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PAY ATTENTION: Crucial Deadline for Inventors Is Looming!!

February 28, 2013 Patent

We’ve said it before, but there is an absolutely crucial patent deadline coming up on March 17, 2013 due to a change in U.S. patent law.  Contact us immediately to avoid complete and permanent loss of your patent rights if (a) you have an invention for which you have not yet filed a patent application, […]

PTO Patent Fees for the ‘Micro Entity’

January 31, 2013 Patent

As an individual or small business inventor, do you feel really, really small?  The good news: after March 16, 2013 you may qualify as a ‘micro entity’ and be entitled to patent fee discounts from the PTO of 75% off large entity rates.  The bad news: large and small entity rates are going up at […]

Business Resources for Entrepreneurs

March 29, 2012 Lipton Weinberger & Husick Blog

Do you have an idea for a great new patentable product and trademark?  Of course you do – you’re reading this newsletter, after all.  But do you know how to commercialize your product and trademark; that is, how to turn your ideas into money? Before you can make money with your ideas, you must learn […]

Quick Patent Application Review for Green Technologies

December 31, 2011 Patent

Most inventors wait two to three years for a decision on a utility patent application by the PTO, and some wait much longer.  Applicants with ample resources can pay an extra PTO fee ($2,400.00 for a small entity) for quick review.  If your invention will result in a cleaner environment or reduced use of fossil […]

‘Best Mode’ Under the America Invents Act

November 30, 2011 Patent

‘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 […]

America Invents Act, Part 2: ‘Prior Art’

October 31, 2011 Patent

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 […]

Crucial Information for Inventors

September 30, 2011 Patent

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 […]

USPTO Re-Starts “Fast Track” for Patents

September 30, 2011 Patent

As of September 26, 2011, you can now pay for quick review of your patent application.  The PTO will commit to reviewing your patent application within one year.  Great, you say.  What’s the hitch?  The answer: it’s expensive, as in $4,800.00 for a large entity and $2,800 for a small entity, on top of all […]

When Is Computer Software An Unpatentable Mental Process?

August 26, 2011 Patent

On August 16, 2011, the Federal Circuit Court of Appeals in CyberSource v Retail Decisions concluded that a claim to a method for detecting Internet fraud was not patentable.  The court also concluded that a claim to computer memory storing software to implement the method also was not patentable.  The Federal Circuit treated the claim […]

Employees, Patent Rights and Government Contracts – Who owns that invention?

July 28, 2011 Licensing, Litigation, Patent

Every employer that engages in research and development work should obtain a present assignment of patent rights in future inventions from every employee.  The U.S. Supreme Court underscored this fact in the recent case of Standford v Roche. Stanford University’s research employee worked on a project to detect HIV infection.  In the employment agreement, the […]

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