Contents
Preface: How this Book Came To Be and for Whom it is Written
Chapter 1: The U.S. Patent System
1.2 WHY SHOULD YOU FILE A PATENT?
Chapter 2: Origins of U.S. Patent Law
2.1 A BRIEF HISTORY OF PATENT LAW
2.2 THE FOUNTAINHEAD: THE CONSTITUTION AND THE U.S. PATENT SYSTEM
Chapter 3: How to Invent: Intellectual Aspects of Inventing*
3.1 ON THE DEFINITION OF CREATIVITY
3.4 INTELLECTUAL REQUIREMENTS OF INVENTING
3.5 THE PROCESS AND PRODUCT OF INVENTING
3.6 PIONEERING VERSUS MEDIOCRE INVENTIONS: THE TOUCH OF THE EXPERT
3.7 THE IMPORTANCE OF INDUSTRIAL EXPERIENCE
3.8 THE ULTIMATE GOAL: INNOVATION
Chapter 4: A Short Summary of Intellectual Property
4.4 TRADEMARKS AND SERVICEMARKS
4.5 OTHER TYPES OF INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY
Chapter 5: Requirements of Patentability
5.2 PATENTABLE AND NONPATENTABLE SUBJECT MATTER
5.3 THE THREE CLASSES OF PATENTS
5.4 THE FIRST LAW OF INVENTING
5.5 THE SECOND LAW OF INVENTING
5.6 THE STRUCTURE OF THE PATENT DOCUMENT
Chapter 6: How Does the Patent Process Work?
6.2 THE PROVISIONAL PATENT APPLICATION
6.3 THE (REGULAR OR NONPROVISIONAL) PATENT APPLICATION
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