Using common sense to invent and patent :
There are several patent strategies you can pursue based upon your pocket book and your development needs. You don’t have to have a huge bankroll to proceed, but you should know all about the various options available. Your presenters (the authors of Essentials of Patents and creators of Patent Quality Management™) will deliver the wealth of knowledge they have applied over their 40 years of inventing. This knowledge includes how to identify how well you or your company is doing right now, how to build a fence around your technology, and how to conserve finances.

What you will learn:
Some of the slickest patent strategies are exposed in this segment. You will be amazed at how knowledgeable you'll be upon conclusion:

• Four primary strategies for inventors, entrepreneurs and small companies
• The best patent scope. Broad? Or narrow? Or both?
• PCTs and international patent strategy
• Using provisional patent applications
• Prosecuting applications/patent tactics
• How to Speed up patent prosecution
• When to slow down patent prosecution
• Sensible planning for infringement
• Strategy changes based upon the US Patent & Trademark Office's Strategic Plan 2003