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Invention Analysis and Claiming: A Patent Lawyer's Guide

Author: Slusky

Edition: 2nd

ISBN: 9781614385615

Class 1: Introduction Jan. 7

Topic: Course Overview; Discussion of Patent Prosecution Flow in USPTO;

Review of Applicable Statutes, Rules and Procedures; The Invention, Prior Art Search

First Assignment

Reading: Slusky, pp. xxi-17.

USPTO publication titled "Process for Obtaining a Utility Patent" at: http://www.uspto.gov/patents/process/index.jsp

USPTO publication titled "Nonprovisional (Utility) Patent Application Filing Guide" at: http://www.uspto.gov/patents/resources/types/utility.jsp