Patenting for Inventors
Learn the steps of how to patent your invention, from initial concept to issued patent. Host and registered patent attorney, Adam L. Diament, J.D., Ph.D., guides you through the complicated process of patenting your invention. This podcast starts from the beginning of what to do when you first have an idea, all the way through the steps that lead to an issued patent. Other intellectual property areas will also be covered, such as trademarks, copyrights, trade secrets, and licensing. Adam Diament is a partner at the law firm of Nolan Heimann LLP.
- Update frequency
- every 14 days
- Average duration
- 9 minutes
- Episodes
- 168
- Years Active
- 2017 - 2025
Why I Like Phone Calls From The 571 Area Code Ep.141
In this episode of the "Patenting for Inventors Podcast" I discuss why I get excited when I see a phone call coming from the 571 area code. Usually it means a patent examiner is calling me to make an…
What is Analogous Art for Patents? Ep.140
Your patent application can be rejected because your so-called invention is "obvious." But how is obviousness determined? What's the difference between "prior art" that can be cited to reject your in…
How Do I Know if My Design is Patently Obvious? Ep.139
The law may be changing soon on how to determine whether your new design is patentable. Learn what the controversy is behind the patentability standard for design patent obviousness. Does the case of…
How to Search the New Trademark Search Website. EP138
The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) recently got rid of their old trademark searching website called TESS. In this episode learn how to use the new and improved government trademark…
New Beginnings. EP136
I will be joining the law firm of Nolan Heimann LLP as a partner on January 1, 2023. Listen to this episode to learn about all the expanded services I can now offer to entrepreneurs and businesses b…
What is Patent Insurance and Do I Need It?
In this episode I go over the types of patent insurance, both defensive and offensive. What does patent insurance cover? Are there premiums, deductibles, or co-pays? Is it worth getting? Learn all of…
What is the Patent Office Deferred Subject Matter Eligibility Response Pilot Program? EP 133
The Patent Office will let you defer responding to a rejection based on "Subject Matter Eligiblity" to a later time. Learn what Subject Matter Eligibility is, why you might want to defer it, and what…
What's Better? Trade Dress or Design Patent Protection? EP132
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Can I Patent a Card Game? EP131
In this episode I go over what kind of card games can be patented and how to avoid a typical patent eligibility rejection.
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Can I Patent a Board Game? EP130
Can I patent a board game? Learn what can and can't be patented about board game in this episode of the Patenting for Inventors Podcast.
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How to Review the History of a Patent Application - Using Public PAIR. EP129
In this episode of the Patenting for Inventors Podcast, I teach you how to research the history of a patent by using Public PAIR. You can see every document from the inventor and Patent Office, and u…
What is the Medical Procedure Exemption for Patent Liability? EP128
In this Patenting for Inventors Podcast episode I go over a special legal exemption that doctors have to protect them against getting sued for patent infringement if they perform a patented medical p…
Interview of Alfonso Martinez from "AM Patent Drawings & Graphics." Bonus Ep. 7
Formal patent drawings should not be attempted on your own. Even most patent attorneys don't make their own patent drawings, and instead use patent drawing specialists. But how are formal patent dra…
The Top Five Reasons You SHOULDN'T File Foreign Patent Applications. EP127
Most entrepreneurs want worldwide patent protection. This would require more than one hundred foreign patent applications. In this episode I go through the top five reasons you probably SHOULDN'T f…
What is the Fast-Track Appeals Pilot Program at the Patent Office? EP126
There are many ways to speed up your patent application examination. One way is to use the Fast-Track Appeals Pilot Program to shorten the appeal process by perhaps a year. Learn what you need in thi…
Trademarking the Geographical Center of North America. EP125
In this episode I go over the story, and lessons learned, from two parties fighting over the trademark "Geographical Center of North America."
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Dead Inventors, Incapacitated Inventors, and Minors - Who Can File a Patent Application? EP124
Sometimes strange situations might happen when you or your company tries to file a patent application and the inventor has died, is incapacitated, or the inventor is a minor. Can dead people and mino…
What Shark Tank Gets Right and Wrong About Patents. EP123
In this episode I go over what the entrepreneurs and sharks get right and wrong about patents from the TV show Shark Tank. Oftentimes the sharks and entrepreneurs gloss over what protection they hav…