy, continually reevaluating, and managing intellectual property from invention disclosure through prosecution and after issuance. The key to success is having patentable technology that meets market demand and using intellectual property to support business goals.
All About Intellectual Property, the law, and some of the strategy and business considerations behind developing and leveraging intellectual property in business
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A discussion of patent tips for startups, including:
- Carefully allocating precious startup funding
- Properly limiting disclosure of new products and concepts
- Understanding patent application timelines
- Knowing when a provisional application may be appropriate
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This document discusses different types of prior art searches including patentability searches, validity searches, freedom-to-operate (FTO) searches, and state-of-the-art searches. It explains that a prior art search aims to identify any publicly available information, publications, or knowledge that existed before the filing date of a patent application. The document outlines when each type of search is typically conducted, the scope and focus of each search, and whether patent or non-patent literature is searched. It also provides a brief overview of how prior art searches can help inventors, companies, and patent holders by avoiding infringement, strengthening patent applications and defenses, and keeping up with competition and technology developments.
This document provides an overview of patent searching for startups. It defines prior art, explains that the goal of a patent search is to find similar existing patents to determine patentability. A patent search should be performed to avoid wasting money on applications for unpatentable ideas and to file higher quality applications. For startups, the most cost effective approach is to do an initial preliminary search, then either file the patent application if nothing similar is found or pay for a professional search if something is found to further evaluate patentability. Professional searches are best avoided initially due to cost unless the invention is simple, in a low-tech field, not fully developed, marginally useful, uses old technology or strongly resembles an existing patent.
This document provides an overview of the patent process. It discusses how patents provide limited monopoly rights to prevent others from practicing an invention for up to 20 years. Key aspects of patentability include the invention being useful, novel, and non-obvious. The patent application process involves drafting a specification and claims, filing, responding to office actions, and iterating until the patent is allowed. Public disclosure prior to patenting can result in losing patent rights, so applications should be filed before any unprotected disclosure.
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This document discusses patentability searches and the process of conducting them. It covers the criteria for patentability, including novelty, non-obviousness, and usefulness. It describes what a patentability search involves, including searching patent and non-patent databases to determine if prior art exists that could prevent patenting an invention. It recommends conducting a patentability search early in the invention process to identify any relevant prior art and help guide research and development decisions.
All About Intellectual Property, the law, and some of the strategy and business considerations behind developing and leveraging intellectual property in business
Traklight Webinar with Shane Olafson and Kyle Siegal on Patent Dos and Don'ts...Traklight.com
A discussion of patent tips for startups, including:
- Carefully allocating precious startup funding
- Properly limiting disclosure of new products and concepts
- Understanding patent application timelines
- Knowing when a provisional application may be appropriate
It is focused to provide basic knowledge on prior art search for new intellectuals in the field of IPR. It includes Basic knowledge of Prior art, File wrapper analysis, not list preparation, and one of the important law of Prior Art.
This document discusses different types of prior art searches including patentability searches, validity searches, freedom-to-operate (FTO) searches, and state-of-the-art searches. It explains that a prior art search aims to identify any publicly available information, publications, or knowledge that existed before the filing date of a patent application. The document outlines when each type of search is typically conducted, the scope and focus of each search, and whether patent or non-patent literature is searched. It also provides a brief overview of how prior art searches can help inventors, companies, and patent holders by avoiding infringement, strengthening patent applications and defenses, and keeping up with competition and technology developments.
This document provides an overview of patent searching for startups. It defines prior art, explains that the goal of a patent search is to find similar existing patents to determine patentability. A patent search should be performed to avoid wasting money on applications for unpatentable ideas and to file higher quality applications. For startups, the most cost effective approach is to do an initial preliminary search, then either file the patent application if nothing similar is found or pay for a professional search if something is found to further evaluate patentability. Professional searches are best avoided initially due to cost unless the invention is simple, in a low-tech field, not fully developed, marginally useful, uses old technology or strongly resembles an existing patent.
This document provides an overview of the patent process. It discusses how patents provide limited monopoly rights to prevent others from practicing an invention for up to 20 years. Key aspects of patentability include the invention being useful, novel, and non-obvious. The patent application process involves drafting a specification and claims, filing, responding to office actions, and iterating until the patent is allowed. Public disclosure prior to patenting can result in losing patent rights, so applications should be filed before any unprotected disclosure.
