​​Patently Strategic - Patent Strategy for Startups

Dec 06 2024 41 ep. 65 mins 38
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A patent focused podcast for inventors, founders, and IP professionals, covering the finer points, sharp edges, and nuances of startup patent strategy. Each monthly episode will feature a round-table style discussion amongst experts in the field of patenting. Patently Strategic is brought to you by Aurora Consulting, a patent strategy boutique that specializes in working with early stage life science, medical​ device, digital health, and software companies to develop valuable patent portfolios through highly tailored, comprehensive strategies.

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Patent Case Law Review: Obviousness

Dec 06 2024 72 mins  
Send us a textAn invention cannot be patented if the differences between your claimed invention and the prior art are such that the claimed invention as a whole would have been obvious to a person having ordinary skill in the art at the time the invention was conceived. Determining obviousness – and the validity of your patent – is more than simply establishing that the inventi

Petition Practice: Correcting PTO Errors With Your Patent

Nov 05 2024 69 mins  
Send us a textPatent examiners can make mistakes. Patent office clerks can misfile paperwork and cause procedural errors. The software tools, document formats like DOCX, and the IT systems your application passes through can have bugs. What recourse do you have when quality issues creep in at this stage? This is where petition practice, fortunately, comes to the rescue. ** Quality

Keeping Patent Pirates at Bay: ITC Portfolio Proofing Strategies

Oct 01 2024 67 mins  
Send us a textFor inventors, the promise of the patent system is the right to exclude others from making, using, importing, and selling their patented innovations for a limited period. But how do patent holders actually enforce those rights, particularly when the copycat product is being manufactured outside of domestic jurisdiction? In an otherwise challenging time for rights asse

Continuation Practice: Quality Patents Part 3

Sep 06 2024 74 mins  
Send us a textThere’s not a more important concept that’s more widely misunderstood by those newer to patenting than continuations. So we’re dedicating Part 3 of our series on quality patents to everything you need to know about this essential step for future proofing and increasing the value of your portfolio. Void of pursuing continuations, the language of your patent is fr

PTAB Survival Guide: Quality Patents Part 2

Aug 01 2024 70 mins  
Send us a textThe most terrifying thing that can happen to a patent owner is receiving what’s called an IPR or Inter Partes Review petition. This is a tool that accused infringers can use to invalidate patents. And they have … to alarming effect. As we’ve discussed, the kill rate at the PTAB is staggering. The Patent Trial and Appeal Board – or as regular listeners of this

Quality Patents

Jul 02 2024 63 mins  
Send us a textIs your patent a vanity piece of paper for your office wall? Or is it a reliable, defendable, assertable, property right? The difference is often quality. Is your patent simply a transactional cost and a large pile of legal bills for your startup? Or is it a leverageable asset worthy of attracting precious investment dollars, worth its cost in multiples of valuation?

Inventor Stories: Robert Cameron and the Power of Perseverance

Jun 03 2024 66 mins  
Send us a textWe’ve seen few entrepreneurial success stories that haven’t involved heavy doses of perseverance, grit, observation, and creative problem-solving. Today’s guest possesses these qualities in spades. And while I can’t necessarily recommend some of the more death-defying specifics of his approach … at least not without a lot of “don’t try this at home” fi

CAFC Chronicles: Costly Tales of Claim Construction Fails

May 01 2024 62 mins  
Send us a textThe difference between getting claim construction right and getting it wrong is the difference between a valid patent and an invalid patent – and the difference between millions of dollars awarded from infringement decisions vs. ending up with a worthless piece of paper.In this month’s episode, Dr. David Jackrel, President of Jackrel Consulting, leads a discussion

Patents and AI: Current Tools, Future Solutions

Mar 20 2024 67 mins  
Send us a textWe’re talking about AI and its impact on the patent system.This month's episode evaluates where we presently are and considers where it could all be heading. Dr. David Jackrel and Dr. Ashley Sloat lead a two-part discussion with our all-star panel that begins with a deep dive on the present state of AI patent tools for searching, proofreading, drafting, and prosecut

James Howard and the Black Inventors Hall of Fame

Feb 22 2024 65 mins  
Send us a textOur interview with James Howard, Founder and Executive Director of the Black Inventors Hall of Fame.James Howard is a college professor, design historian, entrepreneur, industrial designer, inventor, filmmaker, and restauranteur. He brings over 25 years of experience as a design professor and has authored a course on Design Thinking and Design History that explores th