The Essentials of Patent Claim Drafting is a practical guide to the drafting of patent claims in U.S. patent applications. The actual mechanics of assembling both basic and complex claims are covered in-depth from simple mechanical cases to complex chemical and pharmaceutical cases. The emphasis is on the how-to of claim drafting, rather than on the history and theory of claiming. It contains multiple examples for all types of claims which a practitioner is likely to draft, and provides an easy reference for the drafting of particular types of claims.This 2022 Edition further explains the procedures involved with patent claim drafting, addressing claim language considerations and the most recent case law and Patent Office guidelines. Thus, it is an ideal reference guide for novice patent attorneys and patent agents, as well as independent inventors, lawyers, and patent examiners.
Patent Application Drafting: A Practical Guide, by Morgan Rosenberg, teaches the drafting of patent applications from a practical perspective. It covers the entire patent application and includes many helpful examples illustrating the process from start to finish.
Invention Analysis and Claiming presents a comprehensive approach to analyzing inventions and capturing them in a sophisticated set of patent claims. A central theme is the importance of using the problem-solution paradigm to identify the "inventive concept" before the claim-drafting begins. The book's teachings are grounded in "old school" principles of patent practice that, before now, have been learned only on the job from supervisors and mentors.
Rules of Patent Drafting: Guidelines from the Federal Circuit helps patent drafters avoid errors by setting out and explaining the legal principles that govern patent prosecution as set forth in case law issued by the Federal Circuit, the appellate division for all patent cases in the federal courts of the United States.
"This comprehensive book is the first of its kind to take scientists and engineers beyond simply getting a patent granted. Through the author's extensive technical background and experience in intellectual property licensing, it ties the many technical, legal and business aspects of patent enforcement to the innovation and patenting stage in the patent value chain, with the objective of helping inventors to create valuable patents that can be capitalized. In easy-to-understand language, this book covers various aspects, including basic concepts of patent laws and rules, innovation protection, patenting, patents post-granting and patent licensing. With over 40 tables, 70 figures, nearly 100 cases and examples, and a comprehensive index table, it serves as a practical handbook for inventors and patent practitioners. This second edition incorporates the latest changes in the America Invents Act (AIA), with additional case studies and illustrations throughout the book. For inventors who want to file patents by themselves, this new edition provides guidelines and step-by-step instructions on preparing and filing a US provisional patent application, while avoiding the pitfalls that commonly occur in do-it-yourself patenting."--
This benchmark resource takes the guesswork and risk out of preparing patent applications by taking you step by step through the entire process. Equally useful to both veteran and novice patent attorneys, How to Write a Patent Application explains, analyzes, and illustrates all the essential principles and techniques of drafting solid patent applications. Designed to give you complete guidance for every step in the process, How to Write a Patent Application shows you how to: Obtain the information you need from inventors, Prepare information disclosure statements, Explain inventions so judges and juries will be impressed by their value, Write patent applications that survive litigation and licensing negotiations, Satisfy the "best mode" requirement. Prepare U.S. applications for foreign filings.
More patent applications are rejected because of claim drafting flaws than because of problems with inventions. A trusted working tool for more than two decades, Faber on Mechanics of Patent Claim Drafting spotlights proven claim drafting practices and techniques that have been firmly established by patent authorities and custom. This lucid, time-saving handbook offers you: - Start-to-finish directions for each type of claim--apparatus or machine, method or process, composition of matter, article of manufacture, and biotechnology. - Extensive discussion of nonart rejections, classic and more recent constructions of means clauses, inherent function of the apparatus doctrine, mental steps and computer programs, product-by-process claims, and claims referring to drawings. - Quotations from litigated claims to help you see which types of limitations and phrases have (and have not) been "judicially approved." - Real-world examples of dependent claims, Jepson claims, generic and species claims, subcombination claims, and biotechnology. - Numerous tips on how to avoid common claim drafting mistakes. - Definitions and preferred usage of stylized words and phrases in patent law, such as "comprising," "consisting," "means for," "step for," and "whereby." - Guidance on how to review claims to eliminate errors and superfluous language. Faber on Mechanics of Patent Claim Drafting examines: - Ways of avoiding transition words that can cause unnecessary claim interpretation problems. - Claim terms that are incapable of interpretation and can render claims indefinite and invalid. - Problematic alternative expressions. - Practical issues involved in amending filed claims, claiming numerical ranges and amounts, and disclosing in a specification several alternatives of elements or embodiments of the invention. Faber on Mechanics of Patent Claim Drafting provides full coverage of U.S. Supreme Court and other court decisions critical to claim drafting. It is an indispensable guide for patent specialists and other intellectual property attorneys, corporate counsel, and non-specialists who represent inventors, patent officials, and inventors.
Stocked with drafting checklists and sample drafting language, documents and drawings, PLI's new Second Edition of How to Write a Patent Application helps you to get all the information from an inventor that is needed to prepare a solid patent application; claim an invention with sufficient breadth; claim an invention so that those elements that render the invention 'nonobivious' are clearly set forth in the claims; and claim an invention so that the PTO will issue a patent and its validity will be sustained by the courts.
