As a patent attorney here in Buffalo, New York I am constantly amazed at how inventors from all over the country come up with ideas in their heads and turn those ideas into actual products. Recently I spoke with a client regarding his journey as an inventor. I asked him if he would share with […]
For the last couple of weeks I’ve been filming new episodes of Ask the Patent Attorney. I have been looking for input and questions from inventors to fill new shows. We are going to film this week and I am looking for inventors to make comments below or email me questions and I will answer […]
Recently my first book was published and I became a co-author of the book, “Patent Fundamentals for Scientists and Engineers,” Third Edition. I sent out press releases announcing the book and was pleasantly surprised to receive some nice coverage in the Buffalo News and other local papers. Best of all was a great article written […]
Recently, I’ve been working on a new website designed to help inventors. The website is called lotempiolaw.com. Ever since I started blogging at LoTempiolaw I’ve been learning more and more about social networking and search engine optimization and in an effort to increase the traffic on the webpage I purchased a high definition camera and […]
Guest Blogger: David Stephenson, Rochester, NY patent attorney As a Buffalo Bills fan from Rochester, I was recently thinking about the parallels between the Bills and Eastman Kodak. Both have been in the local news lately, and the news has not been good. The Bills, once again, don’t look like a playoff team; they lack […]
My good friends down at MaxVal have announced a new tool to help patent attorneys and individuals interested in tracking information about corporate filings. It is called the: Assignment Database and Alerts. The Assignment Database offers a structured environment to analyze IP assets purchased or sold by an entity. The Alerts offer an effortless way […]
All the new patent rules didn’t all take effect when on September 16, 2011 President Barack Obama signd Leahy-Smith America Invents Act of 2011 into law. On the one-year anniversary of the act many of the new rules kicked in. The patent and trademark office was put to the task of incrementally placing the rules […]
As a patent attorney in Buffalo, New York I have met many patent attorneys and inventors over the years. Through my association with patent agent Arthur Cookfair I got the opportunity this past year to author the book “Patent Fundamentals for Scientists and Engineers, Third Edition“. I’m proud to announce it was formally published this […]
Since the track-1 program for prioritized examination for patent applications was implemented on September 26, 2011 when president Obama signed the “American Invents Act” into law, approximately 4528 requests for prioritized examination have been made. Recently a client of mine wished to request a prioritized examination at the time of filing the patent application. As […]
There’s no question that patent litigation is increasing every day. If it’s not the big guys fighting it out it’s a nonpracticing entity (NPE) suing on patents that it purchased in an attempt to get a big payday. People argue that NPE’s should not be denigrated as patent trolls because they are just protecting their […]