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Patent ROI Subsystem Enables Increased Innovation Speed & Decreased Risk

by Everyone, Everywhere finding Competitive Advantage through Patents

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We have become a knowledge economy - Intellectual Property now accounts for 70% of company value

Tangible Property30%

Intellectual Property70%

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PwC research was presented to WIPOshowing “total intangible assets comprise, on average, more than 70% of companies’value.” (IP Valuation, Exploration and Finance - presented by Tony Hadjiloucas)

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Conclusion: Patents Matter

PwC research was presented to WIPOshowing “total intangible assets comprise, on average, more than 70% of companies’value.” (IP Valuation, Exploration and Finance - presented by Tony Hadjiloucas)

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Multiple studies have shown a direct correlation between of an organization’s patent propensity and its sales, profits, and valuation.

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Conclusion: Patents = Competitive Advantage

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Innovation Engineering defines Innovation as being Meaningfully Unique.

Meaningfully Unique = Patent

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Meaningful (Useful)

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Benefit PROMISE

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Meaningful (Useful)

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Unique (New to the World & Non Obvious)

Not been Done

Not Been Patented

Not a Logical LEAP

To someone skilled in area

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Meaningful (Useful)

Solves a PROBLEM

Benefit PROMISE

Unique (New to the World & Non Obvious)

Not been Done

Not Been Patented

Not a Logical LEAP

To someone skilled in area

Conclusion: Innovation Engineering is Patents

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Profits come from beingMeaningfully Unique

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So, How do Patents Stack Up against the Other Subsystems?We surveyed organizations with regard to the “state of mind” of innovation culture & action within the organization…

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So, How do Patents Stack Up against the Other Subsystems?We surveyed organizations with regard to the “state of mind” of innovation culture & action within the organization…

Innovation Systems Survey• 3 Questions on each subsystem• Total possible score of 30 per subsystem

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So, How do Patents Stack Up against the Other Subsystems?

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CollaboratePatent ROI scored the lowest at 80%!



Conclusion: Lots of talk, there is not much action

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Managers arefunctionally illiteratewith regard to patents

United States Patent

US007172181B2

(12) (10) Patent N0.: US 7,172,181 B2 Kerr et a]. (45) Date of Patent: Feb. 6, 2007

(54) CURVED ELASTOMERIC SPRING 4,772,044 A 9/1988 Booher 4,886,266 A 12/1989 Trulaske

(75) Inventors: Ronald W. Kerr, Geneva, IL (US); 4,938,473 A 7/1990 Lee et 31 Michael P. Molitor, North Aurora, IL 4,984,810 A 1/1991 Steams et al' (Us) 4,988,080 A 1/1991 Shah ......................... .. 267/30

5,016,861 A 5/1991 Thompson et a1. . . 5,029,801 A 7/1991 D lb t t l.

(73) Ass1gnee: Miner Elastomer Products Corp., 5,251,930 A “M993 K?szkzuetealé Geneva’ IL (Us) 5,280,890 A 1/1994 Wydra ...................... .. 267/220

5,425,829 A 6/1995 Ch (*) Notice? 31111160110 any (11501211111911 the term Ofthis 5,868,384 A 2/1999 Anilggson .............. .. 267/141.1

patent 1s extended or adjusted under 35 5,957,441 A 9/1999 Tews ........................ .. 267/153 U.S.C. 154(b) by 22 days. 6,012,709 A 1/2000 Meatto et a1.

6,406,009 B1 6/2002 Constantinescu et a1. (21) Appl. No.: 10/946,517 6,457,729 B2 10/2002 Stenvall

6,585,625 B1 7/2003 Ferguson (22) Filed: Sep. 21, 2004 6,719,671 B1 4/2004 Bock

6,811,169 B2 11/2004 Schroeder et a1. (65) Prior Publication Data 6,811,170 B2 11/2004 Mosler

Us 2006/0061026 A1 Mar. 23, 2006 * Cited by examiner

51 I t Cl Primary Examiner4Christopher P. Schwartz ( ) 1'62 (2006 01) (74) Attorney, Agent, or Firmilohn W. Harbst (52) US. Cl. .................................................... .. 267/153 (57) ABSTRACT (58) Field of Classi?cation Search .............. .. 267/148,

