First to file : patents for today's scientist and engineer / M. Henry Heines.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Heines, M. Henry, 1945- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Patent laws and legislation--United States.

Patent laws and legislation.

Patent practice--United States.

Patent practice.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (219 p.)

Place of Publication:

Hoboken, New Jersey : Wiley, 2014.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Bridges the gap between the realistic needs and questions of scientists and engineers and the legal skills of professionals in the patent field at a level accessible to those with no legal training<br /> Written for inventors in lay terms that they can relate to or easily follow <br /> Lays out the new features of patent law introduced by the America Invents Act of 2012<br /> Explains the differences between the first-to-invent and first-to-file rules and why the two rules will coexist<br /> Focuses on the growth of new technologies in industry versus the laws protecting them

Contents:

The first-to-file rule: evolution and application

Prior art before and after the AIA : two standards compared

Creating one's own prior art : self-imposed barriers to patentability

Cancelling prior art and other benefits of record keeping

Inventing in an employment environment : the aia's new recognition of employer interests and project management

The novelty threshold : can you recognize it when you see it?

Confronting the prior art : what makes an invention nonobvious?

The view from the infringer's side : challenging a patent's validity

Patent eligibility : pushing the envelope on subject matter appropriate for patenting

Selected topics in patent strategy.

Notes:

"A Joint Publication of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers and John Wiley & Sons, Inc."

Includes index.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781118933169

1118933168

9781118933176

1118933176

9781118933183

1118933184