| ACCELERATED EXAMINATION |
Faster Than a Speeding Bullet |
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| ACCESSING PATENT RECORDS |
Public PAIR: Accessing Records on Pending Patent Applications |
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Google Patents |
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| APPLICATION PREPARATION |
21st Century Patent Preparation: The Model for the Future |
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| BIOTECHNOLOGY |
Patenting Human Organisms |
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| BUSINESS RELATED |
The Phelps Phenomenon - Was It "The Suit?" |
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Intellectual Property Valuation |
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Developing a Patent Strategy for Your Business- Building Value |
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Do You Really Need a Patent? Yes, If You Can Make a Business Case for One |
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Patent License Agreement Audits- Ensuring the Reward For Innovation |
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Patent Rights - Avoiding a Collision With the Social Media Iceberg |
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The Importance of Signatures |
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Non Disclosure Agreements and Confidentiality |
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| DESIGN PATENTS |
"All that Glitters" - Protecting Ornamental Appearances with a Design Patent |
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International Design Registration Through The Hague System |
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Patenting Computer Generated Icons |
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The Winds of Change Are Blowing Again- Even Design Patents Get a Makeover |
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| DUTY OF CANDOR |
The Whole Truth and Nothing But the Truth: The Duty of Candor in Proceedings before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office |
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| INFRINGEMENT |
Patentability and Infringement - Two Separate Concepts |
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Christmas in China |
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Remanufacturing a Patented Product: Does "Make" Include "Remake"? |
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Reaping What You Sow? Not After Bowman v. Monsanto |
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Patent Misuse- A New Defense Against Patent Abuse? |
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| INNOVATION |
The Space-Time Innovation Continuum |
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"The Man Who Saved Christmas" and Other Tales of Christmases Past |
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| INTERNATIONAL PATENT APPLICATONS |
Filing International Patent Applications: Tuning in to the Patent Cooperation Treaty
Obtaining a United States Patent via the Patent Cooperation Treaty |
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PCT Applications- Amendments And Demands |
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National Phase Entry- Life Worldwide After the PCT |
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PCT Scams - The Two Wild and Crazy Guys International Patent Registry |
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Canadian Patent Law - A Primer From the Great White North |
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Extreme Changes are Coming to Europe- The Unitary Patent and Unified Patent Court |
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| INVENTION DISCLOSURES |
The Invention Disclosure - Putting a Stake in the Ground |
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| INVENTION PROMOTION SCAMS |
Pimp My Invention: If it Sounds Too Good to be True... |
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| INVENTORSHIP |
Inventorship: Who Thunk of It? |
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| ONE YEAR ON-SALE BAR |
The 102(b) On-Sale Bar to Patentability: You Snooze, You Lose |
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The 102(b) On-Sale Bar to Patentability and "Experimental Use" |
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| OWNERSHIP RIGHTS |
A Hypothetical Case - of Keeping an Invention from Going to the Dogs |
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Have Brain, Will Invent: Who Owns Your Invention? |
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Don't Cut Corners...Consider Assigning That Provisional Patent Application |
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Get a Loan Using Your Intellectual Property- Freeing Up Value or Locking Up Your Assets |
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Diligence in Establishing "Common Ownership" and Joint Research Agreements |
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| PATENT FUNDAMENTALS |
What is a Patent? |
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Staking Your (Patent) Claims - Part I |
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Staking Your (Patent) Claims - Part II |
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Patents and the Public Interest |
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Patent Drawings |
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Patent- A Brief History of the Word And the Property Right |
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It's a Numbers Game- How They Are Used in OUr Patent System |
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| PATENT PENDING |
PATENT PENDING: A Warning to Would-Be Competitors |
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| PATENT PROSECUTION |
Solemnly Sworn - The Use of Affidavits in Patent Prosecution |
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Building the Case for Patentability: Prosecution in the USPTO |
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Examiner Interviews and Their Place in Patent Prosecution |
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Patent Prosecution Highway |
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"This action is FINAL." Or Not- "FINAL" Rejection Doesn't Mean Final |
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Appeals in Patent Prosecution- Another Way to Cut the Deck |
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Transitory Signals and Computer Readable Media Rejections |
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| PATENT PROTEST |
Patent Protest - A Little Known, Little Used Process in the U.S. Patent System |
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| POST ISSUE |
Reexamination of the Peanut Butter and Jelly Sandwich |
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Maintenance Fees |
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Broadening Reissue - Changing the Scope of Your Patent Claims |
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| PATENT REFORM (AIA) |
First to Invent vs. First to File: Racing to the Lab - or to the Patent Office? |
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Patent Reform is on the Horizon |
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Patent Reform is a Done Deal- It's Time to Get Ready For It |
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The Gears of Government: How New Laws Are Implemented in Our Patent System |
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What's New in False Patent Marking Laws |
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Prior User Rights: Substantially Expanded Under the AIA |
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The America Invents Act- Best Mode Requirement |
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Playing Defense- Post-Grant Review Under the AIA |
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Preissuance Submissions by Third Parties Under the AIA- "Getting the Wheels to Fall Off" |
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Supplemental Examination Under the AIA- "Rules of Atonement" |
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The AIA - Some Effects on International Practice Through the PCT |
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The Prioritized Examination Option Under the AIA |
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Challenging Business Method Patents Under Section 18 of the AIA |
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And Last But Not Least- The New First to File Statute Under the AIA |
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| PATENTABILITY OF INVENTIONS |
Patentability and Infringement - Two Separate Concepts |
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Anything Under the Sun that is Made by Man...Well, Not Quite |
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Patentability and "The Long-Felt Unmet Need" - The Christmas Tree Stand as a Case Study |
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Patent Law 101 - What is Patentable? |
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A Foundation in the Law: Patenting Buildings and Structures |
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Defining Patentable Subject Matter - Software and Silicon Forms |
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"Under the Knife" - Patenting Surgical Procedures |
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Non-Patentable Subject Matter- Obnoxiousness Not a Bar |
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| PATENTS & NYS TAX CREDITS |
NYS Tax Credits for "Emerging Technology" Companies |
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| PLANT PATENTS |
Fundamentals of Plant Patents - Patented or Not, This Christmas Give Plants |
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PROVISIONAL PATENT APPLICATIONS
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The Provisional Application - What It Is - When It's Used
Weaknesses of the "Quick and Dirty" Provisional Patent Application |
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| PUBLISHED PATENT APPLICATIONS |
Published Patent Applications as Leading Indicators in Upstate New York |
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| RESTRICTION REQUIREMENTS |
Restriction Requirements |
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Election of Species and Restriction Requirements |
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| SEARCHING |
Seek and Ye Shall Find: Online Searching For Business Information in the USPTO |
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In Search of The Perfect Christmas Tree Stand Part I |
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In Search of The Perfect Christmas Tree Stand Part II |
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| SECRECY ORDERS |
Secrecy Orders- Protecting National Security |
