patent fundamentals for engineers

PATENT FUNDAMENTALSFOR ENGINEERSJoseph P. Hamilton

Agenda

Intellectual Property Patent History Patent Rights Requirements for Patenting Parts of Patent

Patentsnew, useful and non-obvious process, machine,

product, or composition of matter Trademarks

name, word, or symbol to identify source of goods or services (consumers' perspective)

Copyrightsexpression of an idea fixed in a tangible form

Trade Secretsinformation, not publicly known and offers a competitive

advantage

Intellectual Property Rights

Why pursue patents?

Protect core technology

Potential to dominate field

Licensing revenue

Create prior art

Bargaining chips

The First Patent

July 31, 1790: granted to Samuel Hopkins, "the making of Pot ash and Pearl ash by a new Apparatus and Process."

Public Bargain

“The Patent System added the fuel of interest to the fire of genius.”

- Abraham Lincoln

"[T]he right to exclude" for a limited termin exchange for,

public disclosure of how to make and use the invention.

Requirements for Patentability

useful (utility) new (novelty) non-obvious patentable subject matter - process,

machine, product, or composition of matter sufficient disclosure – described, enabled,

best mode

Interesting Issued Patents

Title

Patent No./Issue date

Inventor(s)

Serial No.

Filing Date

References cited

Abstract

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PATENT FUNDAMENTALSFOR ENGINEERS

Joseph P. Hamilton

JHamilton@perkinscoie.com

310-788-9900

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