Writing chemistry patents and intellectual property : a practical guide /

"This book, based on a short course the author gives for the American Chemical Socitey, provides the necessary insights, strategies, and examples of how to write a patent so it is not rejected by the United States Patent and Trade Office (USPTO) or the patent does not have invalid claims"-...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Waller, Francis J. (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Hoboken, New Jersey : Wiley, [2011]
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Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Backgoround and historical perspective about intellectual property
  • Brief introduction to vocabulary and definitions
  • Your first decision: trade secret or patent?
  • What comes first: a provisional or nonprovisional patent application?
  • Reasons for patent office rejections
  • Reasons for invalid patents
  • Examples of paten specifications
  • Writing the patent application
  • An examination of claim format
  • Why you need confidentiality agreements
  • Practical information about copyrights and trademarks
  • Global patent filing and patenting strategy
  • What academic science faculty should know about patents and copyrights
  • Intellectual property resources
  • Book summary and on your own
  • Responses to questions at end of chapters
  • Patent appendix.