Patentability Search- Importance and How to Do Patentability SearchTT Consultants
This document discusses patentability searches and the process of conducting them. It covers the criteria for patentability, including novelty, non-obviousness, and usefulness. It describes what a patentability search involves, including searching patent and non-patent databases to determine if prior art exists that could prevent patenting an invention. It recommends conducting a patentability search early in the invention process to identify any relevant prior art and help guide research and development decisions.
The document discusses different mechanisms for protecting technological innovations, including patents, trademarks, copyrights, and trade secrets. Patents protect inventions and can be obtained for processes, machines, manufactured items. Copyright protects original artistic and literary works. Trademarks protect words or symbols used to identify the source of goods. Trade secrets protect valuable confidential information that businesses keep private, like formulas. The key factors in determining the appropriate protection include the nature of the innovation and the ability of competitors to imitate it. Firms must decide whether vigorous protection is best, or allowing some diffusion to encourage adoption of the technology.
This document discusses a firm's strategy around protecting technological innovations. It explains that while traditionally firms have emphasized vigorously protecting innovations, the decision is actually complex. Sometimes not vigorously protecting a technology can be advantageous by encouraging other producers to support the technology and increase its adoption. The document then reviews factors that determine how much value a firm can capture from an innovation and the mechanisms available to protect it, including patents, copyrights, trademarks and trade secrets. It examines the tradeoffs between open and closed protection strategies and concludes by listing factors for a firm's protection strategy.
This document discusses patent prior art searches and trademark searches. It defines a patent as an intellectual property granted to an inventor for a new, useful, and non-obvious idea, and a trademark as an exclusive sign identifying a particular product or service. It describes prior art searches as searches of all publicly available information related to a patent claim's originality, conducted to ensure the invention is new and non-obvious. The document outlines different types of prior art searches and notes that trademark searches are carried out through government trademark databases and can be interpreted by attorneys.
FTO (Freedom To Operate) searches are patent database searches and opinions to determine if a planned product or service may infringe existing patents. They can be conducted by professional searchers or done yourself for free using patent databases. When conducting your own search, it is important to use several keyword combinations and date ranges to find all relevant prior art. Free international websites like Google Patents, European Patent Office, and Patent Lens can be used to search patents from different regions.
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The document discusses patents and trade secrets as forms of intellectual property protection. It defines what patents and trade secrets protect, how they differ, and some key aspects of each. Specifically, it notes that patents protect inventions by providing a limited monopoly in exchange for public disclosure, while trade secrets protect confidential business information as long as reasonable efforts are taken to maintain secrecy. The document provides details on patent prosecution, subject matter, rights, infringement and remedies, as well as the definition and misappropriation of trade secrets.
The document discusses different strategies a firm can take to protect technological innovations. It explains that a firm must determine whether and how vigorously to protect an innovation, as protection can encourage adoption but limits diffusion. The strategies include patenting, copyright, trademarks, and trade secrets. Patenting protects inventions, copyrights protect artistic and literary works, trademarks protect brands, and trade secrets protect information kept secret through reasonable security measures. The document analyzes the requirements and limitations of each protection strategy for technological innovations.
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The document discusses patent claims, describing them as the most important part of a patent that define the legal boundaries of an invention. It notes claims are difficult to write accurately and inexperienced individuals often fail to properly claim their invention or omit important parts. The document outlines what claims are, how they are structured, and their role in determining patentability, infringement, and evaluating other patents. It provides guidance on drafting clear and valuable claims, how claims evolve during examination, and how to evaluate a patent for infringement or invalidity.
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The document discusses strategies for protecting technological innovation. It explains that while vigorous protection is traditionally seen as important, the decision is complex, as sometimes not protecting an innovation can encourage its diffusion and rise as the dominant design. The document then reviews factors that determine how much a firm can benefit from an innovation (appropriability) and the mechanisms available to protect innovations, such as patents, trademarks, copyrights, and trade secrets. It discusses the tradeoffs between proprietary and open strategies and factors to consider in a protection strategy.
The document discusses the patent process for emerging companies. It describes the 8 main steps: 1) discovery of an invention, 2) documenting the discovery, 3) filing an invention disclosure, 4) discussion with a patent committee, 5) preparing a patent application, 6) filing the application, 7) review by a patent examiner, and 8) rebutting the examiner's position. It also covers key patent concepts like patentable subject matter, inventorship, and when to file a patent application.