267/149, 136, 153, 36.1, 47 A compression spring created from a preform made from an See application ?le for complete search history. elastomer Which is free of spring-like characteristics and has

(56) R f Ct d a ratio of plastic strain to elastic strain greater than 1.5 to 1. e erences 1 e

U.S. PATENT DOCUMENTS

2,980,158 A 4/1961 Meyer 3,456,939 A * 7/1969 Duchemin ................. .. 267/47

3,698,702 A * 10/1972 Beck ......................... .. 267/47

4,489,922 A 12/1984 Fesko 4,557,500 A 12/1985 Collard et a1. 4,611,793 A 9/1986 Nishiyama et a1. 4,771,997 A 9/1988 Haldenwanger et al.

The spring has elongate body With ?rst and second longi tudinally spaced free ends along With ?rst and second generally planar arcuate surfaces extending between the ends. As a result of Working the preform, portions of the elastomer from Which the preform is created are oriented and the preform is transmuted into a curved elastomeric spring.

22 Claims, 10 Drawing Sheets

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Managers arefunctionally illiteratewith regard to patents

So, we ran a test with a small sample…

•20 True/False Questions

•50% Chance of being correct by guessing

•60% correct in our test

. USOO5399940A

United States Patent [19] [11] Patent Number: 5,399,940 Hanna et a1. [45] Date of Patent: Mar. 21, 1995

[54] LIGHTING INDICATING DEVICE HAVING [56] References Cited PLURAL ILLUIVIINATING ELEMENTS WITH ALL SUCH ELEIVIENTS BEING U.S. PATENT DOCUMENTS ILLUMINATED WITH ONE BEING 3,487,263 12/1969 Pahlavan ........................ .. 315/ 169.3 GREATER THAN TIIE OTHERS 4,359,670 11/1982 Hosaka et a1. ..... .. 315/307

4,649,323 3/1987 Pearlman et al. ................. .. 315/307

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Inventors: Robert S. Hanna, Macungie; Donald F. Hausman, Jr., Emmaus; David E. Houggy, Jr., Allentown; Donald R. Mosebrook, Bethlehem; Joel S. Spira, Coopersburg, all of Pa.

Assignee: Lutron Electronics Co., Inc., Coopersburg, Pa.

Appl. No.: 73,866

Filed: Jun. 9, 1993

Related U.S. Application Data Division of Ser. No. 860,921, Mar. 31, 1991, Pat. No. 5,248,919.

Int. Cl.6 .................................... .. H05B 37/04 U.S. Cl. .................................. .. 315/ 129; 315/133;

315/293; 315/297; 315/291 Field of Search ............. .. 315/291, 292, 293, 297,

3l5/DIG. 4, 307, 169.3, 129, 133, 294

OTHER PUBLICATIONS

Leviton’s MicroDim(TM) lighting controller (Made available to public more than one year before appli cant’s invention). Primary Examiner—Robert J. Pascal Assistant Examiner—-—Michael B. Shingleton

[57] ABSTRACT A lighting control device for controlling the state and intensity of a lamp includes a user-actuatable intensity selector for selecting a desired lamp intensity level be tween minimum and maximum intensity levels. The device further includes a programmable microproces sor for storing a preset lamp intensity level, and a linear array of indicator lights (e. g. LED’s) for indicating the available range of lamp intensities. According to a pre ferred embodiment, the microprocessor operates to illuminate all lights in the array when the lamp is OFF, with one indicator light being more brightly illuminated to indicate the preset intensity level. When the lamp is ON, only that indicator light representing the present lamp intensity level is illuminated.


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US006924403B2

(10) Patent N0.: (45) Date of Patent:

US 6,924,403 B2 Aug. 2, 2005

(54) SYNTHESIS OF HEXAFLUOROPROPYLENE

(75) Inventors: John James Barnes, Hockessin, DE (US); Kenneth Paul Kelch, Washington, WV (US); Thomas D. Sandbrook, Mineral Wells, WV (US); David John Van Bramer, Belpre, OH (Us)

(73) Assignee: E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company, Wilmington, DE (US)

( * ) Notice: Subject to any disclaimer, the term of this patent is extended or adjusted under 35 U.S.C. 154(b) by 101 days.

