Recently, Gene Quinn gave an overview of the U.S. patent process from start to finish. For many applicants, however, it’s not enough to merely protect their technology in the U.S. alone. With today’s ...

“Intellectual property” refers to a category of intangible property that derives from the work of the mind or intellect, such as an idea, process, creative work, symbol or name used in commerce. Even ...

This is part 1 of a 6-part series on our 2016 Patent Market Report. While 2016 may have seemed like a tough year for the patent market – with dropping sales, decreasing prices, and the effects of ...

The definition of a utility patent is a patent that covers “any new and useful process, machine, manufacture, or composition of matter, or any new and useful improvement thereof.”[i] Utility patents ...

With several proposals for patent reform on the European Union's table, it is a good time to look at the landscape and to consider the future development of biotechnology patenting in Europe. Rather ...

When an employee conceives of a new innovation, a business is often confronted with a difficult decision — whether to apply for patent protection on the innovation or whether to keep the innovation ...

Patents on nanoscale materials, tools and processes are a fair measure of the tsunami-like strength of this latest industrial revolution. Estimates vary on the number of nanotech patents issued since ...

The applicant filed a patent application without claiming the benefit of a grace period based on the applicant’s own prior disclosure. As a result, the patent application was rejected for lack of ...