Anatomy of a Patent for Executives and Entrepreneurs

Recorded on Friday, April 19, 2024



Veteran Silicon Valley intellectual property attorney Dr. Steven Colby discusses how to read and interpret patents. This presentation is geared towards decision-makers and provides viewers a level of understanding that will allow them to evaluate patents and pending patent applications in order to make educated business decisions.



Dr. Colby discusses:



1. What is patentable
2. The rights conveyed in an issued patent
3. The differences between the specification and claims
4. How to interpret claims, priority and patent families
5. The indicators of good and bad patents
6. The practical value of patents
and more!





About the Speaker:

Dr. Steven Colby is a partner and patent attorney at Rimon Law. He focuses on early stage startups and develops IP with a view of increasing company valuation. Steve received his Ph.D. from Indiana University, Bloomington, where he focused on the development and design of scientific instruments. He has over 40 published scientific papers and abstracts and holds several patents. Prior to becoming a patent attorney, Dr. Colby was director of product development for a scientific instrument company. His professional background extends to software and hardware development, website development, manufacturing management, electronics, sensors, measurement devices, control systems, mass spectrometry, chromatography, and bioanalysis.

1. ANATOMY OF A PATENT
FOR EXECUTIVES AND
ENTREPRENEURS
Steven Colby, JD, Ph.D.
Patent Attorney – Rimon Law, PC
[email protected]
© Steven Colby 2021-2024
April 19, 2024

2. 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
•Diagnostic Tests

3. THE RIGHTS CONVEYED IN AN ISSUED PATENT? •Right to exclude
•Import
•Manufacture
•Use
•Per country
•NOT a right to practice

4. ANATOMY OF A PATENT •Data
•Specification
•Figures
•Claims

5. THIS IS NOT A
PATENT!

6. THIS IS A
PATENT!

12. WHY WOULD
YOU DO THIS? WHY WOULD ANYONE PUT THOUSANDS
OF DOLLARS INTO THE DEVELOPMENT OF
AN IP PORTFOLIO?

13. Steven Colby
[email protected]
650-966-6006 www.linkedin.com/in/stevencolby/