A patent attorney helps inventors secure patent protection by preparing and filing a patent application. This involves understanding the invention, determining what is novel about it, conducting searches to check for prior art, and drafting the patent claims and specification. The claims seek to define the essential novel features of the invention, while the specification describes the invention and provides support for the claims. Drafting a patent specification takes several hours and requires understanding both patent law and the technical details of the invention.
This document provides an overview of patent law in India. It discusses:
- The meaning and types of patents, including product and process patents.
- Requirements for an invention to be patentable such as novelty, inventive step, and industrial application.
- Exceptions for inventions that are not patentable, including traditional knowledge, plants/animals, surgical methods, and more.
- The procedure for obtaining a patent in India, including filing, examination, opposition periods, and renewal.
- Other topics like the term of a patent, specifications, and historical perspective on patent law in India.
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This document provides an overview of the invention management process. It defines invention and discusses the nature of invention. It outlines the stages of the invention process from idea generation to prototype testing and modification. It discusses keeping an invention log or notebook to track the invention process. The document also covers inventorship, the invention disclosure process, and using laboratory notebooks as invention disclosures.
The document discusses different strategies for protecting technological innovations, including patents, trademarks, copyrights, and trade secrets. It explains that determining the appropriate protection strategy is complex, as protecting an innovation can encourage its adoption but also allow competitors to copy it. The key factors to consider include the appropriability of the innovation based on ease of imitation, and balancing a proprietary strategy against an open one. Mechanisms like patents, trademarks, and copyrights offer legal protections, while trade secrets rely on maintaining secrecy. The document analyzes the specific protections offered by each approach and considerations for formulating an effective strategy.
The document discusses different mechanisms for protecting technological innovations, including patents, trademarks, copyrights, and trade secrets. Patents protect inventions and can be obtained for processes, machines, manufactured items. Copyright protects original artistic and literary works. Trademarks protect words or symbols used to identify the source of goods. Trade secrets protect valuable confidential information that businesses keep private, like formulas. The key factors in determining the appropriate protection include the nature of the innovation and the ability of competitors to imitate it. Firms must decide whether vigorous protection is best, or allowing some diffusion to encourage adoption of the technology.
This document discusses a firm's strategy around protecting technological innovations. It explains that while traditionally firms have emphasized vigorously protecting innovations, the decision is actually complex. Sometimes not vigorously protecting a technology can be advantageous by encouraging other producers to support the technology and increase its adoption. The document then reviews factors that determine how much value a firm can capture from an innovation and the mechanisms available to protect it, including patents, copyrights, trademarks and trade secrets. It examines the tradeoffs between open and closed protection strategies and concludes by listing factors for a firm's protection strategy.
This document discusses patent prior art searches and trademark searches. It defines a patent as an intellectual property granted to an inventor for a new, useful, and non-obvious idea, and a trademark as an exclusive sign identifying a particular product or service. It describes prior art searches as searches of all publicly available information related to a patent claim's originality, conducted to ensure the invention is new and non-obvious. The document outlines different types of prior art searches and notes that trademark searches are carried out through government trademark databases and can be interpreted by attorneys.
FTO (Freedom To Operate) searches are patent database searches and opinions to determine if a planned product or service may infringe existing patents. They can be conducted by professional searchers or done yourself for free using patent databases. When conducting your own search, it is important to use several keyword combinations and date ranges to find all relevant prior art. Free international websites like Google Patents, European Patent Office, and Patent Lens can be used to search patents from different regions.
Patent Strategies for Startups by Lang McHardyPatexia Inc.
This document provides guidance on patent strategies for startups. It recommends that startups preserve patent value by filing early, assessing inventions continuously for value, and maintaining patent applications even as the business pivots. Patents can create value for startups by making technical developments tangible, increasing leverage with partners, and stimulating investment and acquisition. The guiding principle is that patents filed by startups belong to their future acquirer, not the startup itself, so the strategy should focus on maintaining patent value rather than enforcement.
