Patent Fundamentals for Scientists and Engineers
eBook - PDF

Patent Fundamentals for Scientists and Engineers

  1. 203 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - PDF

Patent Fundamentals for Scientists and Engineers

About this book

The most significant overhaul of the U.S. patent laws in decades occurred with the recent passage of the Leahy-Smith America Invents Act (AIA). Understanding the law that dictates what a patent is and how a patent is obtained and enforced, and the recent changes through statute or case law litigation presents unique challenges. This third edition o

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Information

Publisher
CRC Press
Year
2012
Edition
3
eBook ISBN
9781466509450
Topic
Law
Subtopic
Environmental Law
Index
Law

Table of contents

  1. Front Cover
  2. Contents
  3. Preface to the third edition
  4. About the authors
  5. Chapter 1 - Patents as intellectual property
  6. Chapter 2 - Patents: History, philosophy, and purpose
  7. Chapter 3 - The U.S. patent system
  8. Chapter 4 - The Canadian patent system
  9. Chapter 5 - The patentable invention
  10. Chapter 6 - The evolution of a patent
  11. Chapter 7 - The patent document as technical literature
  12. Chapter 8 - The basic principles of patent searching
  13. Chapter 9 - Patent searching in the 21st century
  14. Chapter 10 - Patents as legal documents
  15. Chapter 11 - Patent information from the Internet
  16. Chapter 12 - Importance of record keeping
  17. Chapter 13 - Patents around the world
  18. Chapter 14 - America Invents Act
  19. Glossary: Words and phrases used in patent terminology
  20. Appendix
  21. Back Cover

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