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Tag: Patent Prosecution
Patent prosecution means the back-and-forth with a patent examiner. Patent litigation is enforcing/defending a patent against an accused infringer.
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Provisional Patent Applications Hurt Startups
The patent bar does a terrible job of serving smaller clients – and provisional patent[1] applications are a glaring example.
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I Do Not Want a Patent I Do Not Deserve
It is really tempting to think that you can get an enormously valuable patent. Then you can dominate some big market and get paid handsomely.
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How to Spot Bad Patents
Investment-Grade Patent[1][2]s represent only a small sliver of the patent universe. Their value comes from a huge amount of research and thought. However, bad patents are easy to…
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Patent Drafting, Patent Enforcement, Patent Process, Patent Strategy, Patent Valuation, Working with Attorneys
Terminal Disclaimers – One for the Price of Two
Terminal disclaimers are where you pay twice to get the same thing. They are a money maker for the USPTO – and your patent attorney. They should be…
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Is Your Patent Examiner Awful? One of the Patent Myths
One of the myths that is perpetuated by the patent bar is that the examiners somehow do not understand your invention.
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Valuable patents solve contradictions
Inventions are not obvious – they have to solve some kind of contradiction.
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USPTO Abandonment Rate Nearly Tripling Since COVID
An updated analysis by BlueIron shows that the COVID crisis has markedly affected business’s IP strategy. A previous analysis done in March is here.
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Why Your Patent Attorney Does Not Want Your Patent To Be Granted
There is a perverse incentive for your patent attorney to *not* get your patent allowed. It is called “money.”
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Effects of COVID-19 on Patents – Twice The Number of Abandonments
And it is likely to go up much further. AND this has never happened before.
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Data Driven Patents
Updated April 2021.
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