Being the first person to conceive an invention does not automatically solve an inventorship dispute when somebody else files first. Under the America Invents Act...
Patent disputes often turn on a deceptively simple question: where, exactly, is each requirement of the patent claim found? Patent Claim Charts answer that question...
A product can be patentable and still infringe someone else’s patent. That single fact explains much of the confusion around freedom to operate vs patentability...
The person who invents something and the person or company that owns the resulting patent are not necessarily the same. That distinction is the core...
Patent claims explained in plain English: claims are the numbered sentences at the end of a patent application that define what the inventor is asking...
