Update on the Public Disclosure and On-Sale Bar Doctrine. Secret Methods! EP146
If you disclose your product or sell it before you have a patent application on file, you may be barred from getting a patent due to the on-sale bar doctrine. But what if you have a secret METHOD, lik...
23 Aug 20248min
What are Standard Essential Patents (SEPs) and FRAND? EP145
In this episode I go over Standard Essential Patents (SEPs) are FRAND (Fair, Reasonable, and Non-Discriminatory) terms. If someone comes up with a patent for a technology, and that technology becaus...
14 Juli 20248min
Can You Patent Indigenous Knowledge and Genetic Resources? EP144
A new treaty was adopted by the World Intellectual Property Organization about using knowledge and resources from indigenous people. This may have an effect on drug patents, where the initial knowledg...
10 Juni 20249min
The New Design Patent Application Obviousness Test. EP143
There is a new standard for determining whether a design is obvious (and not patentable). The "old" rigid test called the Rosen-Durling test has been supplanted by a more flexible approach under the ...
30 Maj 20247min
What is the Printed Matter Doctrine and Why You Can't Patent Your Book. EP142
In this episode I go over a doctrine in patent law called the "Printed Matter Doctrine." You generally can't get a patent on something if the only difference is that you provided some written instruct...
8 Maj 20247min
Who Owns Your Strawberries? A Plant Patent Conversation with Dr. Dale Hunt. Bonus Episode 7
23 Apr 202453min
Why I Like Phone Calls From The 571 Area Code Ep.141
In this episode of the "Patenting for Inventors Podcast" I discuss why I get excited when I see a phone call coming from the 571 area code. Usually it means a patent examiner is calling me to make an ...
12 Apr 20245min
What is Analogous Art for Patents? Ep.140
Your patent application can be rejected because your so-called invention is "obvious." But how is obviousness determined? What's the difference between "prior art" that can be cited to reject your inv...
4 Apr 20248min