(21) Appl. No.: 10/431,407 (22) Filed: May 7, 2003

(65) Prior Publication Data

US 2004/0002621 A1 Jan. 1, 2004

Related US. Application Data (60) Provisional application No. 60/391,915, ?led on Jun. 26,

2002.

(51) Int. Cl.7 ..................... .. C07C 17/25; C07C 17/093; C07C 17/26; C07C 17/35; C07C 17/37

(52) us. Cl. ..................... .. 570/172; 570/171; 570/175; 570/240

(58) Field of Search ............................... .. 570/171, 172, 570/ 175 ; 422/240

(56) References Cited


2,394,581 A 2/1946 Benning et a1. RE23,425 E 10/1951 Harmon 2,758,138 A 8/1956 Nelson 2,970,176 A 1/1961 Ten Eyck et a1. 3,306,940 A 2/1967 HalliWell 3,446,858 A 5/1969 Shingu et a1. 3,873,630 A 3/1975 West 5,334,783 A 8/1994 Freudenreich et al. 6,013,890 A 1/2000 HulsiZer

OTHER PUBLICATIONS

B. Adkinson et al., “The Thermal Decomposition of Tet ra?uoroethylene”, Journal of the Chemical Society, 1957, pp. 2086—2094, XP002254872 Chemical Society, Letch Worth., GB ISSN: 0368—1769, p. 2086—2087. “Preparation and Technology of Fluorine and Organic Fluo rine Compounds,” National Nuclear Energy Series, VII—I Chapter 32 (PP 567—685), 1987.

Primary Examiner—Elvis O. Price

(57) ABSTRACT

The present invention relates to the process of pyrolyZing tetra?uoroethylene to hexa?uoropropylene by carrying out the pyrolysis in a tubular reactor that is lined With either nickel or nickel alloy Which contains no greater than 8 Wt % chromium.

11 Claims, No Drawings


US007077862B2

(12) (10) Patent N0.: US 7,077,862 B2 Vidlund et al. (45) Date of Patent: Jul. 18, 2006

(54) DEVICES AND METHODS FOR HEART 3,980,086 A 9/1976 Kletschka et a1. VALVE TREATMENT 4,035,849 A 7/1977 Angell et 81.

4,055,861 A 11/1977 Carpentier et a1. (75) Inventors: Robert M. Vidlund, MapleWood, MN 4,192,293 A 3/1980 Asncan

(US); Jason E. Kalgreen, Plymouth, 4’217’665 A 8/1980 BeX et 31' MN (US)_ T dd J M t. 4,261,342 A 4/1981 Aranguren Duo Minneapo’lisoMN '(Usg’rgi? J 4,300,564 A 11/1981 Furihata

’ a - 4,306,319 A 12/1981 Kaster schweich, Jr-s Maple Grove, MN (Us); 4,343,048 A 8/1982 Ross et a1. Richard Schroeder, Fndley, MN (US); 4,372,293 A 2/1983 Vijil-Rosales David Kusz, Minneapolis, MN (US) 4,409,974 A 10/1983 Freedland

4,536,893 A 8/1985 Parravicini (73) Assignee: Myocor, Inc., Maple Grove, MN (US) 4,579,120 A 4/1986 MacGregor

( * ) Notice: Subject to any disclaimer, the term of this (Continued)

patent is extended Or adjusted under U.S.C. 154(b) by 0 days. DE 36 14 292 C1 ll/l987

(21) Appl. No.: 10/866,990 (C t. d) on mue

(22) Filed: Jun. 15, 2004 OTHER PUBLICATIONS

(65) Prior Publication Data Edie, MD. et al., “Surgical repair of single ventricle,”T he Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, vol. 66,

US 2004/0243229 A1 Dec. 2 2004 ’ No. 3, Sep. 1973, pp. 350-360.

