Joseph P. Kennedy and Wayne H. Watkins with Elyse N. Ball
Hoboken, N.J. :
Wiley,
c2012
xx, 226 p. :
ill. ;
24 cm
Includes index
The U.S. Patent System -- Origins of U.S. Patent Law -- How to Invent: Intellectual Aspects of Inventing -- A Short Summary of Intellectual Property -- Requirements of Patentability -- How does the Patent Process Work? -- Infringement and Freedom to Operate -- Biotechnology, Computer Software, and Business Method Patents -- Who is the Inventor? -- Ownership -- Translating Ideas into Economic Reward -- Foreign Patents -- Innovation -- Concluding Thoughts -- Appendix 1: Important Forms -- Appendix 2: Self-Assessment Questions