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Classification searches, 124, 139, 140,
142, 144–151, 153, 154, 162
hybrid approach using, 143
at PTDL, 156
PTO facilities for, 143, 144
search tips for, 166
to supplement keyword search, 163
Classification system of PTO, 144–145,
147–151, 153
CASSIS and, 148, 151, 157
computer searching and, 139, 140,
162
for designs, 148
Classified military applications, 325,
339
Closed claim, 243
Code of Federal Regulations (CFR), 5,
92, 330. See also specific rule number,
under Rule
Co-inventors. See Joint inventors
Collective marks, 18
Color drawings or photos, 257
Colors
of elements in ramifications, 205
as trademarks, 18
Combinations
aggregations, 113, 237
marketability of, 86
novelty of, 107
old, 237
unobviousness and, 110, 113–116,
356, 362, 363, 365, 382, 383–384
Command, in computer searching, 141
Commercial success
Declaration Under Rule 132 and,
346, 384
patentability search and, 121, 122
rarity of, 170, 177
timing in relation to patent, 86
unobviousness and, 108, 109, 112,
361
Commercial use or sale of invention
manufacture/distribution by
inventor, 175–176, 308, 314–317,
416
non-manufacturing patentee and,
426
one-year rule and. See One-year rule
prior user’s rights and, 28, 176
by someone else before you file, 288
See also Marketing of invention;
Sale of patent rights; Test
marketing
Commercial viability evaluation
on abandonment of application, 394
conclusion of, 90–91
consultation for, 87–89
fee-based services for, 88
options based on, 170–178
patentability and, 95
positive and negative factors in,
81–87, 313
purpose of, 80
research for, 87–88
starting on small scale, 81
summary, 91
See also Test marketing
Commissioner of Patents and
Trademarks, petitions to, 392, 409,
475
Commodities, 86
Common law, of unfair competition,
28–29
Common law trademark, 20
Competitors
choice to file patent application and,
176
marketability and, 84, 86
patent pending period and, 339–340
See also Designing around a patent;
Infringement of patent; Reverse
engineering; Unfair competition
Components. See Machine shops;
Materials; Parts of invention
Compositions of matter, 95, 100
claims for, 230–231, 241
photomicrograph of, 257
“Comprising” v. “consisting,” 243
Computer-aided drafting or design
(CAD), 257, 259, 261, 264, 267, 268,
269
amending drawings with, 386
Computer-generated symbol, design
patent for, 298
Computer printouts
affixed in notebook, 53
of computer-designed invention, 56
Computer-related inventions
patent application for, 188–189, 190
See also Software; Software patents
Computer searching, 124, 139–143
alternative terms in, 142, 166
available resources for, 124, 140–141,
166–167, 455–456
Delphion system, 141, 143, 164
Google Patents, 140, 141, 153, 159,
162, 163
PTO system, 140, 162–166
Boolean logic in, 139, 141, 142, 163,
165, 166
combined with PTDL search, 143
of foreign patents, 124, 140, 141,
154, 162, 166
limitations of, 139, 163
by PTO examiners, 140. See also
EAST
of software patents, 159
terminology of, 141–142
tips for, 166
working backward and forward
from, 142–143
See also Classification searches;
Keyword searches; Patent search
Computer simulation, as prototype, 81,
89, 309
Confidentiality
in building and testing, 49
18-month publication system and,
396
email communications and, 347
with manufacturer, 311–312
with model maker, 309
of patent applications, 12, 26, 176
during pending status, 176, 284,
338, 339
with searcher, 127
See also Nondisclosure agreement
(NDA); Public use or disclosure;
Trade secrets; Witnesses
Confirmation Number, in Electronic
Filing System, 74, 286, 338, 339
Connectors, Boolean, 142, 166. See also
Boolean logic
“Consisting” v. “comprising,” 243
Conspicuous consumption, 84
Constitution, U.S., 96
Constructive reduction to practice, 48,
103
Consultants
in marketability evaluation, 87–89
model maker as, 90