Patent Drafting
Actor Analysis for Patent Infringement
Due Diligence for Patent[1]s – Actor Analysis[2] tells who is the likely infringer. Actor analysis is often overlooked when valuing inventions for patenting, or for valuing patent[3][4]s once they are issued. With actor analysis, we want to know who is the actual actor that infringes the invention. This analysis often identifies patents that you would…
Read MoreA good patent is easy to read
A good patent is easy to read[1]. If you can’t understand your patent application, neither can the patent examiner. Many people tell me that they did not understand their patent application because their attorney used “legalese”. Some even joke that it was so dense that they did not even know if their invention was in…
Read MoreWhat does a good patent application look like?
Good patents are NOT written in “legalese”. I had a telephone interview with a patent examiner a while ago and in the course of the interview, the examiner said that he really liked my patent application because I did not try to hide the ball with the invention. I was originally taught to write patent…
Read MoreDrafting Patents for Licensing
Patents that are intended for licensing have a distinctively different feel to them and a different method of drafting than patents that protect a specific product line. Here, our intent is to protect an idea that may potentially be more valuable at the end of the patent life and may be used in ways that…
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