Writing chemistry patents and intellectual property : a practical guide / by Francis J. Waller.
Material type: TextPublication details: Oxford : Wiley-Blackwell, 2011.Description: 264 pISBN:- 9780470497401 (hbk.) :
- 9780470497401 (hardback)
- 660.0272 WAL
- TP210
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
1.Background and historical perspective about intellectual property -- 2.Brief introduction to vocabulary and definitions -- 3.Your first decision: trade secret or patent? -- 4.What comes first: a provisional or nonprovisional patent application? -- 5.Reasons for patent office rejections -- 6.Reasons for invalid patents -- 7.Examples of patent specifications -- 8.Writing the patent application -- 9.An examination of claim format -- 10.Why you need confidentiality agreements -- 11.Practical information about copyrights and trademarks -- 12.Global patent filing and patenting strategy -- 13.What academic science faculty should know about patents and copyrights -- 14.Intellectual property resources -- 15.Book summary and on your own -- 16.Responses to questions at end of chapters -- 17.Patent appendix.
Based on a short course the author gives for the American Chemical Society, this text provides the necessary insights, strategies & examples of how to write a patent so it is not rejected by the United States Patent and Trade Office (USPTO) or the patent does not have invalid claims.