Welcome to Episode 3 of IP Obsessed! The IP Duo, Michelle Ciotola, trademark attorney, and Tina Dorr, Ph.D., patent attorney, partners at Cantor Colburn LLP. It's Michelle's turn to ask Tina the questions, and it's all about patents. Who can be an inventor? Anyone. Tina clarifies the difference between an invention and a patent, and explains what the “patent pending” that Michelle sees everywhere means. Tina explains how patents encourage innovation through disclosure, but be careful of disclosing crucial details before you have patent protection. And the Coca-Cola can makes another appearance!