Intellectual property law for engineers and scientists. (2019)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Howard B. Rockman.
• Authors: Rockman, Howard B
• Contents: Foreword xxvii Foreword to the First Edition xxix Preface xxxi Acknowledgments xxxv Top Ten List of Intellectual Property Protection xxxvii Section I The Intellectual Property Universe 1 Eli Whitney — The Cotton Gin 3 Charles Babbage — The Difference Engine 7 1 Overview of Intellectual Property Law 11 1.1 Defining “Intellectual Property” 11 1.2 Specific Intellectual Property Vehicles 12 1.2.1 Patents 12 1.2.2 Trademarks and Service Marks 13 1.2.3 Copyrights 14 1.2.4 Trade Secrets 15 1.2.5 Mask Works for Semiconductors 15 1.3 Which Form of Intellectual Property Protection to Use? 15 Frank J. Sprague — The Electric Streetcar 17 Mary Anderson — Windshield Wiper Blade 25 2 Brief Overview of the Law 29 2.1 Introduction 29 2.2 Development of the Law and Legal Principles 29 2.3 Divine Laws 30 2.4 The Four Types of Law 30 2.4.1 Constitutional Law 30 2.4.2 Statutory Law 31 2.4.3 Common Law 31 2.4.4 Business Custom 32 2.5 Civil Law Systems 32 2.6 Enforcement of Laws 33 2.7 Changes in the Law 33 2.8 Equity 33 2.9 U.S. Courts, State and Federal 35 2.10 The Federal Court System 36 2.10.1 The Supreme Court 36 2.10.2 Courts of Appeals 36 2.10.3 District Courts 37 2.11 State Courts 38 2.12 Jurisdiction 38 Section II Patents 41 Charles Goodyear — Vulcanization of Rubber 43 John Boyd Dunlop — Pneumatic Vehicle Tires 47 3 Introduction to Patents 51 3.1 Brief History of Patent Protection 51 3.1.1 Early European Patent Custom 51 3.1.2 The British Patent System 54 3.1.3 The U.S. Constitution and the Development of the Present U.S. Patent Examination System 55 3.2 Types of Patent Coverage 59 3.2.1 What is a Patent? 59 3.2.2 Article or Apparatus Patents 60 3.2.3 Method or Process Patents 60 3.2.4 Design Patents 61 3.2.5 Plant Patents 61 3.2.6 New Technologies 62 3.3 How to Determine What to Patent and What Not to Patent 62 3.3.1 Broadly, What Can and Cannot Be Patented Under the Law 62 3.3.2 From a Business Standpoint, What Should Be Patented 63 3.4 Broadly, What Data Goes into a Patent 64 3.4.1 Describing the Background and Essential Elements of the Invention 64 3.4.2 Claiming the Invention 65 3.5 What a Patent is Not 66 3.6 Inventions Relating to Atomic Weapons 67 3.7 The U.S. Government’s Right to Practice Your Patented Invention 68 George Westinghouse — Steam‐Power Brake Devices and Alternating Current 69 Gideon Sundback — Zipper 73 4 Introductory Comments on Patentable Subject Matter and Utility 77 4.1 What Constitutes Patentable Subject Matter? 77 4.2 Utility — The Invention Must Be Useful 80 John Deere — Horse‐Drawn Plow 83 Erastus Brigham Bigelow — Powered Carpet‐Making Looms 87 5 Novelty—The Invention Must Be New 91 5.1 Statutory Requirements 91 5.2 Preliminary Comments on Protecting Foreign Patent Rights 95 5.3 Additional Comments on Experimental Use Versus Actual Use of the Invention 96 Alfred Nobel — Dynamite 99 6 Requirement of Non‐Obviousness for Patentability 107 6.1 Development of the Standard of Non‐Obviousness 107 6.2 Historical Background 107 6.3 Supreme Court Cases Predating the 1952 Patent Law Section 103 Non‐Obviousness Test 109 6.4 The 1952 Patent Statute and the Case of Graham V. John Deere Company (1966) 113 6.5 The 2007 U.S. Supreme Court Case of KSR V. Teleflex 116 6.6 Illustrative Non‐Obviousness Analysis 117 Louis Pasteur — Pasteurization Process 119 