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Designing an Effective Patent Program



by David R. Lamarre
Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP - San Francisco Office

May 21, 2003

Previously published on May 6, 2003

In today's resource-constrained and highly competitive environment, companies have a keen interest in maximizing the value of inventions generated by their employees' R&D activities. One way to help build a valuable intellectual property portfolio is to establish a "patent program" - a simple but relatively structured process to systematically identify valuable inventions, assess their patentability early on, and improve the speed and effectiveness of patent prosecution efforts.


 

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