Intellectual Property Law for Engineers, Scientists, and Entrepreneurs. Howard B. Rockman

      1  Cover

      2  Foreword

      3  Foreword to the First Edition

      4  Preface THE PROPER PERSPECTIVE—A FABLE OVERTURE

      5  Acknowledgments

      6  Top Ten List of Intellectual Property Protection

      7  SECTION I: The Intellectual Property Universe Eli Whitney – THE COTTON GIN Charles Babbage – THE DIFFERENCE ENGINE 1 Overview of Intellectual Property Law 1.1 DEFINING “INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY” 1.2 SPECIFIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY VEHICLES 1.3 WHICH FORM OF INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY PROTECTION TO USE? Frank J. Sprague – THE ELECTRIC STREETCAR Mary Anderson – WINDSHIELD WIPER BLADE 2 Brief Overview of the Law 2.1 INTRODUCTION 2.2 DEVELOPMENT OF THE LAW AND LEGAL PRINCIPLES 2.3 DIVINE LAWS 2.4 THE FOUR TYPES OF LAW 2.5 CIVIL LAW SYSTEMS 2.6 ENFORCEMENT OF LAWS 2.7 CHANGES IN THE LAW 2.8 EQUITY 2.9 U.S. COURTS, STATE AND FEDERAL 2.10 THE FEDERAL COURT SYSTEM 2.11 STATE COURTS 2.12 JURISDICTION

      8  SECTION II: Patents Charles Goodyear – VULCANIZATION OF RUBBER John Boyd Dunlop – PNEUMATIC VEHICLE TIRES 3 Introduction to Patents 3.1 BRIEF HISTORY OF PATENT PROTECTION 3.2 TYPES OF PATENT COVERAGE 3.3 HOW TO DETERMINE WHAT TO PATENT AND WHAT NOT TO PATENT 3.4 BROADLY, WHAT DATA GOES INTO A PATENT 3.5 WHAT A PATENT IS NOT 3.6 INVENTIONS RELATING TO ATOMIC WEAPONS 3.7 THE U.S. GOVERNMENT’S RIGHT TO PRACTICE YOUR PATENTED INVENTION George Westinghouse – STEAM‐POWER BRAKE DEVICES AND ALTERNATING CURRENT Gideon Sundback – ZIPPER 4 Introductory Comments on Patentable Subject Matter and Utility 4.1 WHAT CONSTITUTES PATENTABLE SUBJECT MATTER? 4.2 UTILITY — THE INVENTION MUST BE USEFUL John Deere – HORSE‐DRAWN PLOW Erastus Brigham Bigelow – POWERED CARPET‐MAKING LOOMS 5 Novelty—The Invention Must Be New 5.1 STATUTORY REQUIREMENTS 5.2 PRELIMINARY COMMENTS ON PROTECTING FOREIGN PATENT RIGHTS 5.3 ADDITIONAL COMMENTS ON EXPERIMENTAL USE VERSUS ACTUAL USE OF THE INVENTION Alfred Nobel – DYNAMITE 6 Requirement of Non‐Obviousness for Patentability 6.1 DEVELOPMENT OF THE STANDARD OF NON‐OBVIOUSNESS 6.2 HISTORICAL BACKGROUND 6.3 SUPREME COURT CASES PREDATING THE 1952 PATENT LAW SECTION 103 NON‐OBVIOUSNESS TEST 6.4 THE 1952 PATENT STATUTE AND THE CASE OF GRAHAM V. JOHN DEERE COMPANY (1966) 6.5 THE 2007 U.S. SUPREME COURT CASE OF KSR V. TELEFLEX 6.6 ILLUSTRATIVE NON‐OBVIOUSNESS ANALYSIS Louis Pasteur – PASTEURIZATION PROCESS Elisha Otis – SAFETY ELEVATOR 7 The Patenting Process 7.1 WHO MAY OBTAIN A PATENT: INVENTORSHIP AND OWNERSHIP OF PATENT RIGHTS 7.2 PROPER DOCUMENTATION OF THE INVENTION 7.3 THE INVENTION DISCLOSURE, AND THE INVENTION DISCLOSURE MEETING 7.4 ADDITIONAL MATTERS DISCUSSED DURING THE INVENTION DISCLOSURE MEETING BETWEEN THE INVENTOR AND THE PATENT PROFESSIONAL 7.5 INVENTION DISCLOSURE FORM Alexander Graham Bell – TELEPHONE 8 The Patentability Search, Freedom‐To‐Use Search, and Other Searches 8.1 SEARCHING THE CONTENT OF THE PRIOR ART TO DETERMINE PATENTABILITY OF THE INVENTION 8.2 PATENTABILTY SEARCH PARAMETERS 8.3 ADDITIONAL TYPES