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Patent pending in 24 hours, Richard Stim & David Pressman

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Patent pending in 24 hours

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Richard Stim & David Pressman

Machine generated contents note: 1.The Provisional Patent Application -- How a Provisional Patent Application Works -- Advantages of Filing a Provisional Patent Application -- Potential Disadvantages of Filing a Provisional Application -- Preparing Your Provisional Patent Application -- Drinking Beer and Listening to the Car Radio: Two Provisional Patent Applications -- 2.Deciding Whether to File a Provisional Application: The Seven Hurdles -- Hurdle #1 Is It Commercial? -- Hurdle #2 Did You Invent It? -- Hurdle #3 Do You Own It? -- Hurdle #4 Is It Useful? -- Hurdle #5 Does It Fit in One of the Patent Classes? -- Hurdle #6 Is It New? -- Hurdle #7 Is It Obvious? -- Our Inventor's Patent Hurdles -- 3.Finding Previous Inventions -- Internet Patent-Searching Tips -- Searching the USPTO Website -- How to Read a Patent -- Finding Prior Art That Isn't Currently Patented -- After the Preliminary Search -- 4.Drafting the Provisional Patent Application -- pt. 1 Drawing Your Invention -- Basic Patent Drafting Principles -- Getting Started -- Tips for Inventors Who Have a Prototype but Can't Draw -- Tips for Inventors Who Don't Have a Prototype and Can't Draw -- Drawings for Software, Business Methods, Electrical Inventions, and Chemical Compounds -- 5.Drafting the Provisional Patent Application -- pt. 2 Describing Your Invention -- What Do You Call Your Invention? -- What Are the Names and Addresses of the Inventors? -- What Are the Advantages of Your Invention Over the Prior Art? -- What Drawing Figures Have You Included? -- What Are the Components of Your Invention and How Do They Interact? -- How Does the Invention Achieve Its Result? -- What Are Alternative Ways That Your Invention Can Achieve Its Result? -- Putting It All Together -- 6.Filing and Beyond -- How to File Your Provisional Patent Application -- Filing a Regular Patent Application -- Marking Your Invention "Patent Pending" -- What Happens If You Modify Your Invention? -- International Rules to Remember -- Appendixes -- A.Provisional Patent Applications -- Pasteurization -- The Telephone -- Car Radio -- Fly Mask -- Convertible Tent -- Non-Fogging Shower Mirror -- Three-Wheeled Scooter -- Musical Condom -- Fashion Business Method -- Watch With Speed Adjustment During Travel for Reducing Jet Lag (Mitchell Electrical Patent) -- Pre-Monopoly Board Game -- Advertising System for Airport -- Mashed. Potato Machine -- Method of Viewing Panoramic Images -- Puppet Construction Kit -- Ergonomic Mouse -- Talking Stick Horse -- B.Agreements -- Nondisclosure Agreement -- Joint Ownership Agreement for Inventors -- Agreement for Creation of Prototype or Patent Drawings -- Invention Assignment -- C.Glossaries -- Glossary of Useful Technical Terms -- Glossary of Patent Terms -- D.The Inventor's Notebook -- E.Attorneys -- Finding an Attorney -- Keeping Fees Down -- F.Resources -- Inventor Resources -- Internet Patent-Searching Resources -- Assessing Foreign Patent Potential -- Patent and Trademark Depository Libraries

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