What Every Engineer Should Know about Patents, Second Edition
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Summary
"This useful, authoritative volume focuses on all aspects of intellectual property law with particular emphasis on patent laws enabling the reader to avoid such pitfalls as a loss of rights, and establish valid rights in inventions, trademarks, and writings. "
Table of Contents
"Types of Intellectual Property What is a Patent? What Can Be Patented? Documentation of Invention to Establish Your Rights Against All Others Types of Patent Searches and What They Can Do for You Preparing the Patent Application The Patent Application in the U.S. Patent Trademark Office After the Patent Issues: Maintenance Correction, Reissue and Reexamination Chemical Inventions and Patents Biotechnology and Patents Patent Interferences Ownership of Patent Rights Enforcing Patent Rights Getting Around Your Competitor's Patent Exploitation of Inventions: Licensing Foreign Patents Misuse of Patents Trade Secrets Copyrights Trademarks Appendixes U.S. Design Patent No. Des. 242,412.U.S. Utility Patent No. 3,996,723 Illustrative U.S. Patent Office Classification Schedule, Class 3.U.S. Utility Patent No. 3,225,299.U.S. Trademark Registration No. 925,164. U.S. Patent No. 4,736,866: Transgenic Nonhuman Mammal "
