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Intellectual Property Basics

(continued)
ME 554 Lecture of
9/11/24

D.H.R. Sarma, Ph.D.


Path to patent

35 USC 101 35 USC 102 35 USC 103

Patentable Novelty Non-obviousness


Subject
Matter

There is another requirement 35 USC 112 ..which we will discuss later


Protection – U.S. Letters Patent

U.S. Patent No. 6,469, issued May 23, 1849


Estimated cost: $10.00

U.S. Patent No. 7,XXX,XXX, issued 2010


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Estimated cost: $50,000
Basic Patent Process
• Idea
• Determine what is new, useful, non-obvious about your idea
• Does it fall into an “non-patentable” category?
• Are there any public disclosures?
• Limits ability to file for protection in certain countries; may even prevent filing in
general
• Draft & File Patent Application
• Engage in dialogue with the Examiner (through Office Actions and
Examiner Interviews)
• If all goes well, claim(s) will be allowed and issued into a patent
After Filing

• Examination at the USPTO


• Office Actions
• Dialogue with Examiner
• (Can have multiple rounds of examination)
• Allowance
• Issued Patent
Comparing Design and Utility

15 years from grant


SHOW PATENT
• Title
• Inventors
• Assignee
• Specification
• Drawings (If needed)
• Claims
• Abstract
Accessing Patent Documents

• Accessibility by public:
• All issued patents (remember the contract between public and
inventor/patent owner—disclosure in return for (limited)
monopoly)
• Patent applications, except:
• Provisionals (that are not referenced in a published patent application)
• Patent applications filed < 18 months since earliest priority date
• Patent applications under a secrecy order or filed with a non-publication
request
HOMEWORK
• Go to internet and find an issued patent
• Google patents, freepatentsonline etc.
• Look carefully…do not submit a patent application
• Find an issued US Patent, issued after year 2010

• Determine the type of patent:


• Process, composition, apparatus, method , product, article, etc.

• Submit (TA Eric will send instructions) as PDF file named


Lastname_FirstName_Type.pdf
Example: Sarma_Dwadasi_composition.pdf
Due: February 15, 2024
• Just look over its construction and format, read a little if you
can

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