Patent Engineering (eBook)

Dr. Donald Rimai recently retired from Eastman Kodak, where he worked as a researcher and intellectual property manager in digital printing and adhesion science. He is expert at developing patent portfolios and helping inventors patent their inventions. He is an Eastman Kodak Distinguished Inventor with 149 US patents. Don has published 5 books and edited two conference proceedings, is a Fellow of the Adhesion Society and of the American Physical Society, and has won the Charles Ives and Chester Carlson Awards. Don holds a BS from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and MS and Ph.D. degrees from the University of Chicago. In 2014 Dr. Rimai received the Inventor of the Year Award from the Rochester Intellectual Property Law Association.

1 An Introduction to Patent Engineering 1

2 Patents and Patent Strategies--What They Are and Why You Need Them 17

3 Developing a Patent Strategy and Patent Engineering 33

4 Implementing Patent Strategies and the Application Process through Patent Engineering 59

5 The Structure of a Patent 81

6 Inventions and Inventorship: Challenges and Complications 105

7 Patent Engineering and Patent Prosecution 127

8 Controlling the Costs of Generating and Maintaining a Patent Portfolio through Patent Engineering 143

9 Patent Engineering in a Global Economy 153

10 Avoiding an Infringement Lawsuit through Patent Clearances 169

11 The Role of the Patent Engineer 189

Index