novelty – Intellectual Property Strategy

July 7, 2020

When Am I Ready to File a Patent?

The innovation process is complex, iterative, and often undefined. This makes it hard to know when you’re ready to file for initial patent protection. Here are a few tips to think about what stage you should file.

March 20, 2020March 20, 2020

Patent Quality: Considerations to Draft a Quality Patent Application

[This post was originally published April 30, 2018, on LinkedIn by Jeff Holman.]

What makes a quality patent application? Utility patent applications must meet several criteria to qualify for patent protection:

Formalities (style, format, etc.)
Eligibility
Enablement
Definiteness
Novelty
Non-Obviousness