| Introduction |
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| 1 Patents and Intellectual Property Law |
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The Three Types of Patents |
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The Requirements for Obtaining a Patent |
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How Long Do Patent Rights Last? |
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How Patent Rights Can Be Lost |
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Intellectual Property---The Big Picture |
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| 2 Qualifying for a Patent |
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Legal Requirements for a Utility Patent |
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Legal Requirements for a Design Patent |
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Legal Requirements for a Plant Patent |
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| 3 Invention Documentation |
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The Importance of Documentation |
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Documenting Conception: Disclosure Document Program (DDP) |
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Documenting Reduction to Practice: Provisional Patent Application |
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Trade Secret Considerations |
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| 4 Patent Searching |
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Principles of Patent Searching |
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| 5 Reading and Writing Patents |
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Preparation of a Patent Application |
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| 6 Patent Prosecution and the PTO |
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Patent Prosecution: The Road to Allowance |
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Responding to a Final Office Action |
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Additional Application Issues |
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Design Patent Prosecution |
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| 7 Patent Ownership |
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The Inventor Is Intial Owner of Patent Rights |
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| 8 Patent Infringement |
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What Is Patent Infringement? |
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Who Can Sue, Who Can Be Sued? |
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Stopping Patent Infringement |
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Defenses to Patent Infringement |
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Ending Disputes Without a Lawsuit |
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| 9 International Patent Law |
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Introduction to Foreign Patent Treaties and Laws |
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Putting It Together: The Most Common Route for U.S. Inventors Seeking Foreign Patent Coverage |
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The Paris Convention and the One-Year Foreign Filing Rule |
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The Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) |
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European Patent Office (EPO) |
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Locating Foreign Patent Agents |
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| 10 Help Beyond This Book |
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Patents and Intellectual Property Resources |
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| Glossary |
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| Index |
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