Nard, Craig Allen.

Patent law / by Craig Allen Nard, R. Polk Wagner. - New York : Foundation Press, c2008. - ix, 233 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. - Concepts and insights series. .

Includes index. "75th anniversary"--Cover.

What is patent and why do we have a patent system? -- Trends and challenges to the modern patent system -- The federal circuit and the patent system -- An overview of patent prosecution -- Disclosure requirements -- Novelty and statutory bars -- Non-obviousness -- Eligible subject matter and utility -- Claim construction -- Infringement -- Defenses to patent infringement -- Remedies.

9781587789021 (pbk.) 1587789027 (pbk.)


Patent laws and legislation--United States.

346.730486 / NAR 2008