Patent Fundamentals (Part 2)
Guest Blogger: Arthur S. Cookfair, Registered Patent Agent WHAT CAN BE PATENTED The patent statutes (35 U.S.C. 101) specify four classes of subject matter suitable for the grant of a patent. To be patentable, an invention must be directed to a: process machine manufacture, or composition of matter Often a close look at the creative […]
Patent Fundamentals (Part 1)
Guest Blogger: Arthur S. Cookfair, Registered Patent Agent “A country without a Patent Office and good patent laws is just a crab and can’t travel anyway but sideways and backways.” Declared Mark Twain (speaking through his character, Sir Boss, in a Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court). In his homey way, Sir Boss was simply […]