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The article offers strategies which can be used in qualifying the inventions as nonobvious and to qualify for a patent. Topics mention include showing a synergistic effect on the combination displays, adding of a new function to an old element when synergism cannot be shown and predictability of certain ideas becomes predictable as time goes on.

The article discusses the ways to identify patentable ideas in routine engineering work. Topics covered include anticipation as the absence of novelty, patent law, and the need for large and cumbersome power sources. Also mentioned are the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (PTO), the hydraulic scrap-shearing machine, and the intangible components.

The article provides an understanding of the strengths and weaknesses of a patenting policy and discusses the three tools that offer unique type of coverage or protection against treat of other patents. It explains the importance of keeping a laboratory notebook to protecting intellectual property, as well as the advantages of preparing a provisional patent application. It discusses the role of an issued patent in covering activities that constitute infringement and geographical reach.

The article presents a guide related to intellectual property (IP) for chemical engineers. It clarifies IP through examination of its fundamentals, range, and variety. It explains how IP can increase the value of a company and help chemical engineers and their employers to secure a competitive position.

Patents in almost any field of technology will be more and more basic (and therefore broad) as one reaches back in time. But when the development curve is steep, as it is in carbon nanotubes, many of those early patents will still be in force. Which of the early carbon nanotube patents are blocking patents, who owns them, how long are they in effect, and what is their sweep in a field that encompasses such a diverse array of materials, devices, and utility? The patents explored herein are divided into generations that are defined by the scopes of their claims. The first generation con-tains the patents that are broadest and thereby have the greatest potential blocking effect, since they claim the carbon nanotubes themselves as compositions of matter. The second generation is defined as consisting of patents claiming compositions or components that expressly reflect partic-ular nanotube properties. The third generation includes patents in which the properties reflected in the second generation are claimed in advanced contexts. The blocking effect of the first and se-cond generations is thus illustrated in the third. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Carbon nanotubes (CNTs) have exploded on the technology scene since their discovery in the late 1980s, and their emergence in almost every field of technology from electronics to materials of construction to DNA is readily seen in the patent literature. The number of new U.S. patent filings reciting CNTs in their claims has soared year after year, and their success rate in the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office far exceeds that of U.S. patent applications in general. In addition to the growth in CNT-claiming patent filings, the proportion of those applications in which CNTs appear in the first claim, the growth in the range of subject matters addressed by the patents, and the expansion in the organizations, both industrial and academic, to which the patents have been granted all testify to the growing importance of CNTs and the opportunities that CNTs offer for new proprietary positions through intellectual property. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article discusses the design patents of U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO). Topics include protecting the utilitarian or functional aspects of an object or method, whereas design patents protect ornamental features; and looking for replacement parts for vehicles do so with the goal of restoring the vehicles.

The article talks about U.S. Patent No. 8,865,921 B2, owned by Synvina C. V., which relates to a method of oxidizing 5-hydroxymethylfurfural (HMF) to form furan- 2,5-dicarboxylic acid (FDCA).

The article examines the consequences of not paying maintenance fees for patents, with reference to the case of "Rembrandt Technologies LP Patent Litigation." The patents, which concern cable modem technology and over-the-air signals, were originally owned by Paradyne Networks, Inc., and later acquired by Rembrandt Technologies, LLC, and Rembrandt Technologies, LP. The defendants reportedly asked the trial court to require Rembrandt to reimburse them for their attorney fees.

The article discusses the case where early commercial use of an invention by a patent applicant or a competitor can have detrimental effect on the invention's patentability by outlining the case of company Heat On-The-Fly's hydraulic fracturing invention patent. Details on the fracking process, the company's patent application and the case of the invention's early commercial use are presented.

The article discusses the court case Shipping & Transit LLC v. Hall Enterprises Inc. which deals with infringement of patents related to monitoring and reporting of the location of a vehicle. Topics discussed include lack of patent subject matter eligibility in the claim, settlements of lawsuits by defendants by paying licensing fees to the non-practicing entity (NPE) due to high costs of litigation, and a motion filed by Hall to recover the attorney fees after withdrawal of the suit.

