Patents for Business: The Manager's Guide to Scope, Strategy, and Due DiligenceBloomsbury Academic, 2007 M01 30 - 216 pages In a world where your intellectual property is your most valuable asset, patents are becoming an essential tool for achieving and maintaining a competitive edge. With billions of dollars at stake, companies are defending their patents vigorously; high-profile cases, such as Microsoft's $900 million patent dispute settlement with Sun Microsystems, and Medtronic's acquisition of a competitor's entire patent portfolio for $1.35 billion, are cases in point. While most companies will not operate at this level, the strategic management of patents, and the costs of enforcing and defending them, are becomining critical business functions. |
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... nanotubes with two or more fullerenes each , and ( c ) devices in which all nanotubes contain two or more fullerenes , whereas the " plurality " language in Claim 7 requires that at least one nanotube contain more than one fullerene ...
... nanotube ... .. ' with a " single means " for moving an entire plurality of nanotubes , indicating that the " means for moving ... " language in Claim 1 itself covers both means for moving only one nanotube and a com- mon means for ...
... nanotube ; a fullerene molecule disposed within said nanotube ; and means for moving said nanotube relative to said fullerene molecule or vice versa . 2. The nanoscale memory device of claim 1 wherein said nano- tube is formed from a ...
Contents
What Is Patentable? Mining | 11 |
Claim Scope | 21 |
Monopoly or Maze? The Board Game | 43 |
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Patents for Business: The Manager's Guide to Scope, Strategy, and Due Diligence M. Henry Heines No preview available - 2007 |