Includes bibliographical references and index.

Background for developing and implementing a patent strategy -- The structure of a patent -- The path to obtaining patents -- Identifying patentable inventions -- Identifying what has yet to be invented -- Prioritizing the inventions -- Prioritizing your patent applications -- Proposing and writing claims -- Conducting prior art searches -- The mindsets of innovators and attorneys and other cautionary notes -- Reviewing your proposed patent applications -- Writing your patent applications -- The next step : prosecution of your patent application -- What next? -- Final thoughts.

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