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Record Nr.

UNINA9910132164703321

Autore

Heines M. Henry <1945->

Titolo

First to file : patents for today's scientist and engineer / / M. Henry Heines

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Hoboken, New Jersey : , : Wiley, , 2014

©2014

ISBN

1-118-93316-8

1-118-93317-6

1-118-93318-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (219 p.)

Disciplina

346.7304

346.730486

Soggetti

Patent laws and legislation - United States

Patent practice - United States

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"A Joint Publication of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers and John Wiley & Sons, Inc."

Includes index.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

The first-to-file rule: evolution and application -- Prior art before and after the AIA : two standards compared -- Creating one's own prior art : self-imposed barriers to patentability -- Cancelling prior art and other benefits of record keeping -- Inventing in an employment environment : the aia's new recognition of employer interests and project management -- The novelty threshold : can you recognize it when you see it? -- Confronting the prior art : what makes an invention nonobvious? -- The view from the infringer's side : challenging a patent's validity -- Patent eligibility : pushing the envelope on subject matter appropriate for patenting -- Selected topics in patent strategy.

Sommario/riassunto

Bridges the gap between the realistic needs and questions of scientists and engineers and the legal skills of professionals in the patent field at a level accessible to those with no legal training<br /> Written for inventors in lay terms that they can relate to or easily follow <br /> Lays out the new features of patent law introduced by the America Invents Act of 2012<br /> Explains the differences between the first-



to-invent and first-to-file rules and why the two rules will coexist<br /> Focuses on the growth of new technologies in industry versus the laws protecting them