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6.1
Chapter 6
Patents
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6.2
Overview of Patent Law
Invention Patent Embodiment Qualification procedure Patent prosecution Examiner and examination process
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6.3
InternationalPatent Law
Discuss the impact of each of the following international laws:
1.Paris Convention
2.Patent Cooperation Treaty
3.European Patent Convention
4.Patent Law Treaty
5.Trade Related Intellectual Property
Let’sDiscuss
Let’sDiscuss
Let’sDiscuss
Let’sDiscuss
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6.4
Patentability: Areas of Patentable Subject
Matter
Machine
Manufacture
Process
Composition of matter
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6.5
Patentability: Areas of Non-Patentable Subject
Matter
Naturally occurring things
Abstract ideas
Laws of nature
Mathematical formulae
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6.6
Other Areas of Patentability
Methods of doing business
Computer software
Biotechnology
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6.7
Patentability: Novelty
Publicly-available knowledge
One-year grace period
First-to-invent
Searching the prior art http://www.uspto.gov/patft/index.html
http://www.libraries.psu.edu/business/patents/search.htm
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6.8
Patentability: Non-obviousness
The patent should not be The patent should not be granted on a novel granted on a novel
invention if the invention if the advancement is small advancement is small and represents merely and represents merely minor improvements minor improvements
over the prior art.over the prior art.
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6.9
Patentability: Non-obviousness
Three step analysis required by Supreme Court
Determine scope and content of prior art
(Graham v. John Deere Co., 381 U.S. 1 (1966))
Search and analysis of
Published patents
Scientific journals
Textbooks
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6.10
Patentability: Non-obviousness
Three step analysis required by Supreme Court
Determine the level of skill of the person of ordinary skill in the art
Takes perspective of other possible inventors
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6.11
Patentability: Non-obviousness
Three step analysis required by Supreme Court
Compare with prior art
Are improvements significant?
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6.12
Patentability:Secondary Considerations
Long felt, unmet need
Commercial success
Use or copying by others
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6.13
The Patenting Process
The Patent and Trademark Office Manual of Patent Examination Procedure
The patent application
Ethical consideration
Inventorship
Provisional patent applications
The PTO’s electronic filing system
Disclosure Secrecy
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6.14
Patent Infringement
1. Literal infringement
2. Doctrine of equivalents
3. Defenses to infringement
Patent Office
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6.15
Remedies
Equitable remedies
Legal remedies
International remedies
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6.16
Sui Generis Protections
Design patents
Semiconductor chip protections
Plant patents
Protected Not Protected
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6.17
Questions & Discussion