Filing Patents Online: A Professional Guide

by Sarfaraz K. Niazi

Overview

Securing a patent through the traditional paper process is slow and expensive. Market demands and the worldwide migration to online patent application systems require attorneys and inventors alike to become familiar with Wweb-based filing. Pursuing patents via the Internet is quicker and more affordable, and makes good business sense. Unfortunately, existing online patent software is cumbersome and difficult to master, forcing many inventors and attorneys to rely on outdated, expensive methods.

Filing Patents Online: A Professional Guide provides patent attorneys, inventors, and businesses with a step-by-step guide for filing and pursuing patents electronically. This comprehensive analysis of online patent systems from around the world recommends the proper choices for filers, saving time and money and increasing the odds of success.

Filing Patents Online: A Professional Guide:

• Explains how to reduce filing costs by more than 50%
• Identifies shortcuts around many of the U.S. Patent Office's logistical hurdles
• Shows how to secure critical time stamps on ideas
• Recommends an online process that allows full monitoring of patent review status
• Written in easy-to-read style that can be understood by both inventors and attorneys

By following the hands-on examples of real filings contained in this book and its accompanying media kit, you can harness the power of the Internet to research, plan, and write winning claims. Filing Patents Online can result in thousands of dollars in savings and a secured patent that will keep a company ahead of the competition.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780203485125
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	04/28/2003
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	464
File size:	12 MB
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About the Author

Niazi, Sarfaraz K.

Table of Contents

Preface
The Patent Filing Systems
Patent Application Essentials
Online Patentability Search
Online Filing Basics
USPTO-EFS Overview
USPTO-EFS Scenarios
USPTO-PASAT
USPTO-TSA
USPTO-PatentIn
USPTO-ePAVE
USPTO-Direct
WIPO-PCT EASY
WIPO-PCT SAFE
EPO-ePOLINE
Glossary
Index