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Category: Patent Process
Filing patents, prosecution, costs, timelines, and procedures
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The Highest Quality Patent Work at the Lowest Cost
The best patent attorneys in the country do not work at the biggest firms. They left.
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Patent Attorneys’ Misguided Obsession About Costs
Patent attorneys work in a bubble that is completely hidden from laypersons, but is an incredibly loud echo chamber. An example is the current obsession and endless handwringing…
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Every Word Hurts You: Patent Claims
The length of the claims really matters. The length of the specification is important – but only up to a point.
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How Long Provisional Applications Hurt You
I had a client whose inventor would write long provisional patent[1] applications. He would think through all the options of his inventions, and he would include every option…
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BlueIron Model, Patent Drafting, Patent Process, Patent Strategy, Patent Valuation, Working with Attorneys
Patent Descriptions: Every Word Hurts You
The patent application has two parts: the specification and the claims.
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Communication Hygiene: Things You Never Say To Your Patent Attorney
Inventors have extraordinary power in the patent process, especially in litigation. An inventor’s opinion or comments can often be twisted during litigation and ultimately, used to invalidate a…
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Avoid Wishful Thinking Patents
Most startup CEOs want patents because they want ‘protection,’ so they go to a patent attorney. And the patent attorney is in the unfortunate situation of having to…
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Patent Ethics: Is it Ethical for the Patent Attorney to list themselves as an inventor?
There is the “legal” definition of an inventor, and there is the realistic, practical definition.
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Patent Value – Revenue is the only factor that matters.
TL;DR: Realistic patent valuations are based on *context*. I can tell your patent value by how much revenue it produces. If your patent is infringed, I can calculate…
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What Is Patent Infringement?
Patent infringement is when someone else uses your patented idea without permission. The strict, legal definition is when someone infringes or performs every limitation of at least one…
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