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Short answer: at least three and a half years. Long answer: You have an invention that you think is worth patent protection. How long is it [...]
January 11, 2011
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Today I was talking to a buddy of mine and he mentioned the iPhone accelerometer. You remember – originally intended for system protection, [...]
January 10, 2011
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In a previous post I mentioned the search for prior art as one of the steps that must be taken before an application is filed. I cannot emphasize [...]
January 9, 2011
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This is going to be a bit twisted, but bear with me. This week I read two stories about apparently two different matters: IBM wants to patent the [...]
January 8, 2011
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The next two parts will end the short series analyzing the eligibility of an invention. Bear in mind that these six parts only scratch the [...]
January 7, 2011
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First of all, I would like to announce that I will participate in the postaday2011 challenge issued by WordPress. Now, with that out of the way, [...]
January 6, 2011
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At the end of last year, while documenting on USPTO’s website (http://patft.uspto.gov), a pop-up appeared telling me I was [...]
January 3, 2011
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Today I will make a short introduction into 35 U.S.C. 102 “Conditions for patentability; novelty and loss of right to [...]
December 30, 2010
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In part 1 of the series I posted a list of law requirements that an invention must meet in order to get patent protection in the US. Today I will [...]
December 1, 2010
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For what we call an invention protection, by any other name, would still do the job. So, a patent gives us protection for an invention. What kind [...]
November 25, 2010