Leyendecker & Lemire, LLC
9137 E. Mineral Circle, Suite 280
Centennial, Colorado 80112
303-768-0123
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PATENT REFERENCE MATERIALS |
Useful Patent Related Downloads
- Our NDA. Use at your own risk without an attorney's advice, if you must. Better yet, contact us first and make sure it is suitable for your situation.
- Our Invention Disclosure Form in word format for those of you that do not want to use our handy online form.
- A PDF file of much of the information found in the Patent Law section of this Website. Be forewarned, this file is large and will take you several hours to read; however, if you can make through this tome, you will be rewarded with great insight into the world of patent law!
General Patent Related Links:
- Patent Related Blogs.
- Control Protect & Leverage. Our very own blog! The main topics that are covered include new & emerging patent, trademark, and copyright issues. It is updated fairly regularly and contains honest reflections of our thoughts - providing pertinent (and humorous) information. Unlike most Intellectual Property Blogs that target legal professionals, this one is aimed at the entrepreneur and the inventor.
- Patently-O. A widely read patent law blog designed primarily for patent professionals;
- Inventblog. Another great blog with information useful to both legal professionals and inventors.
- The The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO). A treasure trove of patent information here, including:
- General Information Concerning Patents;
- a Patent Database that permits keyword searches for patent that have issued since 1976, and classification searches for all patent since 1790;
- a searchable database of the manual of patent classification (MPEP);
- the Manual of Patent Examining Procedure, the patent attorney's bible;
- the Roster of Registered Patent Attorneys and Agents (if the person preparing your patent application isn't on this list, run, or perhaps sue them for malpractice);
- the current Fee Schedule.
- The European Patent Office. Similar to the USPTO, this page offers numerous links to information about patent information centers and seminars as well as a search engine. The search engine includes not only European patents, but worldwide patents.
- The Japanese Patent Office. The Industrial Property Digital Library (IPDL) offers the public access to IP Gazettes of the JPO free of charge through the Internet.
- Information on Invention Promotion Companies: http://www.inventorfraud.com/; http://www.inventnet.com/scam.html; http://www.inventored.org/caution/. Every inventor should be very wary when deciding to patent his invention - there are plenty of companies willing to take your money without providing an equal value of services in return. Stick with bona fide law firms employing patent attorneys that are in good standing with the United States Patent Office.
- List of Patent Case Law. This list contains an alphabetical listing of what the author(s) believes are historically significant or leading case law in the area of patent law.
- The Patent of the Week website. Strange, interesting, bizarre, inexplicable, wacky, and potentially useful patents, issued from the U.S. and around the world, updated every week (mostly).
- The Inventor's Digest. The leading print and online publication for inventors, delivering useful, entertaining and cutting-edge information to help its readers succeed.
- Turn Your Idea or Invention into Millions. Despite the corny name, this is a pretty good book on the invention process & how to get your idea licensed. Although at Leyendecker & Lemire, we recommend also manufacturing your product (or providing your service) while also attempting to license your idea, Don Kracke's book has a tell-it-like-it-is approach that every inventor should read.
Patent Databases (For do-it-yourself searching):
- www.google.com/patents. Database of over 7 million issued patents. Be aware that at thetime of website publication, the Google database does not search published applications.
- http://www.delphion.com. Basic searching of United States patent files is provided for free; however, for a fee, European and Japanese patents can be searched.
- http://gb.espacenet.com/. Search patents and patent applications for Great Britain, all of the European Patent Office and PCT applications. Further search English abstracts for Japanese patents.
- http://patents1.ic.gc.ca/intro-e.html. Search the patent database of the Canadian Patent Office.
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YOUR PATENT
LEGAL TEAM
Kurt P. Leyendecker
Albert Haegele
Jeff Santry
Law Clerk
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