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The proper drafting of a patent application takes into account technical breadth, legal strategy, conformance with a vast number of rules and regulations codified in U.S. statutory law, guidelines issued by the United States Patent and Trademark Office, and over a hundred years of constantly evolving case law. Present texts on the drafting of U.S. patent applications generally fall into two categories: First are the weighty legal treatises that focus on theory and case law to the detriment of practical information; second are the "patent it yourself" books, which are very basic and limited in scope, and thus not of much use to a practicing patent attorney or patent agent.
Patent Application Drafting: A Practical Guide actually teaches the drafting of patent applications from a practical perspective. Intended as an introductory text, it covers the entire patent application and includes many helpful examples illustrating the process from start to finish. It is written for novice patent attorneys, agents, law students, and for those preparing for the patent bar exam.
This particular work on patent application drafting is - and does - what it says on the cover. It is indeed a practical no-nonsense guide to the entire patent application process from start to finish, including many helpful illustrative examples - complete with diagrams - of the kind that the typical patent lawyer will usually encounter in practice. Phillip Taylor MBE and Elizabeth Taylor of Richmond Green Chambers
| Foreword | p. xiii |
| Preface | p. xvii |
| Introduction | p. xix |
| Claims Part 1: Basic Elements of a Claim | p. 1 |
| Claim Structure | p. 1 |
| Introduction | p. 1 |
| Example | p. 2 |
| The Class and Preamble | p. 5 |
| Transitional Phrases | p. 8 |
| The Claim Body | p. 9 |
| The Purpose Clause | p. 10 |
| Essential Form | p. 11 |
| Claim Fundamentals | p. 11 |
| Single Statutory Classification | p. 11 |
| Completeness | p. 13 |
| Definiteness | p. 14 |
| Dependent Claims | p. 18 |
| Claims Part 2: Types of Inventions and Types of Claims | p. 23 |
| Apparatus Claims | p. 23 |
| Method Claims | p. 24 |
| Product-by-Process Claims | p. 24 |
| Means-Plus-Function Claims | p. 50 |
| Markush Claims | p. 51 |
| Jepson Claims | p. 80 |
| Software and Beauregard Claims | p. 87 |
| Chemical Claims | p. 143 |
| Pharmaceutical Claims | p. 143 |
| Business Methods Claims | p. 151 |
| Claims Part 3: Claim Construction | p. 169 |
| Choosing Essential Elements | p. 169 |
| Broad vs. Narrow Claiming | p. 169 |
| Apparatus Claims | p. 170 |
| Method Claims | p. 181 |
| Choice of Language | p. 181 |
| Punctuation | p. 183 |
| Plural Elements | p. 184 |
| Ranges and Measurements | p. 185 |
| Brevity | p. 185 |
| The Summary of the Invention and the Abstract | p. 187 |
| The Summary of the Invention | p. 187 |
| The Abstract | p. 191 |
| The Specification | p. 193 |
| Title | p. 193 |
| Priority Claims | p. 194 |
| Background of the Invention | p. 196 |
| Field of the Invention | p. 196 |
| Description of the Related Art | p. 197 |
| Brief Description of the Drawings | p. 198 |
| Detailed Description of the Preferred Embodiments | p. 199 |
| Language | p. 203 |
| Incorporation by Reference | p. 205 |
| Sequence Listings | p. 206 |
| Deposit of Biological Material | p. 207 |
| Best Mode Requirement | p. 208 |
| Enablement | p. 209 |
| Miscellaneous Considerations | p. 210 |
| Information Disclosure Statement | p. 213 |
| The Drawings | p. 215 |
| 35 U.S.C. § 101: Utility and Patentable Subject Matter | p. 235 |
| Patentable Inventions | p. 235 |
| General Utility Requirement | p. 236 |
| Mental Steps | p. 237 |
| Printed Matter | p. 238 |
| Products of Nature | p. 238 |
| 35 U.S.C. §112: Enablement, Form, and Language | p. 239 |
| First Paragraph | p. 239 |
| Written Description | p. 240 |
| Enablement, Inoperability, and Best Mode | p. 241 |
| Second Paragraph | p. 242 |
| Articles of Speech | p. 243 |
| Alternative Language | p. 243 |
| Negative Limitations | p. 243 |
| Relative Language | p. 244 |
| Sixth Paragraph: Means-for Language | p. 244 |
| 35 U.S.C. §102 and §103: Considering Prior Art | p. 247 |
| A More Complex Example with Prior Art Considerations | p. 258 |
| Client's Original Disclosure | p. 260 |
| Prior Art Search and Analysis | p. 260 |
| The Essential Elements and the Point of Novelty | p. 260 |
| Sketches | p. 273 |
| Claims | p. 279 |
| Summary | p. 282 |
| Abstract | p. 283 |
| Specification | p. 283 |
| Finalized Drawings | p. 292 |
| Issued Patent | p. 298 |
| Prosecution using the Complex Example | p. 309 |
| Office Action | p. 310 |
| Examiner's Cited Prior Art | p. 322 |
| Interview | p. 380 |
| Amendment | p. 383 |
| Notice of Allowance | p. 393 |
| Algorithms, Business Methods, Computers, and Software | p. 399 |
| Introduction | p. 399 |
| Overview | p. 400 |
| The Supreme Court Trilogy | p. 403 |
| Bilski v. Kappos | p. 405 |
| Background of Bilski | p. 406 |
| The CAFC Decision | p. 408 |
| Conclusion | p. 409 |
| Patent Office Guidelines and the Post-Bilski Aftermath | p. 410 |
| Post-Bilski Case Law | p. 411 |
| USPTO Guidelines | p. 412 |
| Latest Application of Bilski | p. 415 |
| Claiming | p. 417 |
| The Specification | p. 422 |
| Further Examples of Different Classes and Types of Applications | p. 425 |
| Apparatus | p. 426 |
| Method/Process | p. 443 |
| Product-by-Process | p. 463 |
| Improvement with Jepson Claims | p. 471 |
| Computers, Algorithms, Software, and Business Methods | p. 479 |
| Chemical | p. 507 |
| Pharmaceutical and Treatment Methods | p. 516 |
| Strategy and Enforcement | p. 551 |
| The Doctrine of Claim Differentiation | p. 551 |
| The Usage of Dependent Claims | p. 553 |
| Target Claiming | p. 554 |
| Realistic Enforcement | p. 554 |
| Design Patent Applications | p. 557 |
| Appendices | |
| Example of Complete Application and Forms for Filing | p. 563 |
| Claim Drafting Checklist | p. 603 |
| Glossary | p. 605 |
| USPTO Interim Examination Instructions (August 24, 2009) | p. 613 |
| USPTO Interim Business Method Training Material (August 2009) | p. 625 |
| USPTO Guidelines for Business Methods (July 27, 2010) | p. 635 |
| 35 U.S.C. §101-Practical Tips | p. 636 |
| Update on Business Method Patents and Best Practices to Streamline Examination | p. 650 |
| More on Business Methods | p. 667 |
| Bibliography | p. 671 |
| Index | p. 673 |
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ISBN: 9780199927258
ISBN-10: 0199927251
Audience:
Professional
Format:
Paperback
Language:
English
Number Of Pages: 664
Published: 29th June 2012
Dimensions (cm): 24.0 x 17.0
x 3.7
Weight (kg): 1.018
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