how can you study about areas you meet for the 1st time from patents
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patent is a very long and boring document if one does not know how to read between the lines. patents are one of the best sources to study about fields, areas, technologies and other concepts you meet for the first time - many time they are good enough to make an expert in the field (after reading few patents)TRANSCRIPT
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How can I master
fields I meet for the f irst
t ime?
Use patents !!!Use patents !!!
Patent is a boring Patent is a boring documentdocument
But !!!But !!!When knowing what to When knowing what to
look for, i t is most look for, i t is most interesting creativity interesting creativity
triggertrigger
Search for patents in Search for patents in the field you want to the field you want to
learn aboutlearn about(even for fairy tails)(even for fairy tails)
Find a search result that Find a search result that seem interesting for you seem interesting for you and let’s start analyze it and let’s start analyze it
!!
First, search for title
First, search for title
Inventor name search
Inventor name search
assignee search
assignee search
Date?
classes search
prior IP
inspiration
studying thesubject from the spec
Claims: FTO, new ideas, better protection
How to f i le a patent?How to f i le a patent?
DON’T !DON’T !
Too expansiveToo expansiveToo sophisticatedToo sophisticated
Too much timeToo much timeToo much effortToo much effort
And many other Toos…And many other Toos…
File a provisional File a provisional application!application!
Most patents abandoned anywayMost patents abandoned anywayFile a provisional applicationFile a provisional application
Simple, cheap, easy, no need in Simple, cheap, easy, no need in attorneyattorney
Only if your idea becomes a real Only if your idea becomes a real business during the 1 year of the business during the 1 year of the
provisional l i fe,provisional l i fe,f i le a “real” patent with the best f i le a “real” patent with the best
attorney you can findattorney you can find
Thank youThank youTzahi ShneiderTzahi [email protected] l