How to Write a Patent Application

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	• How to Write a Patent Application Jeffrey G. Sheldon Practising Law Institute (PLI), 2008 - 1310 pages average customer review:based on 4 reviews view larger image
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Original and very outstanding

This is an outstanding book that fills a nice spot for those people who want to go beyond David Pressmans also nice book "Patent It Yourself".
This book essentially laid the groundwork for me, and I have personally reccomended it over the years to many other people I know who are just starting their careers, and they have all found it a very excellent and useful book as well. One possible way to learn patent drafting on your own is to start with Pressmans book, move up to this book, and then round out your edcuation with Landis on Patent Claim Drafting. When I was a patent examiner, I used to like helping pro-se inventors doing their own applications, often rather uninformedly, by recommending the above progression of books to read. As I said before, this book is a real wonder, and, for independent inventors, given the amount of money you might have to otherwise pay an agent or attorney to draft your application, it is well worth purchasing. And even if you do have an agent or attorney prosecute your first application, it is a good book to follow the process along with, and then hopefully in the near future, you will be writing them yourself. And if you want to be a patent agent or attorney doing prosecution, this book, Landis, the MPEP, and a dictionary are the only books you need on your shelf. (By the way, I have never met or talked to Mr. Sheldon, I just appreciate it when people fill a void with a very nice book)

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excellent guide

This is an excellent guide for somebody who wants to learn about drafting patent specification. This book is for patent professionals, unlike "Patent It Youself" by David Pressman. However, for a patent agent, there are other books that I recommend to follow after reading this book, the books including "Landis on Mechanics of Claim Drafting," "Patent Prosecution --Irah H. Donner," "Software Patents--Gregory A. Stobbs," and in last the online MPEP from USPTO web-site.

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Although the book was originally written in 1992, it is updated yearly to accomodate changes in the law.

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How to Write a Patent Application

This book is intended for beginning and serious patent practitioners as a handbook for patent application draftsmanship. It is contrasted with books such as "Patent It Yourself" by David Pressman in that the latter appears to be directed toward novice pro se applicants. Much information contained in "How to Write a Patent Application," by Jeffrey Sheldon, may be used as study material for the registration examination for patent attorneys and agents (i.e., the patent bar examination). I found it to be an excellent companion to the "Manual of Patent Examining Procedure" (MPEP) which is published by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.

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This benchmark resource takes the guesswork and risk out of preparing patent applications by taking you step by step through the entire process. Equally useful to both the veteran and the novice, How to Write a Patent Application explains, analyzes, and illustrates all the essential principles and techniques of drafting solid patent applications. Designed to give you complete guidance for every step in the process, How to Write a Patent Application shows you how to: - Obtain all the information you need - Prepare information disclosure statements. - Explain inventions so people will be impressed by there value - Write patent applications that survive litigation and licensing negotiations - Satisfy the best mode requirement - Prepare U.S. applications for foreign filings. With How to Write a Patent Application, you'll save hours of time while you consistently produce perfect results, thanks to a bounty of invaluable aids: - How-to guidance cuts time - Sample forms provide helpful, time-saving models. - Checklists ensure you cover all the drafting elements. - Statutory and regulatory materials put key documents at your fingertips. Easy to follow and highly readable, How to Write a Patent Application offers all the assistance you need to handle all of your patents including design patent applications -- plant patent applications -- electrical patent applications -- provisional patent applications -- software patent applications -- patent applications for chemical inventions -- biotechnology patent applications. How to Write a Patent Application includes a major new section on biotechnology dealing with such issues as close prior art, naturally occurring compounds, homologous compounds, and degenerate variants

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