The document discusses patents and trade secrets as forms of intellectual property protection. It defines what patents and trade secrets protect, how they differ, and some key aspects of each. Specifically, it notes that patents protect inventions by providing a limited monopoly in exchange for public disclosure, while trade secrets protect confidential business information as long as reasonable efforts are taken to maintain secrecy. The document provides details on patent prosecution, subject matter, rights, infringement and remedies, as well as the definition and misappropriation of trade secrets.
The document discusses different strategies a firm can take to protect technological innovations. It explains that a firm must determine whether and how vigorously to protect an innovation, as protection can encourage adoption but limits diffusion. The strategies include patenting, copyright, trademarks, and trade secrets. Patenting protects inventions, copyrights protect artistic and literary works, trademarks protect brands, and trade secrets protect information kept secret through reasonable security measures. The document analyzes the requirements and limitations of each protection strategy for technological innovations.
Inventing 101- Protecting the rights to your inventionHovey Williams LLP
This document provides an overview and summary of an "Inventing 101" presentation about developing and protecting inventions. It discusses the different types of intellectual property including patents, copyrights, trademarks, and trade secrets. For patents, it covers the basic requirements, types of patentable subject matter, the examination process, and costs associated with obtaining a patent. It provides guidance on developing an invention through prototyping, testing, and market research. It also discusses the importance of properly disclosing an invention through an invention disclosure form.
The document discusses patent claims, describing them as the most important part of a patent that define the legal boundaries of an invention. It notes claims are difficult to write accurately and inexperienced individuals often fail to properly claim their invention or omit important parts. The document outlines what claims are, how they are structured, and their role in determining patentability, infringement, and evaluating other patents. It provides guidance on drafting clear and valuable claims, how claims evolve during examination, and how to evaluate a patent for infringement or invalidity.
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Intellectual property (IP) is the lifeblood of every knowledge-based startup or venture. In “IP Management”, learn how to identify and manage your intellectual property in a strategic way and examine how it fits in with your overall business model. A large part of your competitive advantage will depend on your ability to protect and properly exploit or commercialize your product or service innovations.
The document discusses strategies for protecting technological innovation. It explains that while vigorous protection is traditionally seen as important, the decision is complex, as sometimes not protecting an innovation can encourage its diffusion and rise as the dominant design. The document then reviews factors that determine how much a firm can benefit from an innovation (appropriability) and the mechanisms available to protect innovations, such as patents, trademarks, copyrights, and trade secrets. It discusses the tradeoffs between proprietary and open strategies and factors to consider in a protection strategy.
The document discusses the patent process for emerging companies. It describes the 8 main steps: 1) discovery of an invention, 2) documenting the discovery, 3) filing an invention disclosure, 4) discussion with a patent committee, 5) preparing a patent application, 6) filing the application, 7) review by a patent examiner, and 8) rebutting the examiner's position. It also covers key patent concepts like patentable subject matter, inventorship, and when to file a patent application.
A patent attorney helps inventors secure patent protection by preparing and filing a patent application. This involves understanding the invention, determining what is novel about it, conducting searches to check for prior art, and drafting the patent claims and specification. The claims seek to define the essential novel features of the invention, while the specification describes the invention and provides support for the claims. Drafting a patent specification takes several hours and requires understanding both patent law and the technical details of the invention.
This document provides an overview of patent law in India. It discusses:
- The meaning and types of patents, including product and process patents.
- Requirements for an invention to be patentable such as novelty, inventive step, and industrial application.
- Exceptions for inventions that are not patentable, including traditional knowledge, plants/animals, surgical methods, and more.
- The procedure for obtaining a patent in India, including filing, examination, opposition periods, and renewal.
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Trade Secret and JVA and Other AgreementsLawPlus Ltd.
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This document provides an overview of the invention management process. It defines invention and discusses the nature of invention. It outlines the stages of the invention process from idea generation to prototype testing and modification. It discusses keeping an invention log or notebook to track the invention process. The document also covers inventorship, the invention disclosure process, and using laboratory notebooks as invention disclosures.
The document discusses different strategies for protecting technological innovations, including patents, trademarks, copyrights, and trade secrets. It explains that determining the appropriate protection strategy is complex, as protecting an innovation can encourage its adoption but also allow competitors to copy it. The key factors to consider include the appropriability of the innovation based on ease of imitation, and balancing a proprietary strategy against an open one. Mechanisms like patents, trademarks, and copyrights offer legal protections, while trade secrets rely on maintaining secrecy. The document analyzes the specific protections offered by each approach and considerations for formulating an effective strategy.
