Patent Fundamentals for Scientists and Engineers provides a clear explanation of the patent system and patent principles. Designed for non-lawyers, this book includes information on the patenting process, obtaining patent protection, and how to recognize patentable inventions and avoid legal problems of infringement.
The nontechnical style of this book makes it easy to read and understand. It is an ideal book for anyone without prior legal knowledge who needs to understand the patent system, including scientists, engineers, inventors, researchers, business managers, entrepreneurs, and patent liaison workers.
By providing a basic working knowledge of patents, Patent Fundamentals for Scientists and Engineers enables non-specialists to communicate with patent advisors to make well-informed decisions affecting the course of research programs and other endeavors that result in new and patentable products. Anyone who is concerned with creating, promoting, or profiting from new ideas and inventions, either as an individual or as a member of a corporate team, will find essential, practical information regarding patents and the patent system in Patent Fundamentals for Scientists and Engineers.

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The authors, both with wide experience in the patent industry, provide a clear, nontechnical explanation of the patent system and patent principles.
-Mechanical Engineering, Vol. 128, No. 4 April 2006
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