Patenting for Inventors

In this episode I go through how to prepare the declaration of inventorship. The inventors must declare that they are an inventor of the invention in the patent application. If you don't want to pay a fine or go to jail, then this is a must-listen to episode.

In this episode I go through how to the prepare the Application Data Sheet (ADS). This is a form where you enter in lots of information about the application, the inventor, the applicant, priority patent information, and assignees.

In this episode I go through how to prepare a power of attorney for a patent application. Although if you are filing and prosecuting your own application, you don't need a patent attorney, you probably should have one if your application has joint inventors. Listen to the details in this episode.

In this episode I go through how you might be able to get reduced filing fees and other fees that you have to pay to the Patent Office. There are three entity sizes: Large, Small, and Micro. In this episode I go through how to determine which entity size you are so you can pay reduced fees at the Patent Office.

A patent assignment is a transfer of your patent rights to another party. In this episode I go through the ins and outs of patent assignments, and if and when you might want to file one.

In this episode I go through the Information Disclosure Statement (IDS). You have to disclose to the Patent Office all the prior art (references) that you know about that could be material to the patentability of your invention. There's a particular way you have to disclose the information and this episode goes through the commonly used form to submit this information to the Patent Office.

In this episode I go through how to prepare a design patent application. I explain how to draft the claims, the description, and how to prepare the drawings.

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In this episode I go through how to format and assemble a patent application, including page formatting, line numbers, paragraphs numbers, where to put in page breaks, and how to order all the sections of your application.

In this episode I go through some other sections of the patent application that most inventors won't have to include, but should at least be aware of their existence. I go through four of these sections, and if your invention requires these sections for the application then you should consult an attorney.

In this episode I go through how to write the section of the patent application called, "The Cross Reference to Related Applications." Not every application has this section, and is this episode I go over the scenario where you might have filed a provisional patent application before filing your non-provisional application. In a future episode I will cover how to do this section if you are filing other types of applications, such as continuations, continuations-in-part, and divisionals.

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