Strategic Innovation Services to R&D, Product and Packaging Design
The USPTO has released a series of documents about the proposed new rules for patent fees. These new rules are part of the Patent Reform act of 2011, and were one of the main reasons the act received such wide bipartisan support, the patent office has a strategic issue with pendency, there are more patent [...]
Newlogic is a management consultancy to R&D executives. So we think a lot about how the processes of R&D organizations operate. We’ve been wondering how R&D processes are going to change because of the US Patent Reform bill of 2011. So I’ve been conducting a number of interviews with industry colleagues, and writing a series [...]
Patent Reform will be rolling forward for the next few years culminating in the implementation of the final provisions on September 16th 2013. The USPTO announced some new rules about prior user right, so not only do we have to learn and consider what are the effects of patent reform will be on the R&D [...]
Melba Kurman is my next interview subject for my blog series on Patent Reform and R&D. I found Melba through the series of excellent articles she has written on the topic of Patent Reform and Universities. Melba Kurman is a strong advocate of both the value of university innovation, as well as the value of [...]
Patent Reform approaches, actually, it is already here given that some of the provisions are already in place, and product development managers need to be thinking about its consequences. That’s why I chose to reach out to Brad Barbera, who is the Executive Director of the Product Development and Management Association, he has been in [...]
The Patent Reform Act of 2011 has important ramifications for R&D organizations. As the start to a series of articles on the topic I spoke with Jim Baker, Ph.D., Executive Director, Innovation and Industry Engagement, at Michigan Technological University about his University’s preparation ahead for Patent Reform. John: What steps has your college taken to [...]
