Intellectual Property

CEP: Patent Update - Computer-Implemented Inventions as Patent Subject Matter

August

2013

Patent Update

Henry Heines

Ever since inventions that involved the use of computers were declared patentable, courts have struggled with the distinction between patentable processes and unpatentable abstract ideas. A recent case illustrates the types of arguments that are...

CEP: Patent Update - An Invention's Nonobviousness May Not Be Obvious

April

2013

Patent Update

M. Henry Heines

To qualify for a patent, an invention must be both novel and nonobvious. Novelty requires that the invention differ in some way from the prior art, such as earlier patents and published materials. Nonobviousness requires that there be more than just...

Intellectual Property for Chemical Engineers

eLearning (online) Course

This course will provide the engineer with a basic understanding of the laws that surround the protection of ideas, discoveries, and inventions, including the intellectual property (IP) law principles that surround patents, copyrights, trademarks and trade secrets.Read more

Are We Covered? Understand the Strengths and Weaknesses of a Patenting Policy

November

2012

Career Catalyst

M. Henry Heines

Laboratory notebooks and provisional patent applications can be valuable components of an engineer’s patenting strategy if they are well-prepared, appropriately managed, and diligently followed up with a nonprovisional patent application.

Co-Inventors: Who Owns the Patent Rights?

June

2012

Patent Update

M. Henry Heines

A joint invention arises from the combined efforts of two or more inventors. Once a patent is granted, however, the inventors do not necessarily share in the rewards.

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