Patent made simple : how to file without a lawyer guide to creating valuable patents and utility models Thomas Heinz Meitinger

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Meitinger, Thomas Heinz, author.

Series:

Law and Criminology Series

Standardized Title:

Ohne Anwalt zum Patent. English

Language:

English

German

Subjects (All):

Patents.

Patent laws and legislation.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Berlin Springer [2026]

Language Note:

Translated from German

Summary:

This technical book is designed to help you prepare patent or utility model applications on your own. It explains the required components of an application and provides suggested wording. Numerous practical examples offer additional guidance. The structure of the book follows the recommended process for drafting an application. First, it describes how to present the state of the art in the application. The state of the art represents the starting point for the creation of the invention. By examining the state of the art, the inventor identifies shortcomings that lead to the invention. These shortcomings define the objective of the invention. This development process of the invention must be reflected in the application. The next step in drafting the application is a description of the various embodiments of the invention. Finally, the claims are formulated. This sequence has the advantage that the most challenging step-drafting the claims-comes last. By this point, the inventor has a thorough understanding of the different aspects of the invention, which makes writing the claims significantly easier. Dr. Thomas Heinz Meitinger is a German and European patent attorney. After studying electrical engineering in Karlsruhe, he initially worked as a development engineer. Later positions included roles as production manager and technical director in medium-sized companies. Dr. Meitinger regularly publishes scientific articles, writes specialist books on intellectual property law and technical topics, and gives lectures on patent, utility model, trademark, and design law. Dr. Meitinger holds the degrees Dipl.-Ing. (Univ.) and Dipl.-Wirtsch.-Ing. (FH). In addition, he has earned the following master's degrees: LL.M., LL.M., MBA, MBA, M.A., and M.Sc. The translation was done with the help of artificial intelligence. A subsequent human revision was done primarily in terms of content. This book is a translation of an original German edition. The translation was done with the help of artificial intelligence (machine translation by the service DeepL.com). A subsequent human revision was done primarily in terms of content, so that the book will read stylistically differently from a conventional translation

Contents:

Introduction - Why a patent or utility model?

Timelines - General formal requirements

Components of an application

Introductory part of the description

Drawings - Description of the drawings - Claims

Public information: the abstract

Application forms

Search for prior art

Employee inventions

Joint inventorship

Utility model

German patent

European patent - International patent application

Responding to an official communication

Template for a patent application

Template for a response to an official communication

Notes:

Online resource; title from PDF title page (SpringerLink, viewed June 3, 2026)

Other Format:

Print version Meitinger, Thomas Heinz Patent Made Simple: How to File Without a Lawyer

ISBN:

9783662730966

3662730960

OCLC:

1593775542

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license