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This document provides an overview of technology licensing today and the role of trade secrets in licensing. It discusses how intellectual property rights (IPRs) have become increasingly important as the basis for technology transfers and licensing agreements. Licensing has evolved from being relatively uncommon to encompassing complex agreements that integrate multiple IPRs such as patents, copyrights, trademarks, and trade secrets for synergistic protection. Trade secrets in particular play an important role in licensing by protecting related know-how and providing additional protection to strengthen patents. Most technology licenses now cover both patents and trade secrets.
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The patent attorney's role is more complex than simply writing up an inventor's idea. The attorney must understand the client's business and technology, competitors, and how the invention fits and adds value. The attorney aims to obtain patents that will scare potential infringers and competitors by being both broad enough to be infringed yet narrow enough to be valid. However, patent applications involve uncertainty, and the attorney must generalize the invention while fully disclosing it to obtain protection, though excessive disclosure could harm the client. Money also constrains what can be protected. The attorney's multiple readers must be convinced while disclosure is minimized, requiring the attorney to balance objectives.
Patents play different strategic roles in different industries. Because patent law is independent of industry structure, capital needs, R&D patterns, or the relationship between innovation and commercialization, however, elements that are critical to some industries threaten others. Yet every patent, regardless of quality, is a presumably valid federal license authorizing its bearer to restrict, reduce, restrain and contest all products in its sphere of exclusivity.
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- Identify different types of patentees and the strategies they favor
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- It provides examples of how to overcome an obviousness rejection, such as by demonstrating commercial success, long-felt need, or failure of others. It advises keeping a thorough inventor's notebook.
- Recent court cases like KSR v. Teleflex and proposed patent reform legislation aiming to change from a "first to invent" to "first to file" system are briefly summarized.
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All About Patents
1.
2. “All About
Patents”
Thomas F. Lebens
Partner and Chair, Intellectual Property Practice Group
Sinsheimer Juhnke Lebens and McIvor, LLP
Managing Partner, West Coast Operations
Fitch, Even, Tabin and Flannery, GP
3. Overview
Introduction
What is a patent?
What makes for success?
Examples of “success”
Success revisited
Conclusions
4. What is a patent?
Right to exclude others from making, using, or
selling what is claimed in an issued patent for 20
years from its earliest non-provisional filing date
Was 17 years from issue date prior to 1995
Plus, retroactive damage right, under limited
circumstances
New in 2000
5. Legal Regime
U.S. Constitution
Federal Statute (U.S. Code)
Federal Regulations
Federal Administrative Procedures
Case law
6. U.S. Constitution
The U.S. Constitution
Art. 1, Sec. 8, Cl. 8 “The Congress shall have power .
. . To promote the progress of science and useful
arts, by securing for limited times to authors and
inventors the exclusive right to their respective
writings and discoveries.
7. Federal Statute
Statutory subject matter (35 U.S.C. § 101)
Anything under the sun made by a person
Business Methods – State Street Bank case
Useful (35 U.S.C. § 101)
Novel (35 U.S.C. § 102)
Narrowed in 2000 to include more “secret” prior art
Non-obvious (35 U.S.C. § 103)
Written description, enablement, best mode (35
U.S.C. § 112, first paragraph)
8. Federal Statute
Statutory subject matter
Product, device, apparatus, structure
Method, process for using, or for making
Article of manufacture
Composition of matter
9. Federal Statute
Useful
No practical consideration need be given to the "utility"
requirement in relation to common mechanical or electrical
devices. However, some showing of utility may be necessary
when seeking patent protection for inventions whose "real
world" value may be difficult to gauge or substantiate, such as
chemical and pharmaceutical compounds. See, for
example, Brenner v. Manson, 383 U.S. 519 (1966), noting
that "[a] patent is not a hunting license. It is not a reward for
the search, but compensation for its successful conclusion.
„[A] patent system must be related to the world of commerce
rather than to the realm of philosophy. . . .‟" Id. (citations
omitted).
