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INDex | 587<br />

exploitation of<br />

flowchart for, 32<br />

RESAM acronym for, 31, 32<br />

field of, 180, 181<br />

independently created by different<br />

inventors, 28, 46, 47, 176, 311<br />

as intellectual property, 17<br />

legality of, 101<br />

legally problematic, 85<br />

needed products, government list<br />

of, 37<br />

“rights” periods in life of, 12<br />

successful examples of, 35–36, 109<br />

unpatentable, 121, 155, 156,<br />

173–175, 345<br />

See also Advantages of invention;<br />

Building and testing;<br />

Documentation of invention;<br />

Embodiments; Improvements to<br />

invention; Marketing of invention;<br />

Parts of invention; Ramifications<br />

Invention developers, 304, 306–308<br />

Invention Disclosure, 54–56, 89, 184<br />

for trade secret, 175<br />

Invention register, 409<br />

Inventors<br />

age 65 or greater, 293, 297<br />

as common assignees, 105<br />

consultant as, 90<br />

corresponding, 275, 278, 281<br />

deleted<br />

from continuation application,<br />

403<br />

from continuation-in-part, 408<br />

from divisional application, 406<br />

employed, 47, 438–441<br />

foreign, 275<br />

Provisional <strong>Patent</strong> Application<br />

of, 59<br />

government services for, 315<br />

health of, Petition to Make Special<br />

and, 293, 295–297, 299<br />

independent, 34, 35, 42, 75<br />

legislative desiderata for, 449–450<br />

information sources for, 454–458<br />

manufacture and distribution by,<br />

175–176, 308, 314–317, 416<br />

named in patent application, 270,<br />

273, 274, 275, 293, 436–437<br />

not interested in commercializing,<br />

426<br />

online forum for, 41<br />

organizations of, 41, 306<br />

personal status of, irrelevant,<br />

116–117<br />

PGL syndrome of, 41–42, 311<br />

searching for patents of specific, 162<br />

websites of, 409<br />

See also Joint inventors<br />

Inventorship, 270, 274, 293, 436–437<br />

changing on application or patent,<br />

437<br />

confusion of, 46, 48<br />

priority of, 48<br />

in foreign patent law, 326, 395<br />

interference and, 46, 394<br />

PPA and, 57<br />

summary, 449<br />

v. ownership, 293<br />

See also Joint inventors<br />

Inventor’s notebook, 49–54. See also<br />

Documentation of invention<br />

IP. See Intellectual property (IP)<br />

Isometric (perspective) views, 191, 192,<br />

207, 260, 262<br />

Issuance of patent, 341<br />

foreign filing and, 321<br />

interval after filing, 13<br />

Issue date, 389, 413, 427<br />

calculator for expiration date and,<br />

415<br />

patent number and, 427<br />

patent search by, 162<br />

Issue fee, 183, 341, 389, 390, 474<br />

checklist for, 390<br />

for design patent, 14, 397<br />

for divisional application, 184<br />

missed deadline for, 397, 398<br />

for plant patent, 14<br />

for utility patent, 14<br />

Issue fee transmittal form, 390<br />

Issue Notification, 341, 389, 413<br />

<strong>It</strong>aly, 323, 324, 326<br />

ITC (International Trade Commission),<br />

425<br />

ITU (intent-to-use) trademark<br />

application, 20, 174<br />

J<br />

Japanese patents<br />

applying for, 323, 324, 326, 329<br />

databases of, 140, 141<br />

licensing and, 428<br />

Jepson claims, 227, 243<br />

John Deere case, 108–109, 111<br />

Joint inventors, 436–437<br />

consultant and contractor, 90<br />

named in patent application, 270,<br />

273, 274, 275, 293, 436–437<br />

Provisional <strong>Patent</strong> Application and,<br />

75<br />

PTO correspondence with, 275, 278,<br />

281<br />

Statement of Respective<br />

Contributions, 437<br />

witness who thinks of ramification<br />

as, 50<br />

Joint Owners’ Agreement, 274, 283,<br />

293, 437–438<br />

Journal of the <strong>Patent</strong> and Trademark<br />

Office Society, 269, 346<br />

Jury trials, 431–432<br />

K<br />

Kappos, Bilski v., 5, 96, 97, 98, 229,<br />

238–239, 251<br />

Keywords<br />

in classification searches, 144, 145<br />

preparing list of alternatives, 142<br />

Keyword searches, 124, 139–142<br />

disadvantages of, 139, 163<br />

on Google <strong>Patent</strong>s, 159, 162<br />

by professional searcher, 127<br />

on PTO website, 162, 163<br />

public facilities for, 143, 144, 154<br />

Kind codes, 136, 151<br />

Know-how license, 444, 445, 446<br />

KSR v. Teleflex, 115<br />

L<br />

Label<br />

copyright coverage of, 17, 24, 25, 174<br />

patentability of, 98<br />

unfair competition law and, 17<br />

See also <strong>Patent</strong> number marking<br />

Lab notebook, 49–54. See also<br />

Documentation of invention<br />

Laches, 424<br />

Landscape orientation, 260, 263<br />

Large-entity fees, 13<br />

for maintenance, 420<br />

Large-entity status, changes in, 342<br />

Law. See Case law; <strong>Patent</strong> law; Statutes

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