Related US. Application Data (Continued)

(63) Continuation of application No. 10/040,784, ?led on Primary Examinergcorrine MCDermOtt Jan‘ 9’ 2002’ HOW Pat‘ NO‘ 6’764’510' Assistant ExamineriThomas J. SWeet

51 I t Cl (74) Attorney, Agent, or F irmiFinnegan, Henderson, ( ) 141162172724 (2006 01) FaraboW, Garrett & Dunner, L.L.P. (52) US. Cl. ..................... .. 623/236; 623/211; 600/37 (57) ABSTRACT (58) Field of Classi?cation Search ............. .. 623/211,

_ _ 623/236’ 23,7; 600/37 Devices and methods for treating heart valves include mem See apphcanon ?le for Complete Search hlstory' bers that assist the valve in closing during at least a portion

. of the cardiac cycle. Such devices include members con?g (56) References Clted ured to alter the shape of a valve annulus, reposition at least

U_S_ PATENT DOCUMENTS one papillary muscle, and/or plug an ori?ce of the valve so 963 899 A W19 10 Kistler as to provide a coaptation surface for the valve lea?ets.

3,019,790 A 2/1962 Militana 3,656,185 A 4/1972 Carpentier 20 Claims, 39 Drawing Sheets


US007172181B2

(12) (10) Patent N0.: US 7,172,181 B2 Kerr et a]. (45) Date of Patent: Feb. 6, 2007

(54) CURVED ELASTOMERIC SPRING 4,772,044 A 9/1988 Booher 4,886,266 A 12/1989 Trulaske

(75) Inventors: Ronald W. Kerr, Geneva, IL (US); 4,938,473 A 7/1990 Lee et 31 Michael P. Molitor, North Aurora, IL 4,984,810 A 1/1991 Steams et al' (Us) 4,988,080 A 1/1991 Shah ......................... .. 267/30

5,016,861 A 5/1991 Thompson et a1. . . 5,029,801 A 7/1991 D lb t t l.

(73) Ass1gnee: Miner Elastomer Products Corp., 5,251,930 A “M993 K?szkzuetealé Geneva’ IL (Us) 5,280,890 A 1/1994 Wydra ...................... .. 267/220

5,425,829 A 6/1995 Ch (*) Notice? 31111160110 any (11501211111911 the term Ofthis 5,868,384 A 2/1999 Anilggson .............. .. 267/141.1

patent 1s extended or adjusted under 35 5,957,441 A 9/1999 Tews ........................ .. 267/153 U.S.C. 154(b) by 22 days. 6,012,709 A 1/2000 Meatto et a1.

6,406,009 B1 6/2002 Constantinescu et a1. (21) Appl. No.: 10/946,517 6,457,729 B2 10/2002 Stenvall

6,585,625 B1 7/2003 Ferguson (22) Filed: Sep. 21, 2004 6,719,671 B1 4/2004 Bock

6,811,169 B2 11/2004 Schroeder et a1. (65) Prior Publication Data 6,811,170 B2 11/2004 Mosler

Us 2006/0061026 A1 Mar. 23, 2006 * Cited by examiner

51 I t Cl Primary Examiner4Christopher P. Schwartz ( ) 1'62 (2006 01) (74) Attorney, Agent, or Firmilohn W. Harbst (52) US. Cl. .................................................... .. 267/153 (57) ABSTRACT (58) Field of Classi?cation Search .............. .. 267/148,

267/149, 136, 153, 36.1, 47 A compression spring created from a preform made from an See application ?le for complete search history. elastomer Which is free of spring-like characteristics and has

(56) R f Ct d a ratio of plastic strain to elastic strain greater than 1.5 to 1. e erences 1 e


2,980,158 A 4/1961 Meyer 3,456,939 A * 7/1969 Duchemin ................. .. 267/47

3,698,702 A * 10/1972 Beck ......................... .. 267/47

4,489,922 A 12/1984 Fesko 4,557,500 A 12/1985 Collard et a1. 4,611,793 A 9/1986 Nishiyama et a1. 4,771,997 A 9/1988 Haldenwanger et al.

The spring has elongate body With ?rst and second longi tudinally spaced free ends along With ?rst and second generally planar arcuate surfaces extending between the ends. As a result of Working the preform, portions of the elastomer from Which the preform is created are oriented and the preform is transmuted into a curved elastomeric spring.


