This is a transcript from a section of the course “Patents 340 – Invention Rating Checklist,” which is available here at IP.Education. Download the Checklist Get the Book Actor Analysis Actor analysis is a concept that sometimes gets lost in the thought process. The concept of the actor analysis is simple: who are you going…Read More

This is a transcript from a section of the course “Patents 340 – Invention Rating Checklist,” which is available here at IP.Education. Download the Checklist Get the Book Standards Essential Patents Standards essential patents are – in some respects – the holy grail of patents. Standards essential patents are those inventions that are so good…Read More

This is a transcript from a section of the course “Patents 340 – Invention Rating Checklist,” which is available here at IP.Education. Download the Checklist Get the Book The First Patent Is Usually Not The Best Patent The story of the HP handheld scanner is a good example of one of my theories about inventing,…Read More

This is a transcript from a section of the course “Patents 340 – Invention Rating Checklist,” which is available here at IP.Education. Download the Checklist Get the Book Outbound Licensing Potential Outbound licensing potential of an invention is the analysis of whether your invention could apply to other markets – markets that you might not…Read More

This is a transcript from a section of the course “Patents 340 – Invention Rating Checklist,” which is available here at IP.Education. Download the Checklist Get the Book Competitor Product Fit Large companies often look at patents as defensive tools. They want to keep other people from copying them directly. To some extent, this viewpoint…Read More

This is a transcript from a section of the course “Patents 340 – Invention Rating Checklist,” which is available here at IP.Education. Download the Checklist Get the Book Importance to Product The importance of the invention to the overall product is one of those factors that can be hard to evaluate. The inventor might think…Read More

This is a transcript from a section of the course “Patents 340 – Invention Rating Checklist,” which is available here at IP.Education. Download the Checklist Get the Book Alignment to Internal Business Plan Lets get into the checklist element – alignment to business plan. The most important level – level 5 – is when the…Read More

This is a transcript from a section of the course “Patents 340 – Invention Rating Checklist,” which is available here at IP.Education. Download the Checklist Get the Book Internal Business Alignment A patent only has value when it is used. You can also think about it this way: it only has value when it is…Read More

This is a transcript from a section of the course “Patents 340 – Invention Rating Checklist,” which is available here at IP.Education. Download the Checklist Get the Book The Detectability Scale from the Checklist Level 1 on the detectability scale is undetectable without specific knowledge about implementation. Some examples may be manufacturing processes. Specialized manufacturing…Read More

This is a transcript from a section of the course “Patents 340 – Invention Rating Checklist,” which is available here at IP.Education. Download the Checklist Get the Book The Quid Pro Quo – Tropicana Patent There is a very important exchange that you make with the government when you file for a patent. You agree…Read More