Patenting for Inventors

In this episode I go over a sample cease and desist letter that could be used if you want to tell a company to stop selling your patented invention. I also go over what you should be careful of when you draft your letter.

In this episode I go through a broad overview of patent litigation and briefly touch on the subjects of: the demand letter, the complaint, the answer, scheduling, discovery, claim construction/Markman hearings, summary judgment, trial, and appeals.

In this episode I go over a question found on the Internet about whether a U.S. patent can be enforced in China. More importantly, I go over some of the wrong and incompletely answers that people were giving online in response to the question.

The "Patenting for Inventors Podcast" is branching out. I've now created animated videos on YouTube for various patent topics. Check out the Diament Patent Law YouTube channel and subscribe to be notified when new videos come out.

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The patent application process is expensive. You should know this upfront. In this episode I go over typical costs that you can expect for various stages of the patent application process and other typical costs for intellectual property matters such as copyrights and trademarks.

Signing a patent document should be easy, just print the document, take out a pen, sign on the line, print your name below, scan document, and submit to the patent office. Not so fast! There are lots of ways to sign your document, and one way is with an s-signature. Learn how to sign by typing, and how to avoid all the pitfalls.

If you see a competitor's pending patent application and you're afraid that the examiner doesn't know that a reference exists that makes your competitor's so-call invention not new or obvious, then you can submit a third party preissuance submission. Learn how to submit documents to the USPTO for someone else's patent application file.

Learn how to speed up your patent application examination using the Patent Prosecution Highway. If you have allowable claims in a foreign patent or in a PCT application, you can get your application moved to the front of the line and save a lot of time.

Sometimes your attorney arguing to the patent examiner that your invention is patentable isn't enough, and the examiner might say that your attorneys arguments aren't supported by facts. When this happens you will need a Rule 132 Declaration, and oftentimes an expert to tell the patent examiner that your invention is truly inventive. Learn all about Rule 132 Declarations in this episode.

In this bonus episode of "Patenting for Inventors," I interview Eric Rose, founder and CEO of Pinnacle Product Innovation, Inc. Eric is a product innovation and management consultant who provides entrepreneurs and established companies with the expertise to move new products from opportunity into marketplace reality. Eric has more than 35 years of experience in product innovation, product development, manufacturing, commercialization, and project management. He has worked in the consumer, medical, and industrial product industries with companies ranging from startups through Fortune 500 firms.