I have a trial coming up in 3 weeks…so expect lighter posting than usual during that timespan.
Monthly Archives: December 2006
Reminder: PAIR Training Rescheduled
Via email from the USPTO:
Due to technical difficulties beyond our control with today’s streaming media event, the Private PAIR 7.0 webcast has been rescheduled for Wednesday, December 20th at 1 p.m. Eastern time. Please accept our apologies for any inconvenience this may have caused you.
The following is important log-in information that will allow you to [...]
Question for my readers: Patent Drawings & Patent Attorney Names
Someone asked me a question the other day I didn’t know the answer to…I’ll pose it to my readers:
Q. Older patent drawings tend to include the inventor’s/patent attorney’s signature thereon. Why and when did this practice stop?
Anyone have the answer to this piece of patent practice history?
I Love Google! Google Patent Search goes live.
Big news! Huge news!
Google has gone out and created a text index of ALL seven million plus US patents. No longer is keyword searching limited to just 1974 onwards. UNREAL!
It is called Google Patent Search.
Coverage: “patents issued in the 1790s through those issued in the middle of 2006.” But not (yet) “patent applications, international patents, [...]
Pair 7.0 training coming
Via an email:
The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) will host an online product launch and free training for the release of Private PAIR 7.0, the feature that allows patent filers to access materials and view the status of their applications, on December 19th at 1:00 p.m. (EST).
This 90 minute interactive event will provide [...]
Acrobat 8…A Must Have Tool for IP Attorneys
I’ve mentioned before that I recently picked up a Fujitsu SnapScan scanner and love it. I can’t imagine how I was able to get by as a patent attorney before I had the ability to scan documents to PDF on the fly (it comes with Acrobat Standard for free).
Over time I’ve found myself using [...]
Patents are worthless
In a recent post, Guy Kawasaki made the statement that "the most valuable outcomes of a patent are often impressing your parents and filling up space in your MySpace profile." Ouch.
Sadly, I partially agreed. For instance, a colleague of mine recently snuck in the back door of a dog and pony roadshow a "big-law" IP [...]
New Patent Download Tools
I’ve added two new patent downloading tools to my Guide to Downloading Patent Copies (PDF, TIFF)
iFdIP
"Search by just entering number and country code and get all available
document types having said number. Download documents for free in PDF
or several documents in ZIP. Coverage: world wide."
ClearlyUnderstood. Free.
US Patents and Published US
Patent Applications. After registering, multiple patents [...]
USPTO Video on its history & how it works
New USPTO Video Now Available for Viewing“Promoting Innovation: Today’s USPTOâ€Come visit the United States Patent and Trademark Office without leaving your home. With its foundation in the Constitution of the United States, our patent system is as old as the country itself. As its guardian, the USPTO has undergone many changes in its storied history. [...]
