All About Inventing: Everything You Need To Know About Patents From a Former USPTO Patent Examiner & Patent Attorney!

By Andrea Hence Evans

While inventors can have great ideas and know everything about their inventions, they often don’t know how to go about protecting those inventions. They try to get patents to protect their intellectual property but make avoidable mistakes and spend unnecessary money—and sometimes invest their life savings in inventions that are not p

• Language: English
• Publisher: Purposely Created Publishing Group
• Release date: Jul 18, 2018
• ISBN: 9781949134285

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ALL ABOUT INVENTING

Published by Purposely Created Publishing Group™

Copyright © 2018 Andrea Hence Evans, Esq.

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Dedication

This book is dedicated to all inventors, especially my clients who trust their inventions with my Firm and allow me to both live my dream and be an extension of their team;

to my grandfather, George McAfee, Sr., who always encourages me to strive for excellence and to work hard;

to my client Dr. Drai, who motivated me to write this book to share my genius with the world;

to my mentors who are trailblazers in the intellectual property community, retired TTAB Judge Paula Hairston and retired PTAB Judge Ken Hairston, for believing in me and mentoring me;

and to my family, especially my husband, Chris, and children, Nya and Austin, who are my daily inspiration and motivation.

Table of Contents

Introduction

C H A P T E R   1

You’ve Invented Something; Now What?

C H A P T E R   2

Consultations

C H A P T E R   3

Types of Patent

C H A P T E R   4

Is Your Invention Patentable?

C H A P T E R   5

Prior Art

C H A P T E R   6

It’s Time to File a Patent Application

C H A P T E R   7

Oh No, You Received an Office Action!

C H A P T E R   8

Expectations and Advantages of Getting a Patent

C H A P T E R   9

Patent Prosecution 101—The Prosecution of US Patent 8,077,555

B O N U S

Patent Application Outline

About the Author

Introduction

I love helping inventors, small businesses, and entrepreneurs protect, defend, and enforce their intellectual property (IP)—patents, trademarks, and copyrights. I am an entrepreneur. I