6.1 Chapter 6 Patents © 2003 by West Legal Studies in Business/A Division of Thomson Learning

6.2 Overview of Patent Law  Invention  Patent  Embodiment  Qualification procedure  Patent prosecution  Examiner and examination process

6.3 International Patent Law Discuss the impact of each of the following international laws: 1.Paris Convention 2.Patent Cooperation TreatyPatent Cooperation Treaty 3.European Patent ConventionEuropean Patent Convention 4.Patent Law TreatyPatent Law Treaty 5.Trade Related Intellectual Property Let’s Discuss Let’s Discuss Let’s Discuss Let’s Discuss

6.4 Patentability: Areas of Patentable Subject Matter  Machine  Manufacture  Process  Composition of matter

6.5 Patentability: Areas of Non- Patentable Subject Matter  Naturally occurring things  Abstract ideas  Laws of nature  Mathematical formulae

6.6 Other Areas of Patentability Methods of doing business Computer software Biotechnology

6.7 Patentability: Novelty  Publicly-available knowledge  One-year grace period  First-to-invent  Searching the prior art   nts/search.htm nts/search.htm

6.8 Patentability: Non-obviousness The patent should not be granted on a novel invention if the advancement is small and represents merely minor improvements over the prior art.

6.9 Patentability: Non-obviousness  Three step analysis required by Supreme Court  Determine scope and content of prior art  (Graham v. John Deere Co., 381 U.S. 1 (1966))  Search and analysis of  Published patents  Scientific journals  Textbooks

6.10 Patentability: Non-obviousness  Three step analysis required by Supreme Court  Determine the level of skill of the person of ordinary skill in the art  Takes perspective of other possible inventors

6.11 Patentability: Non-obviousness  Three step analysis required by Supreme Court  Compare with prior art  Are improvements significant?

6.12 Patentability: Secondary Considerations  Long felt, unmet need  Commercial success  Use or copying by others

6.13 The Patenting Process  The Patent and Trademark Office The Patent and Trademark Office  Manual of Patent Examination Procedure Manual of Patent Examination Procedure  The patent application  Ethical consideration  Inventorship  Provisional patent applications  The PTO’s electronic filing system  Disclosure  Secrecy

6.14 Patent Infringement 1.Literal infringement 2.Doctrine of equivalents 3.Defenses to infringement Patent Office

6.15 Remedies  Equitable remedies  Legal remedies  International remedies

6.16 Sui Generis Protections  Design patents  Semiconductor chip protections  Plant patents Protected Not Protected

6.17 Questions & Discussion