Invention Analysis and Claiming

Helps analyze inventions and capturing them in a set of patent claims. This title provides the reader with practical pointers and guidance and uses everyday inventions as references, such as the ball point pen and paperclip.

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"Invention Analysis and Claiming: A Patent Lawyer's Guide" is a book that every new patent lawyer needs when starting out. Supervising lawyers will find it an invaluable adjunct to their own mentoring and the book is an ideal component of a patent department's training materials."Invention Analysis and Claiming" teaches old school principles of invention analysis, claiming, specwriting and amendment practice that, until now, have only been passed down one-on-one. Readers learn how to first identify the inventive concept using the problem-solution paradigm and then to draft claims that broadly define the identified invention and its fallback features.Another emphasis is the importance of drafting claims with the anticipated enforcement scenario in mind - capturing the invention in all of its commercially important settings and encompassing the activities of individual (as opposed to co-acting) direct infringers.