Detailed Table of Contents
Acknowledgements …………………………………………………
Preface ……………………………………………………………….
Chapter 1: The Fundamentals of Patents ………………………
- The Story Told by a Patent ………………………………………………
- Writing a Patent Application ……………………………………………
Chapter 2: Principles of Litigation-Proof Patents ………….
- Characteristics of Good Patent Claims ………………………………
- Key Claim Terms ……………………………………………………………
- Types of Claims …………………………………………………………….
- Patent Value ……………………………………………………………….
- Seminal Patents ……………………………………………………………
- Tips for Writing Patent Applications ………………………………..
Chapter 3: The Ten Most Common Mistakes in Patents .…….
- The Most Common Mistake: Unclear Key Claim Terms ………….
- The Second Most Common Mistake: Roads Not Taken ……………
- The Third Most Common Mistake: Defective Parallelism ………
- Unnecessary Limitation in the Written Description …………………
- Improper Use of Claim Differentiation ………………………………
- Lack of Claim Mix …………………………………………………………
- Improper Mix Of Elements Within a Claim……………………………
- Improper Use of Non-Standard Terminology ………………………..
- Incorrect Reliance on the Preamble …………………………………
- External Events that Destroy Patent Value ……………………………
Chapter 4: Examples of Litigation-Proof Patents ……………
- Beauty and Brains in WWII – The Hedy Lamarr Patent (1942) …….
- Does a Patent Give a Monopoly on Monopoly®? (1935) ……………..
- Apple vs. Samsung: The Slide to Unlock Patent (2011) ……………….
Afterword ……………………………………………………………..
Glossary (including Acronyms) ………………………………….
Appendix: List of the Principles Discussed in this Book …………
Bibliography …………………………………………………………..
Index of Figures and Tables ……………………………………….
Index of Names and Subjects ………………………………………….
About the Author ……………………………………………………