US Patent System

Michael A. Sanzo, Patent Attorney, Florida, USA

• Contents Preface PART I INTRODUCTION 1 A brief overview of intellectual property 2 Sources of US intellectual property law PART II THE BASICS 3 Patents: benefits and risks 4 Types of patent applications 5 Understanding patents PART III PATENT BASED INVENTING 6 Searching the patent literature 7 Using patents to create inventions PART IV DRAFTING AND PROSECUTING PATENT APPLICATIONS8 Drafting patent applications 9 Patent prosecution: patent eligibility 10 Patent prosecution: prior art 11 Patent prosecution: disclosure requirements 12 Patent prosecution: double patenting 13 Patent prosecution: after final prosecution and appeal14 Patent prosecution: the duty of disclosurePART V PATENT ACTIVITIES AFTER ISSUANCE15 Correction of patents16 Challenging claim validity 17 Patent infringementPART VI ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE18 Using AI for inventing and patentingPART VII BUSINESS ASPECTS OF INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY19 Filing and prosecution strategies20 Early stage companies 21 Developing resilience

‘Thorough, crisp and highly readable, this guide to the US patent system provides a very modern view of an always-changing system. As a European patent attorney, this is going to be my first pick from the shelf when I need to check out practical or contemporary issues in the US. If I was still training, it would be my bible.’