Patent Fundamentals for Scientists and Engineers, Second Edition

By Thomas T. Gordon, Arthur S. Cookfair, Arthur S. Cookfair, et al.

Patent Fundamentals for Scientists and Engineers provides a clear explanation of the patent system and patent principles. Designed for non-lawyers, this book includes information on the patenting process, obtaining patent protection, and how to recognize patentable inventions and avoid legal problems of infringement. The nontechnical style of this book makes it easy to read and understand. It is an ideal book for anyone without prior legal knowledge who needs to understand the patent system, including scientists, engineers, inventors, researchers, business managers, entrepreneurs, and patent liaison workers. By providing a basic working knowledge of patents, Patent Fundamentals for Scientists and Engineers enables non-specialists to communicate with patent advisors to make well-informed decisions affecting the course of research programs and other endeavors that result in new and patentable products. Anyone who is concerned with creating, promoting, or profiting from new ideas and inventions, either as an individual or as a member of a corporate team, will find essential, practical information regarding patents and the patent system in Patent Fundamentals for Scientists and Engineers.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0873713176
• ISBN13: 9780873713177
• Release Date: July 1995
• Publisher: CRC Press
• Length: 128 Pages
• Weight: 0.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.5" x 6.0" x 0.5"

Customer Reviews

Covers the First Meeting With the Patent Attorney

Note the title -- for Scientists and Engineers. This is not an in depth text that will make you a patent attorney. This is also not a go get a patent yourself type book. This is an introduction to the process of getting a patent and what it is that you have after you get one. When you work with a patent attorney, the first thing that he has to do is explain to you what you need to do, how you need to document things, the procedure that you're going to have to go through and a whole lot more. This procedure is long and tedious. If the lawyer has to sit and explain it to you, he's going to charge you a bunch. This book does that job for a lot less money, and probably does a better job. There's one point that needs stressing. After you file for the patent, the application will be declined. This seems to be an unwritten rule of the Patent Office. If they reject it, you're supposed to refile if you think it's worth while. Sort of a test to see if you're serious.