From the Book - Regular Print - Third edition.
1 Patents and Intellectual Property Law --
B. Three Types of Patents 4 --
D. Requirements for Obtaining a Patent 6 --
E. How Long Do Patent Rights Last? 6 --
F. How Patent Rights Can Be Lost 7 --
K. Unfair Competition 16 --
2 Qualifying for a Patent --
A. Legal Requirements for a Utility Patent 2 --
B. Statutory Classes 3 --
D. Novelty and Prior Art 9 --
F. Legal Requirements for a Design Patent 25 --
G. Legal Requirements for a Plant Patent 25 --
3 Invention Documentation --
A. Importance of Documentation 2 --
C. Invention Disclosure 6 --
D. Documenting Conception: Disclosure Document Program (DDP) 6 --
E. Documenting Reduction to Practice: Provisional Patent Application 8 --
F. Trade Secret Considerations 9 --
A. Principles of Patent Searching 2 --
B. Hiring a Patent Searcher 3 --
C. Do It Yourself Searching 5 --
5 Reading and Writing Patents --
A. Elements of a Patent 3 --
B. Invention and Inventor Data 3 --
G. Preparation of a Patent Application 23 --
6 Patent Prosecution and the PTO --
A. Patent Prosecution: The Road to Allowance 2 --
B. Responding to a Final Office Action 12 --
C. Additional Application Issues 14 --
D. Design Patent Prosecution 17 --
A. Inventor Is Initial Owner of Patent Rights 2 --
B. Employee Inventions 2 --
A. What Is Patent Infringement? 3 --
B. Who Can Sue, Who Can Be Sued? 8 --
C. Stopping Patent Infringement 9 --
D. Defenses to Patent Infringement 14 --
E. Ending Disputes Without a Lawsuit 18 --
9 International Patent Law --
A. Introduction to Foreign Patent Treaties and Laws 2 --
B. Putting It Together: The Most Common Route for U.S. Inventors Seeking Foreign Patent Coverage 6 --
C. Paris Convention and the One-Year Foreign Filing Rule 6 --
D. Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) 8 --
E. European Patent Office (EPO) 11 --
F. Locating Foreign Patent Agents 12 --
A. Inventor Resources 2 --
B. Patents and Intellectual Property Resources 3 --
C. Working With an Attorney 6.
