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Sharan
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** Sorry, guys. I put this question on "others" forum and got no response. I thought I was trying out an incorrect forum. So, I am posting this again here **
Hi,
I have been working on few ideas for last few years, and normally I keep a detailed notes about these ideas. There are few questions on my mind concerning these ..
-- I normally write the notes in my pad with a pencil. Lot of times some of the wordings, drawings are refined a lot. So using a pen would mean too much of clumsiness.
-- The terms that I normally use might not be the one I will eventually use. Mainly because things get refined as we go along and if I think there is a scope for improvement then I do it when I formalize the things as a word document or something.
The question is whether this is the right way to keep notes or there are any loopholes in this ?
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Wiscagent
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Re: maintaining notes for patent
« Reply #1 on: Dec 18th, 2007, 11:20am » |
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There are various reasons for keeping notes of your work, but focusing on documentation for potential patent-related issues the basics are:
- use a pre-numbered, bound notebook
- record everything in ink
- do not erase (If you make a mistake, draw a single line through the error, and initial and date the strike-through)
- sign & date your work when you are done with a page
- frequently have another person (not a coinventor) witness (i.e. sign & date) your work
These are just a few of the rules for maintaining a patent notebook. There are several web sites that discuss this in depth.
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Richard Tanzer
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sharan
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Re: maintaining notes for patent
« Reply #2 on: Dec 19th, 2007, 12:17am » |
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Hi Wiscagent,
Thanks for info. This is really helpful. Given that I have been working on few things for sometime now (an year or so) and I normally put things using a pencil, what do you think I should be doing. Also, some of my ideas that are available in a primitive version in my notes are put in ms-word in a more professional way. Given this situation, what do you think I should be doing to ensure that my ideas are well protected.
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