Patenting for Inventors

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 "Examiner's Amendment." Why is that good and what are examiner amendments about? Listen to the latest episode and learn! Links: E-mail: adiament@nolanheimann.com Website: https://www.nolanheimann.com/legal-team/adam-diament Phone/Text: (424)281-0162 YouTube Channel LinkedIn

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 invention for lack of novelty, and "analogous art" which is the requirement to reject your invention based on obviousness? Listen to this episode and find out! --- Links: E-mail: adiament@nolanheimann.com Website: https://www.nolanheimann.com/legal-team/adam-diament Phone/Text: (424)281-0162 YouTube Channel LinkedIn

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 KSR v. Teleflex apply to design patents like it does for utility patents. Or will the Rosen/Durling Test still reign supreme! --- E-mail: adiament@nolanheimann.com Website: https://www.nolanheimann.com/legal-team/adam-diament Phone/Text: (424)281-0162 YouTube Channel LinkedIn

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 search website to see if the name of your product, business, or service has already been taken! -------- E-mail: adiament@nolanheimann.com Website: https://www.nolanheimann.com/legal-team/adam-diament Phone/Text: (424)281-0162 YouTube Channel LinkedIn

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 by joining Nolan Heimann's expert team of attorneys.

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 this and more in this episode! Connect with Diament Patent Law E-mail: adam@diamentpatentlaw.com Website: DiamentPatentLaw.com Phone/Text: (424)281-0162 YouTube Channel: Diament Patent Law YouTube LinkedIn: Diament Patent Law LinkedIn Profile Facebook: Diament Patent Law Facebook Twitter: Diament Patent Law Twitter

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 the pilot program is all about.

In this episode I go over the factors to consider when trying to protect the look of your product, and whether trade dress or design patent protection might be better for you (or both!). Connect with Diament Patent Law E-mail: adam@diamentpatentlaw.com Website: DiamentPatentLaw.com Phone/Text: (424)281-0162 YouTube Channel: Diament Patent Law YouTube LinkedIn: Diament Patent Law LinkedIn Profile Facebook: Diament Patent Law Facebook Twitter: Diament Patent Law Twitter

In this episode I go over what kind of card games can be patented and how to avoid a typical patent eligibility rejection. E-mail: adam@diamentpatentlaw.com Website: DiamentPatentLaw.com Phone/Text: (424)281-0162 YouTube Channel: Diament Patent Law YouTube LinkedIn: Diament Patent Law LinkedIn Profile Facebook: Diament Patent Law Facebook Twitter: Diament Patent Law Twitter

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. Connect with Diament Patent Law E-mail: adam@diamentpatentlaw.com Website: DiamentPatentLaw.com Phone/Text: (424)281-0162 YouTube Channel: Diament Patent Law YouTube LinkedIn: Diament Patent Law LinkedIn Profile Facebook: Diament Patent Law Facebook Twitter: Diament Patent Law Twitter

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 use that information to help you understand why a patent was either allowed or rejected. Connect with Diament Patent Law E-mail: adam@diamentpatentlaw.com Website: DiamentPatentLaw.com Phone/Text: (424)281-0162 YouTube Channel: Diament Patent Law YouTube LinkedIn: Diament Patent Law LinkedIn Profile Facebook: Diament Patent Law Facebook Twitter: Diament Patent Law Twitter

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 procedure. --- Connect with Diament Patent Law E-mail: adam@diamentpatentlaw.com Website: DiamentPatentLaw.com Phone/Text: (424)281-0162 YouTube Channel: Diament Patent Law YouTube LinkedIn: Diament Patent Law LinkedIn Profile Facebook: Diament Patent Law Facebook Twitter: Diament Patent Law Twitter

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 drawings actually made? In this bonus episode, I interview Alfonso Martinez from "AM Patent Drawings & Graphics" and talk about the entire process of taking your sketches and photographs and turning them in beautiful patent drawings. Connect with Diament Patent Law E-mail: adam@diamentpatentlaw.com Website: DiamentPatentLaw.com Phone/Text: (424)281-0162 YouTube Channel: Diament Patent Law YouTube LinkedIn: Diament Patent Law LinkedIn Profile Facebook: Diament Patent Law Facebook Twitter: Diament Patent Law Twitter

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 file foreign patent applications (and a few reasons you might). Connect with Diament Patent Law E-mail: adam@diamentpatentlaw.com Website: DiamentPatentLaw.com Phone/Text: (424)281-0162 YouTube Channel: Diament Patent Law YouTube LinkedIn: Diament Patent Law LinkedIn Profile Facebook: Diament Patent Law Facebook Twitter: Diament Patent Law Twitter

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 this episode to get your appeal fast-tracked! Connect with Diament Patent Law E-mail: adam@diamentpatentlaw.com Website: DiamentPatentLaw.com Phone/Text: (424)281-0162 YouTube Channel: Diament Patent Law YouTube LinkedIn: Diament Patent Law LinkedIn Profile Facebook: Diament Patent Law Facebook Twitter: Diament Patent Law Twitter

In this episode I go over the story, and lessons learned, from two parties fighting over the trademark "Geographical Center of North America." Connect with Diament Patent Law E-mail: adam@diamentpatentlaw.com Website: DiamentPatentLaw.com Phone/Text: (424)281-0162 YouTube Channel: Diament Patent Law YouTube LinkedIn: Diament Patent Law LinkedIn Profile Facebook: Diament Patent Law Facebook Twitter: Diament Patent Law Twitter

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 minors even file patent applications? Listen and find out! www.diamentpatentlaw.com