Nolo’s Patents For Beginners (pdf)

Description

A brilliantly clear and up-to-date patent guide. Patent law is changing, and this bestselling primer on patent law has up-to-date information on the America Invents Act, the most important change to American patent law in two centuries. Packed with detailed information, Nolo’s Patents for Beginners explains how to:
• “read and write” patents
• understand how and why to make a patent search
• determine patent ownership
• acquire patent rights
• understand the basics of patent infringement
• get international patent protection, and
• decide whether to file a provisional patent.