patent

  • An example of a useless patent based on a useful invention

    An example is provided below to illustrate how critical the patent drafter’s skills are.  The example is not meant to be a comprehensive illustration of all aspects of the matters discussed in this article.  Doing so might require a book or an entire course.  Instead, the example is used to highlight a single point regarding the…

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  • What is a patent?

    Despite the headlines of patent lawsuits involving hundreds of millions of dollars, most people’s understanding of what a patent is and what it does is vague at best. A patent is the grant of a property right to an inventor of an invention, issued by the Patent and Trademark Office.  The term of a new…

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