The article discusses patenting cases involving an anti-cancer drug Bortezomib and lubricant Polyalkylene glycols. Topics include Millenium Pharmaceuticals, Inc. being the exclusive licensee of the patent for the oncological drug, an infringement case put on other medical companies when they decided to enter the Bortezomib market, and challenging of the patent validity for the lubricant by plastic piper company Mexichem.

The article offers information on the chemical inventions and the Doctrine of Equivalents. Topics discussed include Doctrine of Equivalents allows patent owner to claim infringement by a product or process; case of Mylan Institutional LLC et al. v. Aurobindo Pharma Ltd. et al. centered on a series of patents obtained by Apicore US LLC based on Apicore’s process for manufacturing Isosulfan Blue; and development of process for synthesizing Isosulfan Blue by Apicore US LLC with Synerx Pharma LLC.

The article discusses patent conflicts between employees and employers by citing examples of court cases: Intel Corp of 1991 and Checkpoint Systems of 2005. Topics discussed actions taken under the Tariff Act highlighting importing of erasable programmable read-only memory (EPROM) chips from Intel and patent case of resonance labels transferred between Durgo AG and Swiss company Actron.

The article offers information on patent infringement and situations when actions of one entity be attributed to another entity. The topics discussed include the different attribution forms recognized by patent courts and court cases related to patent issues such as the Akamai Technologies Inc. v. Limelight Networks Inc. and the Eli Lilly & Co. v. Teva Parenteral Medicines, et al.

The article provides information on aspects related to essentialities of law of nature and eligibility for patenting and inventions. Topics discussed include considerations for patent courts to inbuilt fundamental to life, arising techniques for data processing and patent system obtained in electric power grid, and multiple arrangement.

The article discusses factors to be considered by inventors to claim their inventions while applying for a patent at the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. Topics discussed include extractive distillation process used by Shell Chemicals for ethylene and benzene production, chemical engineer David Netzer's patented process for production and recovery of benzene, and rejection of Netzer's claims over Shell's allegations of his patent infringement.

The article discusses the issuance of patents in the U.S. It provides information on the misconceptions on patents which include the period of a utility patent remain in force and the occurrence of patent infringement during the term of the patent. It cites the case involving Patent Number 8,578,280 which covers methods and software for collaborative viewing.

The article presents an overview of the patent claims filed at the government agency the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO). The topics discussed include the patent infringement cases filed by chemical companies like the Nova Chemicals Corp. and Dow Chemicals Co., the estimated number of patients filed at the USPTO, and ways on how the USPTO invalidate patents.

The author talks about process patents and the issue of patent infringement. Topics covered include the condition for considering a patentable process, the case of Akamai Technologies Inc. v. Limelight Networks Inc. and the scenarios in which the courts recognize joint infringement. Also mentioned is the challenge posed by enforceability if the invention is structured in a way where more than one party is needed to perform various actions.

The article discusses if a company can be held liable for patent infringement if it does not practice the patented invention. Topics include how direct infringement of a product patent occurs, two forms of indirect infringement including inducement to infringement and contributory infringement, and the why the patent would not purse the actual infringer even based on the case of Commil USA vs. Cisco System which was heard by the U.S. Supreme Court.

The article discusses the laws governing corporate trade secrets in the state of Florida. Topics include the legal dispute between manufacturing companies ABB Turbo Systems AG and Turbo USA Inc. concerning the misappropriation of confidential corporate information and the arguments presented by the Florida district court and the U.S. Court of Appeals on the validity of the misappropriation claims of ABB.

