Patent Prosecution

1 credits · Law

(Same as ME 238.) Stages of the patent application process: identifying, capturing, and evaluating inventions; performing a patentability investigation, analyzing the documents, and the scope of the patent protection; composing claims that broadly cover the invention; creating a specification that supports the claims; filing a patent application with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office; and analyzing an office action and preparing an appropriate response. Current rules and case law. Strategic decisions within each stage, such as: how a patent application advances the patent portfolio; and in what countries a patent application should be filed.