In a previous post, I asked:
The USPTO PatFT page for Patent Number Search lists three examples for reexamination patent numbering:
Re-examination — RX29,194 RE29183 RE00125
However, if you type in those three “example” numbers into the search box, you get a “PN/RX29,194: 0 patents” error and two reissue patents. It is odd [...]
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Patent Reexamination Numbers and PatFT, part II
PatentMarvel.com – PDF Patent Copies
New PDF Patent Downloader — PatentMarvel.com.
Added it to my Guide to Downloading Patent Copies (PDF).
Patents on Electronic Games
Very cool article on patents on electronic games (e.g., Simon, Atari 2600). See: Patentmania: The Golden Age of Electronic Games | Technologizer.
[Via Gizmodo]
Need MCLE credit? Use your .mp3 player.
For those of you whom need MCLE credit before February, one option is downloading .mp3’s from the Practicing Law Institute. A link to filtered results of just the Intellectual Property seminars is here: http://www.pli.edu/product/mp3s.asp. [Which you can sort to filter the intellectual property ones to the top]
You’d have to ask your tax guru, but [...]
Promote the Progress Blog adds two new patent caselaw RSS feeds
Matt Buchanan over at the Promote the Progress Blog has added two new patent caselaw RSS feeds that include overview information for the latest patent opinions alongside a series of links that provide one click access to the opinion-related tools on his website, making it easy to explore the reviews you determine warrant more attention. [...]
Searching by reexamination number
The USPTO PatFT page for Patent Number Search lists three examples for reexamination patent numbering:
Re-examination — RX29,194 RE29183 RE00125
However, if you type in those three “example” numbers into the search box, you get a “PN/RX29,194: 0 patents” error and two reissue patents. It is odd that the USPTO examples [...]
New patent tool: PatentSurf
New patent tool to check out…PatentSurf.
You type in a patent number(s) in the search box and the site creates a surfable display of related patents. Interesting…
SImple, yet nicely done. Definitely worth checking out.
I just want someone to buy my idea from me…
I just read Marc Warnke on Entrepreneurism is not a Lottery Ticket. He nailed it right on the head. It is not a lottery ticket.
The analogy I use in explaining it to clients is that an idea is like a recipe for barbecue sauce. KC Masterpiece has no interest in your recipe…they [...]
Are Patent Drawings Public Domain?
“Patents are published as part of the terms of granting the patent to the inventor. Subject to limited exceptions reflected in 37 CFR 1.71(d) & (e) and 1.84(s), the text and drawings of a patent are typically not subject to copyright restrictions.” See: http://www.uspto.gov/main/ccpubguide.htm
However:
37 CFR 1.84(s) Copyright or Mask Work Notice (§ 1.71(d) [...]
“New” Test Design Patent Infringement — Egyptian Goddess
Before today, to find infringement of a design patent, two tests need to be satisfied: 1) the “point-of-novelty” test and 2) the “substantial identity” test. Sun Hill Indus. v. Easter Unlimited, Inc., 48 F.3d 1193, 1197, 33 U.S.P.Q.2d 1925, 1928 (C.A.F.C. 1995); Brainard v. Custom Chrome, Inc., 872 F.Supp. 39 (W.D.N.Y. 1994).
Today, in Egyptian [...]
