Standardization is the key to efficiency, fairness, and regulation in areas from industry to education. Patent evaluation by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) is no exception. Recently, …
Overcoming Fears to Monetize an Invention
As an independent inventor, taking steps to bring your idea to market can be terrifying. But you can do it with a little help. An invention is a creation that …
OnePetro library addition highlights InnovationQ 4.3 release
On September 30, IP.com pushed live several updates to our InnovationQ and InnovationQ Plus platforms including integrating the Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE) OnePetro library, adding more patent authorities and …
Two Edible Inventions that Support Sustainability
Perhaps the Best Things Since… Sliced bread, potato flakes, or canned tuna – we are seeing more innovations in the processed edibles markets. Yet these are not for items that …
Protecting Your Profits under Patent Exhaustion
To protect your profits, you must rely on terms of the sales contract. A Changed Landscape In May of 2017, the Supreme Court altered the view of patent exhaustion that …
Remembering September 11th, 17 years later
We want to take time to reflect on the events that occurred 17 years ago today on September 11, 2001. The immediate aftermath, and the lingering effects on our society, …
12 Dangerous Habits for Defensive Publications
In addition to basic spelling and grammatical errors, your writing choices can negatively impact the effectiveness of your defensive publication. Defensive Publication Refresher When you have an invention, you have …
Uber Patent Application Attempts to Define Safety
The July/August 2018 issue of Patent Lawyer magazine [1] briefed us on a newly updated patent application originally filed by Uber on January 28, 2018, Safe routing for navigation systems …
How Popular Inventions Came to Life: Bombas Socks
The Heart of the Matter How many inventions make you feel good from head, to heart, to toe? Actually, this one started with the entrepreneurial spirits and hearts of two …
Thank You, Inventors
August is National Inventor’s Month! Hey! Engineers, scientists, thinkers, questioners, dreamers… yes, you… Look up from your notebooks, circuit boards, and computer monitors, blink into the light and see that …