Product Description: Everyone has had a good idea for a new product or service that would make life more comfortable, easier, or just more fun. What do all these famous inventions have in common: air conditioning, airbags, bandages, barbed wire, blow dryers, can openers, cement, chewing gum, computers, credit cards, doughnuts, jeans, microwave ovens, paper towels, Play-Doh, Post-it Notes, potato chips, roller coasters, safety pins, Scotch tape, skateboards, staplers, straws, sunscreen, typewriters, Viagra, zippers? They were all invented in the United States by American inventors, and they all made fortunes for the inventors and the companies licensing the ideas...read more

Product Description: This is a popular topic of critical importance to anyone planning to bring a new technical product to market. For all engineers and their managers concerned with product development, patent law and the patent process, but particularly early career engineers who need a basic introduction to the topic...read more

Product Description: Biotechnology and the Federal Circuit, Second Edition is the only reference work that provides an in-depth consideration of the entire body of Federal Circuit precedent in the rapidly developing area of biotechnology. This new edition integrates the court s decisions in chemical, biotechnology and pharmaceutical cases with an analysis of the current law...read more

Edited by IP communications expert Bruce Berman, and with contributions from the top names in IP management, investment and consulting, From Assets to Profits: Competing for IP Value and Return provides a real-world look at patents, copyrights, and trademarks, how intellectual property assets work and the subtle and not-so-subtle ways in which they are used for competitive advantage. Authoritative and insightful, From Assets to Profits reveals the most relevant ways to generate return on innovation, with advice and essential guidance from battle tested IP pros.

Combines history, biography, design theory, and technology in an analysis of the development of safety pins, scotch tape, tin cans, and other useful objects

Product Description: Patent Searching Made Easy. Written by inventor David Hitchcock, this book explains step by step how to use an Internet browser to search U.S. patents. It discusses how to classify an invention properly, and then, using that classification, find all relevant patents issued within that class...read more

Product Description: 2005 update to Biotechnology and the Federal Circuit, published by BNA Books. The 2005 Cumulative Supplement covers rapidly changing Federal Circuit decisions that are of vital interest to biotechnology and pharmaceutical companies, including: --the written description and enablement requirements applied in Enzo Biochem v...read more

Product Description: This book provides a better understanding of how intellectual property can improve economic and business performance. It focuses on three particular issues: the valuation of patents, the transfer of knowledge, and the management of innovation and intellectual property...read more

Two successful inventors present a step-by-step guide to developing original ideas and turning them into profit, including information on how to protect your idea, who to trust, the ins and outs of patent law, tips on sales and marketing, and more. Original. 30,000 first printing.

Product Description: A Plain English Guide for Obtaining Your Patent and Making Money With ItYour invention is the product of effort and ingenuity that deserves to be protected. Reward all your hard work and creativity by obtaining a patent. The Complete Patent Kit contains everything you need to successfully navigate your way through the patent process...read more

Product Description: Hot on the stilettos of Patently Ridiculous comes Patently Erotic, Richard Ross’ foray into the nexus of American capitalism, inventiveness—and sex.   In this latest collection of actual patent applications, the author delves once again into the archives of the U...read more

Product Description: Landis on Mechanics of Patent Claim Drafting gives you the very latest word on patent claim drafting, including a new sample exercise for drafting business method claims. Youll learn new ways to deal with claims that involve numerical ranges -- how to understand the different treatments of preamble language, including the CAFCs Catalina Marketing guidelines -- how the CAFC treated the unusual Markush grouping in the Abbott Laboratories case -- how the CAFC interprets substantially, essentially, similar and other words of approximation...read more

Product Description: The U.S. patent system is in an accelerating race with human ingenuity and investments in innovation. In many respects the system has responded with admirable flexibility, but the strain of continual technological change and the greater importance ascribed to patents in a knowledge economy are exposing weaknesses including questionable patent quality, rising transaction costs, impediments to the dissemination of information through patents, and international inconsistencies...read more

Product Description: Whether you're an individual inventor or an innovator inside a small to medium business or large enterprise, you need a deep, business-focused understanding of intellectual property: patents, trademarks, service marks, copyrights, trade secrets, and the entire invention process...read more

An account of the man who successfully proved that he had invented the laser recalls Gordon Gould's thirty-year battle with the U.S. Patent Office to claim this important legacy, in an inside look at the American patent process. Reprint.

The average cost of an uncomplicated patent application filing is about $10,000. This high cost can leave thousands of inventors out in the cold. Filing Patents Online: A Professional Guide is a complete manual that walks inventors through each step of filing and prosecuting the patent online at a fraction of the cost. The online filing system recommended in the book allows continuous monitoring of the review status and for a much faster approval than the traditional route. Drawing from the many years of the author's experience as both an inventor and a patent agent, this guide teaches the methods of research, planning, and the art of writing winning claims that will result in commercially valuable patents.

Product Description: While there are many books on "how to patent" and patent law, Essentials of Patents delivers practical advice on how to leverage patents as a powerful competitive corporate tool. This is not your "ordinary patent book". It's emphasis is directed to patent management with the express emphasis of increasing shareholder value, and it's audience, each with its own chapter, includes the CEO / ICO, CFO, CTO, and cross functional managers of HR, Engineering, Manufacturing and IT...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

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In the information age, intellectual property rights such as patents, copyrights, and trademarks are among companies' most valuable assets. Today, managers and investors in a wide variety of industries need to understand the fundamentals of intellectual property rights in order to make informed decisions about the companies they run and the investments they hold. From Ideas to Assets provides a detailed overview of what intellectual property assets are and how they work - and what you need to know about them to succeed today's competitive business environment. It offers techniques for valuing intellectual property and discusses ways to help you maximize returns and discern performance variables. The 25 expert contributors to this volume approach the subject from the varied perspectives of shareholders, managers, analysts, accountants, advisors, and other professionals. Original tables, graphs, and statistics related to intellectual property returns and performance indices are included to clarify important legal and accounting concepts. This easy-to-read guide covers strategies for businesses in various industries, including the financial and manufacturing sectors. This is not a textbook or a stock-picking manual. From Ideas to Assets is a focused resource that provides diverse audiences with valuable guidance on the IP basics they need to know. (view table of contents)

Product Description: First published in 2001. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

FROM PATENT TO PROFITPatents and patent strategies are increasingly pertinent to the success of information age businesses, from affecting valuations to gaining tax advantages to increasing the starting price per share when taking a company public. Patent Strategy illustrates the impact patents can have on technology-driven businesses' tactical and strategic efforts. Here is step-by-step guidance to the patent process, the laws, and basic strategies-from a business-goal perspective-so that middle and upper-level managers can recognize the significance of patents in relation to a particular business and can incorporate proper patent management efforts into their business framework. In addition, this book serves as an invaluable reference for management and executives when making patent-related decisions such as whether a patent infringement study must be performed; whether the budget for patent matters should be increased or decreased; whether attempts should be made to license certain patent technology; and whether the firm should sue for patent infringement.Case studies throughout the book give you a specific business context within which to consider the concepts introducedStatistics are presented to assist you in assessing various issues, planning patent strategies, and implementing patent management programs