Patenting for Inventors

Learn what divisional patent applications are and when you should file one.  Divisional patent applications are useful when the patent examiner has previously required you to split up your originally ...

3 Tammi 20195min

If you are considering filing patent applications related to an application that you already filed, then you might be interested in a continuing patent application. There are different types and you s...

27 Joulu 20187min

Learn how to respond to an election of species requirement from the patent office.  An examiner will not examine your invention if you are claiming too many variations of the same thing.  In this epis...

20 Joulu 201810min

Learn what a patent application restriction requirement is.  A patent application is only allowed to have one invention, so what are you to do if the examiner says that your patent application actuall...

16 Joulu 201810min

Learn how to amend the patent application specification and the requirements of what to do if you have to do a substitute specification and how to mark up your application with strikethroughs, underli...

9 Joulu 201810min

In this episode I go through how to amend patent drawings.

2 Joulu 20188min

In this episode I go through the mechanics of how to mark up any claims that you have amended.  Know how to properly use underlining, strikethroughs, and double brackets to tell the examiner what exac...

25 Marras 20185min

When you amend claims, you can't just send a new set of claims to the patent examiner and ask for a reconsideration, you have to identify and mark up your claims in a specific way. In this episode I d...

18 Marras 20188min