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Better prepared to discuss ideas confidentially.
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Utility -
20
years from filing date
Utility -
20 years from filing date
Design -
14 years from date granted
Plant -
20 years from filing date
Art =
Technology
35 USC § 102 -
Conditions for Patentability; Novelty and Loss of Right to Patent
All information that has been disclosed to the public in any form about an invention before a given date.
Sufficiently different
from what has been used or described prior.
Non-obvious to person having ordinary skill in area of technology.
Titles
and abstracts often vague
Titles and abstracts often vague
Slinky = “Toy and Process of Use”
iPod = “Media Device”
Terminology changes
British spellings and terminology (e.g. tyre, aluminium, petrol, defence)
Keyword searchable from 1976 (USPTO website
)
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Class 333/186
333/186
CLASS 333 WAVE TRANSMISSION
LINES AND NETWORKS
(186-190)
186
.
Electromechanical filter
187
..
Using bulk mode piezoelectric vibrator
188
...
With means for varying response
189
...
Plural coupled vibrators
190
....
Lattice
structure
Bilateral classification system.
Bilateral classification system.
Incorporates classification of EPO and USPTO.
Consists of over 250,000 subdivisions.
Launched January 2013
EPO classifies in CPC only.
2-year transition period for USPTO – classifies in both USPC and CPC.
Purpose? Utilitarian or ornamental?
Purpose? Utilitarian or ornamental?
Process or product?
What is the invention made of?
How is it used?
Keywords and technical terms that describe?
Vehicle Automobile Internal Combustion Engine Fuel Injection
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Karen M. Kitchens
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307-777-7281
Patent and Trademark Resource Center
Wyoming State Library
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