Elisha Otis — Safety Elevator 125 7 The Patenting Process 129 7.1 Who May Obtain a Patent: Inventorship and Ownership of Patent Rights 129 7.2 Proper Documentation of the Invention 130 7.3 The Invention Disclosure, and the Invention Disclosure Meeting 132 7.4 Additional Matters Discussed During the Invention Disclosure Meeting Between the Inventor and the Patent Professional 137 7.5 Invention Disclosure Form 140 Alexander Graham Bell — Telephone 145 8 The Patentability Search, Freedom‐To‐Use Search, and Other Searches 155 8.1 Searching the Content of the Prior Art to Determine Patentability of the Invention 155 8.2 Patentabilty Search Parameters 156 8.3 Additional Types of Searches 157 8.4 Database Searches 159 8.5 U.S. Patent and Trademark Office Patent Classification System 159 Thomas Alva Edison — The Light Bulb 161 9 The Patent Application 169 9.1 Introduction 169 9.2 Registration System Evolving into an Examination System 169 9.3 Goal of a Properly Prepared Patent Application 170 9.4 Provisional Patent Applications 171 9.5 Regular, Non‐Provisional Patent Application; No New Matter 172 9.6 Content of a Regular Non‐Provisional Patent Application 172 9.7 Your Review of the Patent Application 177 9.8 Execution of the Declaration, Power of Attorney, and Assignment Upon Completion of the Patent Application 178 George Eastman — Practical Photography 181 Emile Berliner — Disc Sound Recording 185 10 Claims of a Patent Application 193 10.1 Introduction to Patent Claims 193 10.2 Historical Development of Patent Claims 193 10.3 What Claims Are 195 10.4 Your Review of the Claims of Your Patent Application 197 10.5 Distinguishing Different Types of Claims 198 10.6 More on Method or Process Claims 200 10.7 Composition of Matter Claims 201 10.8 Design Patent Claim 201 10.9 Dependent Claims 201 10.10 How to Read and Understand Patent Claims Drafted by Your patent attorney 202 Ottmar Mergenthaler — The Linotype® Hot‐Type Composing Machine 205 Theodore Maiman and Gordon Gould — Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation (Laser) 209 11 Examination and Prosecution of a Patent Application 221 11.1 U.S. Patent Examination Process 221 11.2 The Patent Examination System–A Little More History 221 11.3 Filing the Patent Application With the USPTO 222 11.4 Examination of the Patent Application 223 11.5 Results of the Examination–The “Office Action” 224 11.6 You and Your Attorney’s Response to the office Action 225 11.7 Further Patent Prosecution 228 11.8 Granting the Patent 228 11.9 Infringement During Examination of the Patent Application 229 11.10 Additional Probable Patent Prosecution Events 230 11.11 Re‐Examination of an Issued Patent by the Applicant, the Infringer, or the Commissioner of Patents 233 11.12 Re‐Issue Patents 233 Nicolaus Otto — The Internal Combustion Engine 235 Rudolf Diesel — The Internal Combustion Engine 239 12 Design Patents 245 12.1 Coverage of Design Patents 245 12.2 The Design Patent Application 246 12.3 Infringement of a Design Patent 247 12.4 Importance of Design Patents 250 12.5 Examples of Design Patents 251 12.6 Design Patents on Computer Screen Icons 251</
• Edition: Second edition
• Publisher Details: Hoboken : Wiley-IEEE Press
• Publication Date: 2019
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 346.73048; Intellectual property -- United States
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781119382010
• Related ISBNs: 9781119382027
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