Foreign patent traps
Outside of the US, foreign patent offices will often use your own prior patent filings against you! Avoid this trap by planning carefully.
prior art
Why prior art searches are a good idea
Do a prior art search before filing a patent. Anything that was sold or published more than a year ago, including your own work, can be used against you.
Patent Public Search Tool
Want to see what an examiner might find? Try the USPTO Patent Public Search Tool. US patent examiners are a skeptical lot. … Read more
Obvious? Why did it take so long?
How can an idea be rejected as obvious based on old underlying citations? The Leo Pharmaceuticals case suggests new ways to overcome obviousness rejections.