The Patent Pen

Welcome to The Patent Pen, my musings on the patent world - the result of over 30 years of experience as an Israeli patent attorney.

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Welcome to The Patent Pen, my musings on the patent world - the result of over 30 years of experience as an Israeli patent attorney.

Why Patent Applications are Hard to Write

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 they are hard to write. When a writer’s thoughts don’t flow smoothly, the resultant text doesn’t flow smoothly either. A good patent attorney must use the inventor’s explanation to understand both the idea and what is inventive about it. This requires understanding the technology of the invention and also the ‘prior art’. Many inventors don

Why Patent Applications are Hard to Read

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 explanation of the subject? The Wikipedia often gives a good overall explanation of a subject while a journal article will flesh out details or supply a more academic discussion. These are the two most common sources for information. But did you know that the patent databases are also supposed to “further the state of the art”? This is one re

Meet Heidi

Heidi expertly turns complicated concepts into understandable patent applications.

She runs Heidi Brun Associates, a patent boutique, and previously managed the Strategic Patent Dept. of Eitan Mehulal & Sadot (EMS), with whom she is still associated.

Heidi won the Client Choice Award in the Patents category for Israel in both 2017 and 2019