What Every Engineer Should Know About Patents

Focusing on all aspects of intellectual property law with particular emphasis on patent law, this useful, authoritative volume provides a broad-based understanding of complex subjects -- written in clear language and without undue use of specialized legal terminology -- enabling readers to avoid such pitfalls as loss of rights, and to establish valid rights in inventions, trademarks, and writings. Reflecting significant changes that have occurred since the First Edition was published nearly 10 years ago, the Second Edition introduces improved searching facilities ... contains a new chapter on post-issuance practice, including maintenance fees and reexamination procedures ... explores the patenting of biotechnology inventions, an area of growing interest ... updates information on foreign patent protection ... and examines how to obtain software protection, including semiconductor chip protection. Book jacket.Stallard is the author of 'What Every Engineer Should Know About Patents', published 1988 under ISBN 9780824780104 and ISBN 0824780108.