- Making maximum use of US provisional patent-application practices
- before filing non-provisionals
- after filing non-provisionals
- before filing PCT and/or other direct international cases
- after filing PCT and/or other direct international cases
- as a series of improvements
- Having ways to file patents applications which can safely include as many related teaching/suggestions as possible to assist
- getting an early filing date on as many ideas as possible for the lowest budget while
- avoiding making admissions that may injure you in prosecution
- handling situations where it’s more budget-able to file a single “omnibus” application than several limited-scope applications
- getting an early filing date on as many ideas as possible for the lowest budget while
- Making budget-efficient use of
- continuation applications
- divisional applications
- examiner interviews
- partial issuance
- appeals
- design applications
- trade dress remedies
- defensive publications
This blog will be updated regularly with expansion and other topics related to BEST BANG for hard-times budgets. After completing an “outline” approach to topics about “Selecting Patent Advisors”, we will expand those topics with examples, discussion, etc.
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