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John Gladstone Mills

Donald Cress Reiley, III

Robert Clare Highley

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Patent Law Fundamentals, recently cited at the Supreme Court in the petition for certiorari in DataTreasury Corp. v. JP Morgan Chase Bank NA, and by the Federal Circuit in Helsinn Healthcare v. Teva Pharmaceuticals, provides new attorneys and patent law specialists alike with in-depth information on current patent law and practice. This title offers guidance on how-to:

Research any patent issue and formulate strategies
Prepare a patent application, with an emphasis on claim drafting
Prosecute an application before the Patent and Trademark Office
Understand interference proceedings in the PTO
Identify the differences in patent law between the U.S. and other countries

Features of this publication include:

Synopses of recent decisions by the PTO's Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences and the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
Analysis of changes in the rules of practice before the PTO
Coverage of U.S. government patents and government-contracted inventions
In-depth discussion of international patent law
Summary of other areas of intellectual property
A table of cases and table of statutes

Summary of contents
Replacement pages

Volume 1
1. Basic Principles of Patent Protection
  1. What a Patent Is
  2. Some Popularly Held Misconceptions About Patents
  3. The Impact of Invention
2. Comparison and Contrast of Trade Secrets, Trademarks, and Copyrights with Patents
Volume 2
1. Comparison and Contrast of Trade Secrets, Trademarks, and Copyrights with Patents (Continued)

Copyrights

The Substantive Requisites of a Valid Patent
1. Statutory Subject Matter
2. Design Patents as Statutory Subject Matter
3. Plant Patents as Statutory Subject Matter
4. Novelty
5. Utility
6. Nonobviousness
Competing Rights to the Same Patent
1. Preparation of Patent Applications
2. Patent Claims: Analysis and Synthesis

Volume 3

Competing Rights to the Same Patent (Continued)
1. Prosecuting Patent Applications
Obtaining Patent Protection

Priority of Invention, Derivation and Interference Practice
The Inventorship Entity, Ownership, and Employer-Employee Rights
Government Interest in Patents: Procurement and Ownership
Licensing and Assignment: The Sharing and Transfer of Patent Rights

Volume 4

Exploiting Patent Rights (Continued)
1. Litigation of Patent Rights
Patents In Global Context: Obtaining And Maintaining Rights Abroad
1. Elements of Transnational Patent Law

Volume 5

Comparative Patent Law: Survey or Principal Foreign Patent Systems

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