US007239303B2

(12) Ulllted States Patent (10) Patent N0.: US 7,239,303 B2 Liao et a]. (45) Date of Patent: Jul. 3, 2007

(54) KEYBOARD STRUCTURE (56) References Cited

(75) Inventors: Pin-Chien Liao, Taoyuan (TW); U'S' PATENT DOCUMENTS Chien'shih HS“, TalPe1 (TW) 6,743,993 B1 * 6/2004 Clark et a1. ............... .. 200/314

(73) Assignee: Darfon Electronics Corp, Taoyuan 2003/0103359 Al* 6/2003 Chiang et a1. ............ .. 362/558

(TW) ( * ) Notice: Subject to any disclaimer, the term of this

patent is extended or adjusted under 35 U.S.C. 154(b) by 596 days. Primary ExamineriNitin l. Patel

(74) Attorney, Agent, or F irmiQuintero LaW Of?ce

* cited by examiner

(21) Appl. NO.Z 10/786,341 (57) ABSTRACT

(22) Filed: Feb. 25, 2004

(65) Prior Publication Data A keyboard structure. The keyboard structure includes a base plate, a light guide member, a membrane circuit board,

Us 2004/0174339 A1 SeP~ 9: 2004 a key assembly and a light-emitting element. The light guide member is disposed on the base plate. The membrane circuit

(30) Foreign Application Priority Data board is disposed on the light guide member. The key Mar. 4, 2003 (TW) ............................ .. 92104560 A assembly is disposed on the membrane Circuit board, With a

key cap and a resilient element betWeen the key cap and the (51) Int_ CL membrane circuit board. The light-emitting element is adja

G09G 5/00 (200601) cent to the light guide member and is disposed under the (52) us. Cl. ......................................... .. 345/168; 200/5 membrane Circuit board Light from the light-emitting ele (58) Field of Classi?cation Search .................. .. 200/5, men‘ enters the resilient element and key Cap Via the light

200/3104317, 517, 3414345, 3022; 362/558, guide member 362/560, 85; 345/l56il76; 341/22; 400/472

See application ?le for complete search history. 13 Claims, 4 Drawing Sheets

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US007243615B1

(12) United States Patent (10) Patent N0.2 US 7,243,615 B1 Hendrie (45) Date of Patent: Jul. 17, 2007

(54) DUAL-CONTROL DOG COLLAR 5,701,849 A * 12/1997 Suchowski et a1. ....... .. 119/865 5,791,295 A * 8/1998 Schmid et a1. ............ .. 119/793

(76) Inventor; John V_ Hendrie, 910 N_ Fifth St, 6,016,772 A * 1/2000 Noyes ......... .. .. 119/863 Perkasie PA (Us) 18944 6,401,666 Bl* 6/2002 Kircher .. ll9/792

’ 6,564,754 Bl* 5/2003 Cohen ...................... .. ll9/856

( * ) Notice: Subject to any disclaimer, the term of this * Cited by examiner patent is extended or adjusted under 35 U_S_C_ 154(1)) by 0 days_ Primary ExamineriYvonne R. Abbott

(21) Appl. No.: 11/381,204 (57) ABSTRACT

(22) Filed; May 2 2006 An adjustable dog collar having tWo attachment points ’ permits the collar diameter to be regulated from a distance.

(51) Int, C], The collar is constructed of a single piece of belting Which A01K 27/00 (200601) is looped over an upper center bar of a three-bar cinch. The

(52) us. Cl. ..................................... .. 119/792- 119/863 belting ‘hen PasseS under one Of the Cinch Side bars, (58) Field of Classi?cation Search ’119/792 encircles the dog’s neck, and terminates at the other side bar.

119/863’ 864’ 856; 54/193; D30/152’ 153; The attachment points are located at a control ring locatedon the end of the belting loop and at another ?xed location

24/163 R . . . along the collar. Force is applied to these attachment points by connected leashes Which either loosen, tighten, or hold

(56) References Cited constant the dimension of the collar depending upon the relative amount of force applied to each leash.

See application ?le for complete search history.


