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| Ten Commandments of Patents |
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If an invention controls your market for delivery of its improved result, patent it.
- Do not publicly disclose an invention before filing a U.S. patent application.
- Do not privately disclose an invention for any reason without a signed Confidentiality Agreement.
- Do not offer an invention for sale before filing a U.S. patent application.
- Do not let the public use an invention or enjoy its results before filing a U.S. patent application.
- If you cannot afford a “full-fledged” patent application before you publicly disclose, publicly use, or offer for sale, file a provisional patent application to keep your options open for one year.
- Do it right, because all patents are not created equal, and yours can be “more equal.”
- Demand short patent claims with minimum limitations, since “less is more.”
- Read patent claims, because a patent only protects each combination as recited in one claim.
- Do not infringe another’s patent, but do not be bullied by “posers,” and know the difference.
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