The article discusses a case involving Corning Inc. and DSM Desotech which focused on how an obligation to sign over patent rights can have an effect on patent validity. Topics covered include Corning's filing of petitions with the U.S. Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) at the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office which challenged the validity of several patents owned by DSM related to optical-fiber coatings and the PTAB's ruling that the reference was not prior art.

The articles offers information on co-inventorship in patents. Topics discussed include a patent infringement case between General Electric and Mitsubishi Power Systems concerning the development of a wind turbine system and the personnel involved in the development, the requirements for the co-inventorship of the system and the challenges faced by the person claiming co-inventorship.

The article focuses on the case between home appliance manufacturer Hamilton Beach and Sunbeam Products, an American brand producing electric home appliances regarding patent infringement. It states that Hamilton attained a patent on its heated pot Stay or Go slow cooker and it was competed with a slow cooker sold by Sunbeam called Cook & Carry so it was litigated by Hamilton for patent infringement. Moreover, the proposal would still raise an on-sale bar against the patent.

The article discusses patenting of computer-implemented inventions, focusing on the distinction between patentable processes and unpatentable abstract ideas. It explores the case involving the invention in Patent No. 7,346,545 by Ultramercial Inc., which shows arguments and resolution in the field of digitized music and downloading of MP3 music from the Internet. The court held that a method claim to an abstract idea is not a patent-eligible by referencing to a general-purpose computer.

The article discusses a court case wherein a summary judgment was granted by the trial court but the decision was overturned by the appeals court and sent back the case to the trial court for another full hearing on the question of obviousness. In the case of Osram v. American Induction Technologies Inc. (AITI) on patent infringement, AITI responded that invention of Osram was anticipated by prior art as to assertion that the patent of General Electric (GE) rendered the Osram patent invalid.

The article discusses the competitive and economic effects of a joint inventorship (JI). It states that under JI, each inventor can practice the invention without asking permission from the other and notes that each inventor can grant license under the patent without sharing the royalties with the other. The act of invention which includes both reduction and conception to practice is mentioned. The qualifications of JI in a patent law is cited.

In this article the author discusses the importance of trade secrets to a corporation's intellectual property estate. He presents details of a court case in which automobile company Rolls-Royce Corp. sued AvidAir Helicopter Supply Inc. for allegedly violating trade secret protection when it overhauled an engine using a copy of a proprietary document available only to authorized maintenance centers.

The article discusses the America Invents, Act singed by U.S. president Barack Obama signed on September 16, 2011 which brought changes in the patent law in the country. It notes the replacement of first-to-invent standard for awarding a patent with first-to-file, which rules eliminate the interference of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (UPSTO) in resolving conflicts between inventors applying patents on the same invention. The legislation also includes changes in false marking provisions.

The article discusses the importance of a patent portfolio and the preservation of trade secrets for a sound intellectual property policy in most corporations in the U.S. It notes the conflict between the patent policies and the trade secret policies due to the ranges of permissible subject matter for the two types of protection overlap. It mentions the risks provided by the omission of the inclusion of the commercialized embodiment of an invention to the invalidation of a patent's claims.

The article focuses on the potential of the U.S. patent to be enforced over various border-crossing activities. According to the author the statute could be applied to some competitive activities, including the importation of a patented product into the nation that was made or purchased abroad. Moreover, the statute could also be used in a case involving the shipment of manufactures for use in practicing the method.

Explains the concept of patent tying, an arrangement where a patent is involved rather than a product. Condition prompting tying arrangements to become a violation of the antitrust laws; Citation of the patent infringement suit brought against printheads and ink manufacturer, Trident Inc.; Influence of market power on the price of the tying product.

Focuses on patent trends in nanotechnology in the U.S. Increased number of issued patents involving nanotechnology; Division of nanotechnology-related patent applications between process and product inventions; Identification of chemical engineering applications that uses nanotechnology.

Focuses on the filing of provisional applications, the first step in applying for a patent in the U.S. Cost of filing; Filing requirements; Relationship between what the provisional application describes and what the patent ultimately claims.