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    Patent It Yourself: Your Step-by-Step Guide to Filing at the U.S. Patent Office
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    Patent It Yourself: Your Step-by-Step Guide to Filing at the U.S. Patent Office
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    Patent It Yourself: Your Step-by-Step Guide to Filing at the U.S. Patent Office

    By David Pressman and Thomas Tuytschaevers

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    About this ebook

    For 30 years, Patent It Yourself has guided hundreds of thousands of inventors through the process of getting a patent, from start to finish. Patent attorneys David Pressman and Thomas J. Tuytschaevers provide the latest information, forms, and clear instructions to help you:

    • conduct a patent search the right way
    • evaluate your idea’s commercial potential
    • file a provisional patent application to get “patent pending” status
    • prepare a patent application
    • focus on your patent application’s claims
    • respond to patent examiners
    • get your drawings done right
    • protect your rights in foreign countries
    • deal with infringers, and
    • market and license your invention.
    Thoroughly updated to reflect the latest changes in intellectual property law, this edition provides the latest U.S. Patent and Trademark Office rules and forms. The 18th edition covers the latest implications of the first-to-file rules created by the America Invents Act.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherNOLO
    Release dateJul 14, 2016
    ISBN9781413322583
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    Patent It Yourself: Your Step-by-Step Guide to Filing at the U.S. Patent Office
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    David Pressman

    San Francisco Patent Attorney David Pressman is a graduate of Penn State University (BSEE) and George Washington University Law School (JD) where he was on the Law Review. He has over 40 years of experience in the patent profession — as a patent examiner for the U.S. Patent Office, a patent attorney in corporate and private practice, a university instructor, a columnist, and as author of the Patent and Trademark entries to the World Book Encyclopedia. His books have charted the path for over 300,000 inventors. He is also co-author of How to Make Patent Drawings (with Jack Lo), Patent Pending In 24 Hours (with Rich Stim), and Patents For Beginners (with Rich Stim).

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