TY  - BOOK
AU  - Heines, M. Henry
TI  - Patents for business: the manager's guide to scope, strategy and due diligence
SN  - 9780275993375
U1  - 346.730486 
PY  - 2007///
CY  - Connecticut
PB  - Praeger
KW  - Patent Law and Legislation
KW  - United States
KW  - Popular Works
KW  - Patents
N1  - 1 Being prepared for due diligence 
2 What is patentable? mining the technology platform 
3 The power to exclude : claim scope and strategy 
4 Monopoly or maze? the board game approach to claim analyses 
5 Identifying prior art : the first step in determining patentability 
6 Novelty and nonobviousness : the second step in determining patentability 
7 Freedom to operate 
8 Patent portfolio referencing 
9 Multinational patent filing 
10 Inventors, joint inventors, and unwilling inventors 
11 Interim protection for inventions nondisclosure agreements and provisional patent applications
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