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Invention harvesting is a framework for prompting innovators to conceive of new inventions or describe inventions already conceived, and...

I’ve been reflecting on what makes patent practitioners highly valuable to their clients. In a prior IPWatchdog article , I asserted that...

Technology companies face patent-related decision points around seemingly every corner. The consequences of suboptimal decision-making...

Every year around this time, many pause to reflect on the past and present and chart a course for self-improvement. For aspiring or...

Patent prosecution—the act of negotiating with a U.S. or foreign patent office to obtain patent protection—sometimes is viewed...

Faced with ever-shrinking budgets and mounting pressure from the C-suite to demonstrate intellectual property (IP) value, many...

Invention harvesting—sometimes also referred to as invention mining, brainstorming, and ideation, among other terms—is a proactive...

Despite their best efforts, patent practitioners may reach an impasse during negotiations with patent examiners at the United States...