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What Does Patent Pending Mean? (And What It Doesn’t Protect)

What does patent pending mean? Not that anyone has to stop copying you. Here's what the label really does, when you can..
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Encouragement For Technology Entrepreuers

✎Executive Summary5 min read Key Takeaways Mindset is described as one of ten obstacles that technology entrepreneurs

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Informed Decision Time

✎Executive Summary5 min read Key Takeaways This “unofficial Eighth Step,” adapted from Craige Thompson’s book Patent Offense:

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2 Reasons Your Idea May Not Be Patentable

✎Executive Summary1 min read Key Takeaways About 30% of the time, Craige Thompson tells clients that their

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Two Roads. One Destination

✎Executive Summary8 min read Key Takeaways Many clients who transfer patent applications from other firms discover, only

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PTO Quietly Offers Program That Increases First Action Allowance Rate By 150%

✎Executive Summary3 min read Key Takeaways The First Action Interview Pilot (FAIP) Program is a little-known PTO

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Patton-ing Patents

✎Executive Summary2 min read Key Takeaways General Patton’s famous victory over Rommel came from studying his opponent’s

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HOW DO YOU SAY “SHHHHH!!!” IN RUSSIAN?

✎Executive Summary4 min read Key Takeaways In Solvay v. Honeywell (Federal Circuit, February 12, 2014), the court

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Engineering And Technical Acumen – Your Patent Counsel Should “Speak Fluent Engineer.”

✎Executive Summary2 min read Key Takeaways Patents inherently involve two domains, legal and engineering technology, and Thompson

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ARE YOU OVERLOOKING WAYS TO ADD MORE VALUE TO YOUR INVENTION?

✎Executive Summary4 min read Key Takeaways Engineers tend to focus narrowly on the specific product and market

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