5,503,113 A * 4/1996 Knight ..................... .. 119/856 7 Claims, 2 Drawing Sheets

US008046273B2

(12) Ulllted States Patent (10) Patent N0.: US 8,046,273 B2 Welter et al. (45) Date of Patent: Oct. 25, 2011

(54) SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PURCHASE 5,325,304 A 6/1994 Aoki ORDER CREATION, PROCUREMENT, AND 2 gicghnnor t 1

a a an 311$ e a .

CONTROLLING 5,615,109 A 3/1997 Eder 5,621,201 A 4/1997 L t l.

(75) Inventors: Markus Welter, OttWeiler (DE); Holger 5,710,573 A 1/199g 1322511355; e1 a1, Wittmer, Volklingen (DE); Andreas 5,758,327 A 5/ 1998 Gardner et a1. Freitag, Saarbriicken (DE); Ziad H1743 H 8/1998 Graves et a1~ Ab0_Hasna’ Ingbert A Yamada

(Continued) (73) Assignee: SAP AG (DE)

FOREIGN PATENT DOCUMENTS ( * ) Notice: Subject to any disclaimer, the term of this JP 200430343 A 1/2004

patent is extended or adjusted under 35 (Continued) U.S.C. 154(b) by 913 days.

(21) Appl. N0.: 11/075,392 OTHER PUBLICATIONS _ “The choices for taking inventoryiand control: a menu of pos

(22) Flled: Mar- 81 2005 sibilites is available to stores that Want to installior upgradei _ _ _ computer inventory control systems” Stander, Bella. Publishers

(65) Pm" Pubhcatlo“ Data Weekly, vol. 242, No. 12, p. 33(3), Mar. 20, 1995. Retrieved via US 2005/0203813 A1 Sep. 15, 2005 Dialog on Dec. 17, 2010.*

Related US. Application Data (Continued)

(60) Provisional application No. 60/551,221, ?led on Mar. Primary Examiner i Michael A, MisiasZek 8, 2004, provlslonal 211312110219011 No- 60663384, ?led (74) Attorney, A gent, or Firm 4 Foley & Lardner LLP on Apr. 16, 2004.

(51) I t Cl (57) ABSTRACT 11 . .

G06Q 30/00 (2006 01) A computer-implemented system for managing purchasing '_ _ _ orders for a plurality of items to be purchased is shoWn. The

(52) US. Cl. ............... .. 705/26.8, 705/26.78015,/;(8)5/72065./8229, System includes a Computer implemented purchase Order 58 F M f Cl _? _ s h ’705/26 management interface, the purchase ordermanagement inter

( ) 1e 0 assl canon earc """"""""" " 705/27’ face con?gured to display data associated With a plurality of S 1, _ ?l f 1 h h, purchase orders, a purchase order generation application con ee app lcanon e or Comp ete Seam lstory' ?gured to alloW a user to generate a neW purchase order or

. mo 1 an ex1st1n urc ase or er, a urc ase or er rocure (56) References Cited d‘ i ' gp h d p h d p

U.S. PATENT DOCUMENTS 4,750,119 A 6/1988 Cohen et a1. 4,752,877 A 6/1988 Roberts et a1. 5,297,250 A 3/1994 Leroy et al. 5,313,392 A 5/1994 Temma et al. 5,315,508 A 5/1994 Bain et a1.

ASSIGNED ARTICLES

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ment application con?gured to alloW a user to obtain ?nanc ing for purchase order that has failed a budget check, and an event-driven purchase order controlling application con?g ured to alloW a user to revieW existing purchase orders for event-driven information related to the purchase order.


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Patent Literacy TestTrue or False?

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Patent Literacy Test

1. A filed provisional patent application can be seen or searched by your competition.

2. Patent trolls have usually stolen or illegally acquired the rights to patents.

3. In general, business people around the world have become more convinced about the value of patents and are filing orders of magnitude more patents.

4. If you find an innovation in another country and file a patent application for it in your country, you can own it.

5. A laboratory or invention notebook, signed and dated is a first and important protection for your invention.

6. Ideas are not patentable.

7. A new benefit for an industry is usually patentable if the specific benefit is properly documented and explained in the patent.

8. A provisional patent application filed in the USA reserves your right for most of Planet Earth for the term of the application.

