How to Write a Patent Application

by Jeffrey G. Sheldon

PLI s How to Write a Patent Application takes the guesswork and risk out of preparing patent applications by taking you step by step through the entire process. How to Write a Patent Application explains, analyzes, and illustrates all the essential principles and techniques of drafting solid patent applications. You ll learn how to obtain the information you need from inventors; prepare information disclosure statements; claim inventions so that the elements that render them nonobvious are clearly set forth in the claims; write patent applications that survive litigation and licensing negotiations; and prepare U.S. applications for foreign filings. How to Write a Patent Application saves you hours of time while helping to ensure you consistently produce foolproof documents, thanks to a bounty of invaluable aids, including sample forms that provide helpful, time-saving models; checklists that ensure you cover all the drafting elements; and statutory and regulatory materials that put key documents at your fingertips. Updated at least once a year, How to Write a Patent Application is a crucial, hands-on resource for patent lawyers and for other intellectual property attorneys and a useful basic reference for general practitioners.

1310 pages, Hardcover

First published December 1, 1992