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ANATOMY OF A PATENT
FOR EXECUTIVES AND
ENTREPRENEURS
Steven Colby, JD, Ph.D.
Patent Attorney – Rimon Law, PC
steven.colby@rimonlaw.com
© Steven Colby 2021-2024
April 19, 2024
WHAT IS PATENTABLE (US)?
• Any new and useful process, machine, manufacture, or
composition of matter, or any new and useful improvement
thereof
• Not things Done Before or Obvious
• Not Algorithms and Abstract Ideas
• Not Laws of Nature
• The Gray Areas:
• Business Methods
• Software
• DiagnosticTests
THE RIGHTS CONVEYED IN AN ISSUED PATENT?
• Right to exclude
• Import
• Manufacture
• Use
• Per country
• NOT a right to practice
ANATOMY OF A PATENT
• Data
• Specification
• Figures
• Claims
THIS IS NOT A
PATENT!
THIS IS A
PATENT!
WHY WOULD
YOU DO THIS?
WHY WOULD ANYONE PUT THOUSANDS
OF DOLLARS INTOTHE DEVELOPMENT OF
AN IP PORTFOLIO?
Steven Colby
steven.colby@rimonlaw.com
650-966-6006
www.linkedin.com/in/stevencolby/

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