All posts by: Robert Yarbrough

‘Best mode’ is the requirement that a patent applicant disclose the best way that the applicant knows to practice an invention.  The purpose of the ‘best mode’ requirement is to fulfill the public disclosure goals of the patent system by preventing a patent applicant from obtaining a patent while at the same time keeping the […]

This is the second of our newsletters to discuss the ‘America Invents Act,’ which was signed into law on September 16, 2011.  The Act moves the US patent system away from ‘first to invent’ and to ‘first to file.’  So what does ‘first to file’ mean for an inventor or invention-owning business? The most important […]

The America Invents Act at section 102 changes the way that inventors and companies that own inventions do business. In one of the most important developments for inventors and invention owners, ALL U.S. PATENT RIGHTS IMMEDIATELY TERMINATE if any of the following events occurs on or after March 17, 2013, unless the inventor has filed […]

On Friday (June 24, 2011), the U.S. House of Representatives passed the ‘America Invents Act,’  a version of which already has passed the U.S. Senate.  The Senate and House bills now will move to a conference committee to iron out the differences between the two versions.  The ‘America Invents Act’ soon will become law and […]