Puzzles and Patents
Last night, my husband and I did a jigsaw puzzle. As always, we spread out the pieces and looked first for the edge pieces. Except that...
Patent Deadlines in the shadow of COVID-19 - Part 2
In a previous article, I talked about how the various patent offices around the world are helping inventors, by providing extensions to...
INNOVATIONS DURING THE CORONAVIRUS PERIOD
We have been dealing with the COVID-19 pandemic for the past few months. Countries closed their borders, put travelers into quarantine...
Patent Deadlines in the Shadow of COVID-19
For the past few days, I have been discussing urgent deadlines with my clients. One client had planned to file his US provisional abroad...
Why Patent Applications are Hard to Write
In my last post, Why Patent Applications are Hard to Read, I gave half the story. The other half is that patents are hard to read because...
Why Patent Applications are Hard to Read
When you want to learn about a new subject, where do you go? To a journal article? To the Wikipedia? Which source provides the clearest...
Secrets of a Patent Attorney
We patent attorneys meet inventors and tell them if we think their idea is “patentable”. But how do we know? How do we figure out what is...
Mobile Apps – an answer to the software patentability question?
Have you ever played Pokemon Go? It’s an exciting game – you see Pokemon characters superimposed on your mobile phone’s view of the world...
Provisional Patent Applications
A potential client came to me with her provisional patent application. She had written it herself and then filed it via another patent...
3D Printing and its Effect on Intellectual Property
3D printing has become popular. The digital files describing mechanical products can now be easily shared, such that ordinary...