True or False?

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A filed provisional patent application can be seen or searched by your competition.

True or False?

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True or False?

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50%


True or False?

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50%This is a PRIMARY advantage to filing a Provisional Application

DECREASES Risk

Competitors cannot search what you have filed


True or False?

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If you find an innovation in another country, and file a patent application for it in your country, you can own it.

True or False?

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31%

True or False?


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31%You can COPY if not protected in USA

BUT

It’s been done somewhere by someone else, so you cannot now PROTECT it

True or False?


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Ideas are not patentable.

True or False?

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18%

True or False?


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18%MUST be something REAL

REMEMBER - Patents Protect FEATURES

True or False?


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18%MUST be something REAL

REMEMBER - Patents Protect FEATURES

True or False?


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A provisional patent application lasts only 12 months and cannot be extended.

True or False?

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50%

True or False?


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50%A FULL (non-provisional) Application should be filed within 12 months of your first Provisional Application

BUT… file multiple provisionals between your first-filed provisional and your FULL application

True or False?


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A provisional patent application filed in the USA reserves your right for most of Planet Earth for the term of the application.

True or False?

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0%

True or False?


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0%A Provisional Application in the USA

RESERVES

your rights in almost every country of the world

True or False?


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Business are losing competitive advantage by

moving slowly

PROBLEM - The World Has Changed

And the legal rules have changed, and it is a race

to the Patent Office

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Business are losing competitive advantage by

moving slowly

PROBLEM - The World Has Changed

And the legal rules have changed, and it is a race

to the Patent Office

It has taken 2 years, but we are finally

hearing from companies who are feeling the hurt of

being in second place at the Patent Office

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Unfortunately, patent law feels nebulous and there is fear in not understanding

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A patent for Installationand Production of Glass Stoppers for

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P&G ramped up its licensing efforts—often partnering with smaller companies—after discovering that the side business had been generating significant revenue. P&G says it didn't even calculate how much its external partners were bringing in from P&G products until 2009. When it did, the answer was a surprise—

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At P&G, Licensing is essentially a brand in itself

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•Write a provisional application in about an hour

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Cycle 2 Broad Search

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Is Based On

1. Plan What Death Threat?

2. Do Learn

3. Study What learned?

4. Act Apply Revise Stop STUDY

P•D•S•A

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1. Plan What Death Threat?

2. Do Learn

3. Study What learned?

4. Act Apply Revise Stop STUDY

P•D•S•A

DEFINE How it Works

SEARCHPatents

DEFENDWhy Not Obvious

DECIDE Continue or Stop

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Cycle ONE

DEFINE How it Works SEARCH Patents DEFEND Why Not Obvious

DECIDE to Continue or Stop

1 2 3 4PLAN DO STUDY ACT

CYCLE 1FocusedSearch

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Cycle ONE





Identify CPC Class

Describe in naturallanguage what’s unique

Describe Invention Partsand Connections

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Cycle ONE





Identify CPC Class



Search Key wordsIn the CPC Class

Identify Closest

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Identify CPC Class



DEFEND yourDifference &

Why Not Obvious

vs. Closest


Identify Closest

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Cycle ONE





Identify CPC Class



DEFEND yourDifference &

Why Not Obvious

vs. Closest


Identify Closest

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Each Cycle requires the writer to have a full STOP & prove why the

invention continues to be different in view of what other patents are found.

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•Have an editable Report to hand to your patent counsel that is ready-to-file.

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•Have an editable Report to hand to your patent counsel that is ready-to-file.

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2. Customize for OrganizationMonitor Flea Market & Take Action on what you find

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So, isIdeas to Patents

Protected?

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Patents Pending

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Patents PendingAUTOMATED SEARCH FOR PATENT DOCUMENTS

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METHOD FOR FINDING AND IDENTIFYING RELEVANT PATENT DOCUMENTS

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METHOD FOR AUTOMATIC DELIVERY OF PATENT ALERTS BASED UPON USER-SET CRITERIA

METHOD OF IDENTIFYING AND PURCHASING PATENTS AFTER NON-PAYMENT OF MAINTENANCE FEES

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