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"Patent Fundamentals for the Start-Up" by Michael Shimokaji
The document outlines the three types of patents: plant, design, and utility patents, detailing their definitions, protections, and legal implications. Plant and design patents offer 15 years of protection and focus on the distinctiveness of the plant or appearance of a manufactured article, while utility patents can offer broader protections for up to 20 years but require higher filing costs. It also highlights the differences between provisional and non-provisional utility patents, including their respective benefits and disadvantages.
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- 1. PATENT FUNDAMENTALS FOR THE START-UP MICHAELA. SHIMOKAJI 1 SHIMOKAJI.COM
- 2. THREE KINDS OFPATENTS • Plant • Design • Utility 2 SHIMOKAJI.COM
- 3. PLANT PATENT • Legaldefinition - “asexually reproduces any distinct and new variety of plant, including cultivated sports, mutants, hybrids, and newly found seedlings, other than a tuber propagated plant or a plant found in an uncultivated state” 3 SHIMOKAJI.COM
- 4. PLANT PATENT • Protectionfor 15 years 4 SHIMOKAJI.COM
- 5. DESIGN PATENT • Legaldefinition – “ornamental design for an article of manufacture” 5 SHIMOKAJI.COM
- 6. DESIGN PATENT • Articleof manufacture is: - a thing made by hand or machine - end product sold to consumer or component of end product 6 SHIMOKAJI.COM
- 7. DESIGN PATENT • Protectsthe way an article looks, now how it works 7 SHIMOKAJI.COM
- 8. DESIGN PATENT • Includes: -configuration or shape of article - surface ornamentation of article 8 SHIMOKAJI.COM
- 9. DESIGN PATENT • Designmust be “primarily ornamental”, rather than primarily functional, when viewed in its entirety • Functional article may still be protected 9 SHIMOKAJI.COM
- 10. DESIGN PATENT • Protectionfor 15 years 10 SHIMOKAJI.COM
- 11. DESIGN PATENT • Attorneycosts: - $2000 to file - $1500 to process 11 SHIMOKAJI.COM
- 12. UTILITY PATENT • Legaldefinition - “new and useful process, machine, manufacture, or composition of matter, or any new and useful improvement thereof” 12 SHIMOKAJI.COM
- 13. UTILITY PATENT • Twokinds: - provisional - non-provisional 13 SHIMOKAJI.COM
- 14. UTILITY PATENT • Provisionalbenefits: - patent pending status - early filing date - fast, low cost 14 SHIMOKAJI.COM
- 15. UTILITY PATENT • Provisionaldisadvantages: - cannot sue infringer - potential missing information - expires in one year SHIMOKAJI.COM
- 16. UTILITY PATENT • Provisionalattorney costs: - $1500 to file - $0 to process 16 SHIMOKAJI.COM
- 17. UTILITY PATENT • Non-Provisionalbenefits: - exclude persons from making, using, selling, offering for sale - protection potentially broader than product - protection for 20 years SHIMOKAJI.COM
- 18. UTILITY PATENT • Non-Provisionaldisadvantages: - only protected in US - no protection beyond patent claims - cannot renew SHIMOKAJI.COM
- 19. UTILITY PATENT • Non-Provisionalattorney costs: - $5000 to file - $5000 to process 19 SHIMOKAJI.COM
- 20. FOREIGN PATENT • Howto: - PCT - direct 20 SHIMOKAJI.COM
- 21. FOREIGN PATENT • Foreignbenefits: - selling outside US - manufacturing outside US 21 SHIMOKAJI.COM
- 22. FOREIGN PATENT • Foreigndisadvantages: - country specific protection - translation costs 22 SHIMOKAJI.COM
- 23. FOREIGN PATENT • Foreignattorney costs: - $5K-10K to file - $5K to 10K to process 23 SHIMOKAJI.COM
- 24. QUESTIONS? • Contact info: MichaelShimokaji mshimokaji@shimokaji.com (949) 788-9968 24 SHIMOKAJI.COM