Practice Areas: Business Law, Intellectual Property
Original Production Date: 06/03/2016
Run Time: 1:00:35
AK Course Exp: 06/03/2021
For patent prosecution, patent prior art research is an essential requirement and one of the critical first steps in the prosecution process. Prior art research should be concluded early on in the process before time and money are expended on the construction of the patent and the application. Prior art research will identify those patent publications that may prevent the innovation in question from being patented and can provide a type of road map in the early stages of development that can assist in providing work arounds of the prior art that will allow the innovation to be patented or used freely in the market.
In this CLE course Intellectual Property attorneys Alan Kendrick and Eric Hanscom provide an excellent practical discussion about the best practices when conducing a patent prior art search. Alan and Eric mainly address the main goal, types & scope of prior art research and patent publication prior art research. Additional topics covered: patent prosecution, freedom to operate, FTO Research, state of the art research, patentability search, invalidity research, patent landscape research, whitespace analysis, non-patent publication research, discussions with the inventor, strategy development, qualifying terms, searching by number/date ranges, searching by applicant/assignee name or by inventor name, searching by specific data fields and using Patbase.
Before beginning his own practice Eric Hanscom utilized his science background and law degree to gain experience in multiple facets of patent, trademark and copyright law and the application of those property rights. He has been actively involved in overseeing litigation, contract negotiation and customs issues in the US, Asia, Europe, South American and Australia over matters ranging from patent and trademark infringement to breach of contract. Alan Kendrick has been an attorney since 1998 and his practice focuses on intellectual property matters including patent, trademark, copyright, trade secret and unfair competition. He has several years of experience providing patentability and invalidity research in a wide variety of disciplines including aerospace, mechanical, industrial, energy, medical, materials, food technology and the automotive arts.
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