I am pleased to have been asked to give a presentation on technical writing, patent drafting, and patent prosecution at the University of Advancing Technology in Phoenix, Arizona on Thursday, July 12, 2012. I have made the presentation slides available here.
An Australian patent holder is continuing to sue companies around the world on a split saddle design for bicycle seats.
An assignment can be filed with a patent application to immediately convey control of the patent application to the assignee. This is frequently necessary where the inventor is an employee of a company that will be controlling the patent application….
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On behalf of Professor Sid Stephen, myself, and my ENG 301 (technical writing) class we would like to thank you for your time this morning for a very insightful and open presentation on patents. It was a pleasure to have you here, and we wish there was more time for you to present more of the information you had for us. Classes are always made more exciting, and enriched when an industry professional comes in to present. I hope to see you again in class to see the rest of your presentation/ more information. We wish you luck in your practices, and once again thank you for your time in making this morning truly special.
Thanks Eric! It was my pleasure!