Patent the Business Outcome, Not the Product You Built
Every patent attorney is trained to begin at the same place: the very end of the development pipeline. We ask
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Startups & Entrepreneurs
Patent Lawyer Practice Models that Work and Don’t Work for Startups and Small Companies
Introduction As someone who works with a wide variety of startups and small companies as the in-house expert interfacing between
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Why You (Probably) Can\’t Sell or License Your Patent
Potential clients frequently ask if they can successfully sell or license their patents; unfortunately, the answer is, far more often
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Startup Patent Strategy: Be Unbreakable
Several of my current clients are startup companies that understand that, to have real value, their patents must be seen by
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Enhancing Patent Outcomes: Designing Applications for Allowance
We all know the patent application process can cost $20,000 or more — and often much more. This alone should
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Patentability Reviews for Innovations
Patent professionals can do a better job providing patentability review, or \”opinion,\” services for innovators. As most readers would recognize,
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Better Patent Services for Innovators: Patentability Reviews
For the past 12 years as an IP Strategist, I’ve worked exclusively with clients engaged in developing and delivering innovative
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Startup Patent Licensing: Beating the Long Odds
Achieving meaningful revenue through licensing by startup entrepreneurs can be for all intents and purposes a “unicorn event:” much discussed,
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Startup Patent Strategy: US Patent Non-Publication
The Takeaway: For startups whose development efforts lag behind a looming US utility application filing deadline, use of the “Request for
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Patenting for the Future: A New Approach for Innovators
The traditional patent model is configured to generate protection for an already completed invention. This, by definition, is a backward-looking
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