10. Federal Statute
Novel
No patent protection is available for:
an invention known or used by others in the U.S. prior to the date of
invention by the Applicant.
an invention patented or described in a printed publication anywhere
(U.S. or abroad) prior to the date of invention by the Applicant.
an invention patented or described in a printed publication anywhere
(U.S. or abroad) more than one year prior to the U.S. filing date of
the patent application.
an invention in public use in the U.S. more than one year prior to the
filing date of the patent application.
an invention on sale in the U.S. more than one year prior to the filing
date of the patent application.
11. Federal Statute
Non-obvious
In general terms, an invention is not patentable
if, considering the prior art that existed at the time of
invention, the invention would have been obvious to a
person of ordinary skill in the art. Obviousness rejections are
common during patent prosecution; however, because such
rejections are somewhat subjective, they can often be
overcome through persuasive argument. Secondary
considerations of (1) commercial success; (2) long-felt need;
and/or (3) commercial acquiescence can factor into such
arguments. See Graham v. John Deere, 383 U.S. 1 (1966).
12. Federal Statute
“112” requirements
Written description sufficient to support claims
Sufficient to enable one of ordinary skill in the art
to practice the invention without undue
experimentation
Best mode of practicing the invention
13. So, what makes for a success?
Statutory subject matter (35 U.S.C. § 101)
Useful (35 U.S.C. § 101)
Novel (35 U.S.C. § 102)
Non-obvious (35 U.S.C. § 103)
Written description, enablement, best mode (35
U.S.C. § 112, first paragraph)
22. Success Revisited
Start with a plan
Business Strategy
Patent Strategy
Invention disclosure
Filtration of filings (management)
Management during prosecution
Management after issuance
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24. Intellectual Capital Management
Know what you have (invention disclosure
program)
Determine what you want to protect, and how
(filtration)
Codify what you want to protect (patent)
Reevaluate as you protect (before & after
issuance)
Leverage what you protect (move & connect)
25. Invention Disclosure
An “invention disclosure” is a document
containing a description of technology sought to
be patented
“Invention” = legal term of art
Most often, inventions will be thought of by the
inventor as the subject matter for the patent
26. Invention Disclosure
Fundamentally every invention can be expressed
in terms of a minimum combination of elements
necessary to solve a problem
The elements may be structural
The elements may be functional
27. Invention Disclosure
The invention lies in the novel and non-obvious
elements, and/or the novel and non-obvious
relationships between the elements
Most invention disclosures describe several
“inventions”
28. Invention Disclosure
Top 10 things to look for in an invention disclosure. . .
1. What are future applications for the product/process?
2. What does the next generation product look like? Last generation?
Other solutions?
3. What is the most profitable point in the supply chain?
4. Are there any disadvantages to the invention? Solutions?
5. What are the materials used?
6. What are the parameters for operating, and/or making?
7. What are the inputs and outputs, which ones are necessary?
8. Who are the customers? Who will they be? What do they want?
9. Who are the competitors? Who will they be?
10. Can the invention be a structure, method of using, method of
making, article of manufacture, AND composition of matter?
29. Filtration of Filings
Patent review committee:
Business leadership
Marketing
Legal
Department advocate
When business, marketing, and legal agree to
patent, proceed
30. What to look at?
During filtration, look at . . .
•Timing •Geography
•Complexity •Who will infringe
•“Detectability”/ease •Standards
of avoidance •Business direction
•Royalty basis •Use by others
31. What to look at?
Know what you need
Acquire what you need
Reactive
Proactive
Hunt internally
Hunt externally
Force the invention into existence
Divest what you don‟t need
33. Management After Issuance
Reevaluate business objectives
Reevaluate markets
Reevaluate legal
Filtration
34. Leverage!
Knowledge assets should be treated like inventory –
kept moving
Intellectual Capital Management is about
connection, not collection
Strategies
“Productize”
Sell/Acquire
In/Out license
Debt/Equity
Grow (JV, SP, JDA, etc.)
35. Conclusions
The key to success is a mutually supportive base
of patentable technological solutions, market
demand, and business abilities
The odds of success can be increased by
Identifying what you have
Strategically protecting what you have
Leveraging what you have
36. “All About
Patents”
Thomas F. Lebens
Partner and Chair, Intellectual Property Practice Group
Sinsheimer Juhnke Lebens and McIvor, LLP
Managing Partner, West Coast Operations
Fitch, Even, Tabin and Flannery, GP