| Invention Analysis and Claiming: A Patent Lawyer's Guide |  | Author: Ronald D. Slusky
Publisher: American Bar Association
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ISBN: 1590318188
Dewey Decimal Number: 346.730486
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Publication Date: May 2007
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This book is a comprehensive approach to analyzing inventions and capturing them in a sophisticated set of patent claims. It provides the reader with practical pointers and guidance and uses everyday inventions as references, such as the ball point pen and paperclip.
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Wonderfully Helpful February 29, 2008
Jason P. Demont (Phoenix, AZ USA)
11 out of 11 found this review helpful
I strongly recommend this book to anyone who wants to learn to draft valuable, enforceable patent claims. The book is very well written and very clear, and the examples are thoughtfully chosen. I learned much of what I know about elevating patent prosecution to an art form from the author, and this book contains his expert insights. I have personally benefited from this book and intend to buy it for each of my associates.
Patent Powerhouse! February 29, 2008
Samuel Gompers
11 out of 11 found this review helpful
I'm a newly minted patent associate. I've seen other massive tomes around on drafting basics. I'm aware that the bosses rarely have time to initiate a tutorial for the associates. So, what's the solution? I just happened to read an ABA pitch for Slusky's book and picked it up. What a book it is!
It's not easy to take complex subject matter and distill it down into its key components while being educational and keeping the pace light, but dare I say as a novice patent attorney, that Slusky seems to have accomplished just that. I don't know the man, but I couldn't help but think as I read this book that he was standing over my shoulder at my desk, shepherding me along.
It's so clear to me: read with a goal--begin with the problem/solution and keep it in your head throughout your drafting. Slusky's mantra has made it seem so much easier. And isn't that the mark of a good teacher after all, substituting mastery for mystery?
Some people don't learn by reading, but by doing. Fair enough, but this book, unlike its more massive brethren in the field, packs more useable knowledge per page and in an enjoyable style to read, than the others ever could.
Thanks. I feel ready to tackle the most challenging of patent apps!
Absolutely Essential February 27, 2008
Mike B. Regitz (Fulbright & Jaworski L.L.P., Dallas, TX USA)
10 out of 10 found this review helpful
The first thing that needs to happen whenever any patent attorney/agent starts in the IP section of our law firm is to require them to sit in their office and read this book cover-to-cover. Any billable hours lost in this endeavor will be replaced with an exponential increase in the quality of patent applications that the person will be able to prepare going forward. Every chapter brings a new revelation about how an invention should be claimed and, perhaps more importantly, should not be claimed. Slusky's book makes clear what the objective of a patent attorney/agent should be with respect to patent protection, which is not so obvious when attorneys/agents receive their training on the job. I only wish that I had read this book prior to preparing a single patent application.
Just what every patent attorney needs February 27, 2008
Kirk Teska
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
I read this book and immediatly manadated that all of my attorneys read it as well. I also recommended it as essential reading for my law school students. Ron may call himself "old school" but in my opinion his way of thinking about patent claims is the only correct way. I've employed and taught Ron's claim drafting strategies for many years and although I might hate to admit it, I learned a lot from this book.
I wish I had this book when I was first starting out 17 years ago. Instead, I read the claim construction decisions and learned on the job. Claim drafting really is an art form and Ron's book gives you the framework necessary to begin crafting patent claims with a purpose.
I was thinking about writing a text book about how to draft patent applications, but now I'm not so sure I could add much to what Ron has written.
Kirk Teska, author of Patent Savvy for Managers: Spot & Protect Valuable Innovations in Your Company
Excellent Claims Drafting Guide March 9, 2009
James L. Saikin
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
As a guide for claims drafting it is superb, while I think Landis on the Mechanics of Claim Drafting is an excellent text on the subject for Lawyers, Ronald Slusky's book is outstandingly well written for the beginner and even the novice. He describes in great detail the steps he takes in addressing the problem/solution analysis and then demonstrates various methods that he has found helpful in drafting the broadest independent claim. I like his treatment of fall back positions for overcoming a potential failure of the broadest claim. Sometimes even the skilled forget that their first broad claim while best for their client may not pass muster under the examiner's review. So the retreat and rewrite a less broad claim is quite appropriate. Then Ronald suggests how your analysis might be utilized to defend the claims in an office action and a potential response. Mr. Slusky does not try to write every potential claim form for you but gives helpful definitive suggestions for drafting winning claims. Excellent text. It should be on every Patent Attorney's desk or on the bookshelf of every Patent Agent.
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