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Patent Law Essentials
* Basic patent laws and rights (1:29) FREE
 Important patent laws:
* Patent types (2:20) FREE
  Barriers, first to invent, one year rule: using them to your advantage (4:54)
 Utility patent requirements (1:08)
 What cannot be patented (1:45)  Misconceptions, Doctraine of Equivalence (6:12)
   What is a public disclosure? (coming soon)
* Establish your rights to patentable subject matter (2:22) FREE
  Design patent applications (2:34)
 Structure and methods patents (2:20)  Protecting worldwide filing rights (1:44)
 Business methods and processes (2:26)  Who may file and patent ownership (3:56) 
 Machines and machinery (1:22)  Novelty defined (coming soon)
 Software (1:43)  
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 Improvement patents (2:48)  
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* Write an invention disclosure (4:10) FREE
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 Title of the invention (1:20) See also: Trademarks and other IP
 Background Summary of the invention (1:24)  
 Detailed description & drawings (1:53)  
 Date of original conception, uniqueness and verification (2:39) Keep in touch for new law updates.
 Reduce to practice, maintaining logs (1:44)  
 
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Patents in Commerce Milestone Patent Essentials (20:14) Milestone Planning Ahead (21:26)
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Provisional Patent Applications
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Milestoneinspirational insight Who writes the provisional application and who files? (3:04) Hire an attorney or file it yourself (4:23)
When to write a provisional application? (1:27) How to hire a patent attorney free without a retainer (3:41)
When do you file a provisional application? (3:23) Filing the regular patent application (2:06)
Protecting worldwide filing rights (1:44) What NOT to patent (2:32)
Filing multiple inventions in one application (1:48)  
Patent writing strategy (2:31)  
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