Many US Soldiers have recently lost limbs in the service to the United States and now look to Dean Kamen to design a prosthetic arm that will make their lives less of a struggle. Kamen is best known for inventing the Segway PT. He also founded FIRST (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology), a […]
The patent reform legislation has been amended and introduced in the Senate as Amendment to S. 515 (“Patent Reform Act of 2010 (.PDF)″). When and if it will ever be enacted is a question in and of itself, however here is my summary of one of the more relevant sections of the proposed patent reform […]
New inventors are often looking for a short overview of the patent process. Ordinarily sending inventors to the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) web site is like sending someone into a great quagmire. But there is a nice flow cart with links directing viewers to pertinent information regarding each step of the process […]
The Patent Reform Act of 2010 was recently made public in the form of an (“Amendment to S. 515”). Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) spoke at an Executive Business meeting (webcast) February 25, 2010 about this amendment to the patent reform act. Leahy stated, “When Senator Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) and I started this […]
Tweet of the week Thanks to Peter Black @PeterBlackQUT for tweeting this week about the importance of teaching children to respect the intellectual property rights of others. Ben Child, Guardian film writer and blogger wrote that Lord David Puttnam the president of the Film Distributors’ Association voiced his concern of the need for new methods […]
Guest Blogger: Brendan S. Lillis, Registered Patent Attorney These days, with the average waiting period to hear back from the patent office regarding a new application exceeding three years, the patent office needs all the help it can get. As such, filers of patents are required to disclose all relevant information about prior art that […]
What inventors need to know… Inventors Eye is a new electronic publication by the United States Patent and Trademark Office for and about America’s independent and small entity inventor community. Inventors can find information about working with the USPTO; events, organizations and meetings of interest to the community; issues that impact independent and small entity […]
The latest edition of the proposed patent reform legislation was announced by the leaders of the Senate Judiciary Committee on legislation for patent reform. The act is now called the “Patent Reform Act of 2010” and is memorialized in the form of the Manager’s Amendment (“Amendment to S. 515”). When will this bill become […]
Since my recent blog post entitled “Patent Trolls” Search for Falsely Marked Products the ad hoc “patent marking police” have filed at least 17 lawsuits alleging false marking against 33 different companies. This number is an approximation because False Marking suits are not consistently categorized within the federal court system. To see a list of […]
What inventors need to know… How does an inventor take a good idea and then develop it into a new product? Recently I asked this and other questions relating to invention development to the affable forward thinking Justin Aiello. His company Aiello Designs takes ideas and turns them into reality. Here are a few questions […]