The Best Advice You'll Hear From a Patent Attorney
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- čas přidán 30. 06. 2024
- What is a patent? Should you get a patent? When an inventor wants to patent an invention, they typically hire a patent attorney to help them prepare and file the application. After the application is filed with the Patent and Trademark Office, a patent examiner has questions for the inventor and their patent attorney about whether they really deserve the patent. It can be difficult to get a patent issued if you can't overcome the issues that the patent examiner has. This happened to Australia inventor Connie Gerace, who created and licensed a better pool broom. Her original patent attorney told her, "I can't help you. This is a useless case." She refused to give up, and found a patent attorney named Anthony Alder who could help her.
Anthony explains that while Connie's patent application drawings were fantastic, her first patent attorney did a poor job capturing all of the invention's unique features, in particular the key features of her invention. Anthony says that his role as a patent attorney is to take an inventor's solution, and spell that out into unique features.
Anthony explains that Connie's licensor, Waterco, really wanted a granted patent to seal the licensing deal. So, it was really important that Connie's patent application was approved, and quickly. This is at odds with Anthony's typical advice to inventors, which is to go slow. We agree!
So, what's important when you're working with a patent attorney? Anthony explains any patent attorney can write a summary of an invention. What's more important is creating a story. The background is where you tell the examiner why your invention is better! Everyone loves a story. And that's what separates okay patent attorneys from good ones.
Get in touch with Anthony: www.alderip.com.au
Licensing expert Stephen Key interviews Anthony about how to tell if you have an inventor-friendly patent attorney, the importance of feeling like your patent attorney is on your side, the habits and practices of bad patent attorneys, and much more.
Do your homework! There is no substitute for hard work. As it turns out, Anthony is a fan of "One Simple Idea"!
You rock Anthony. Thank you!
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Great interview Anthony. Anyone looking for a patent attorney in Australia I can personally guarantee the service Anthony and his team provide is exceptional because Alder IP represents me and my invention Aqua Fingers. Thank you Stephen for your continued support.
Thank you Connie! We are so glad we learned about Anthony through you.
I am in the US and I have an product I would like to patent. Will Anthony be able to assist?
I personally don't like lawyers, most of them are rookies but this gent, seamless calmed and focused! Great deep thinking about the background and the solution.
Absolutely!
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I was here doing my homework!!! Thanks so much guys...
Anthony seems like a really great and knowledgeable guy. I'd love to let him represent me when the time is right. Thanks again, Stephen.
Brilliant advice! Thank you very much for sharing. Greetings from Argentina!
Glad it was helpful!
Many thanks for an excellent video Stephen and Anthony. Stephen you never fail to put the very best out there. Awesome Connie, congratulations on great invention! Thank you Anthony, I look forward to reach out to you soon.
Helen thank you for the kind words!
Thank you Helen. Anthony is amazing, genuine and honest but above all very knowledgeable and professional so please reach out to him.
Our pleasure!
Thank you Stephen and Anthony
Very smart attorney!
Great topic ...he was really 100% accurate...i have watched this twice and i have learned from it already..Thanks
That's awesome. Yes, this one deserves a replay for sure.
This was AMAZING!
Good info and on point.
Glad you think so!
At 5:20, two requirements: "novelty and obviousness". I think he means "non obvious"...to someone skilled in the art.
Yes this the best advice I can get from you guys and I believe it in inventories
Good job for helping others brothers
Thanks!
Great info.
Thanks for watching!
Arguing with the USPTO Examiners is extremely difficult. Tried it myself on a couple applications and had a rough go. Even if your process is novel and unique, if the end function is similar, there are so many hurdles to get around. Best to get an Attorney.
What do you mean?
I really love the interview and the thoughts of attorney Anthony. I wonder if I can find a Canadian Anthony.
Anthony is the man! Thanks for watching.
@@inventRight definitely and unfortunately, he is on the other side of the earth
Any luck on finding a Canadian Anthony? I could use the same
Great video thanks. This is all very new to me but do have an idea and want to get it moving as I have sat on it for a while. Maybe silly question and I know Attorneys have to follow Code Of Ethics, but should you have Attorneys sign a NDA on your first meeting with them?
Check out our list of inventor-friendly patent attorneys: www.inventright.com/help/patent-attorneys
"...a useless case"...owww. Felt that all the way over the ditch in NZ
Amazing truth!
Thank you for commenting and watching!
It is always great to hear different opinions on patents. Thanks. My problem is, if one has an proven concept that requires patenting, but it requires patenting in 32 countries, as it predominantly relates to those countries commercially, it is just too expensive to even start. The concept is great and offers an international solution to all types and sizes of grounded commercial marine vessels. Here we are talking tens of millions of US$ as from the very first year. I cannot see a solution. To most VCs the project is just too big and too expensive - I am in South Africa.
Hi Andre. Don't let your fear of having your idea stolen stop you from even getting started. That doesn't make sense. At inventRight, we teach inventors how to get companies to pay for their patents. This does sound like a particularly challenging project to get started with. But once you teach yourself how to do this, you can repeat the process again and again. The world needs your ideas.
Where is your product going to be manufactured? That's really the only country where you need to patent it. If your product is to expensive to be manufactured in USA or a European country for example but you can manufacture in China, then it will be too expensive for your competition too. As long as you file where is being made your competition won't be able to build it there. Sure they, can manufacture somewhere else where you don't have a patent but they are not going to be able to price it competively.
Owen Wilson's brother was brilhant! Good on Stephen !
Thank you
You are always so kind Donna. - Andrew Krauss, inventRight Co-Founder ( Call, email, book an appointment or request more info about how we can help by visiting us here. inventright.com/contact/ )
Intro music is louder than 99.9% of YT channels, needs to be way quieter.
Lets say for instance I want to patent something in the USA and the examiner does an search, do they only search in USA or world wide. If someone already has a patent in lets say France but has no PCT or they haven't filed in USA does this mean my patent will or won't be granted in the USA.
If for some reason I'm not granted the patent then it will be possible to still manufacture and sell the product in all the other countries where the original patent inventor didn't register in without having any legal ramifications.
How can I contact this attorney?
May i know who is responsible for Vetting a Patent specification including the claims? What if the attorney who wrote the spec made mistakes that compromised the protection and the poor inventor is not expert enough to know what is wrong with what he wrote? If the vetting is the responsibility of the inventor, then he is not the expert who can see what is wrong with what the attorney wrote and this is where patent agencies can cheat inventors.
Great Idea. Was someone going to post his contact info?
Daniel, contact information can always be found in the description. Get in touch with Anthony: www.alderip.com.au
@@inventRight Are there any places where people who don't have a budget for a patent attorney get one, i.e. like legal aids for patent attorneys... If this makes sense.😳🙆
My patent attorney failed me ieven got a provisional patent
I don’t quite get the point he was trying to make about a pending application being more valuable than a granted application?
Once the patent is granted, it’s public knowledge and can be searched. If it can be read it can be reverse engineered. Meaning someone can steal your idea.
97% patents worthless . How much has patent attorneys contributed to this statistics? Or is it all inventors fault? The inventor does not know drafting well and the attorneys claim they dont know about the invention cos they are not the inventor. This Gap is the billion dollar market. Attorneys are not writing for their own inventions. Ideally the inventor should write his own patent by learning it or becoming a certified attorney. Else we are just one of the statistics
I get your point, but sadly licensors will not value an amateur-written patent, if they value it at all. Ask me how I know. Even if it's granted and you think you've thought enough about circumvention, all that matters at the end of the day is the potential licensor's PERCEPTION of the patent strength. So, it's penny-wise but pound foolish to file it yourself.