https://www.heymanip.com/ 2026-07-05T05:37:29+00:00 https://www.heymanip.com/ https://www.heymanip.com/_media/wiki:logo.png text/html 2024-06-16T23:11:43+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.heymanip.com/blog:2024:0423?rev=1718579503&do=diff Finding Your Dark Arts Expert Originally posted April 23, 2024 on Linked-In I am starting a series of LinkedIn blog posts about patent asset development which I hope folks in my network find entertaining and informative. I am also hoping to reach folks in my network, and possibly beyond, that are looking for new patent representation. text/html 2024-06-16T23:15:01+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.heymanip.com/blog:2024:0501?rev=1718579701&do=diff [Édouard Manet, "Fishing" (circa 1862–63)] Fish or Cut Bait: Objective Assessment verses Data Analytics Originally posted May 1, 2024 on Linked-In When prosecuting a patent application before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (or other national patent office) it is common to arrive at a “fish or cut bait” moment – do you fight for the broad patent claim scope you believe you’re entitled to, or do you accept more easily obtainable narrower patent claims? text/html 2024-06-17T01:31:55+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.heymanip.com/blog:2024:0616_patent_law_is_not_like_zen_buddhism?rev=1718587915&do=diff Patent Law is Not Like Zen Buddhism Cross-posted to LinkedIn. Probably the most important principle in patent law is that a claim for a new invention is not patentable even though no prior art teaches every feature in the claim, so long as multiple prior art references can be combined to arrive at the claimed invention. In this case, the invention is said to be text/html 2024-06-16T23:12:15+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.heymanip.com/blog:2024:0616?rev=1718579535&do=diff Keeping cool in the face of difficult "officers." Originally posted May 10, 2024 on Linked-In The patent system is a pretty unique area of law. When I was Primary Patent Examiner for the United States Patent and Trademark Office, I likened my role to that of a street cop. In a sense, we were both text/html 2025-01-12T00:31:18+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.heymanip.com/blog:2024:0701_a_thought_experiment?rev=1736641878&do=diff A Thought Experiment: Is taking a pill 'abstract'? Or alternatively: Is swallowing a pill like the manufacture of an axle? Consider U.S. Patent 3,418,999, granted in 1968. The representative claim is to: "1. The method of swallowing a pill by a human subject which comprises the steps of taking a single swallowable amount of a liquid in the mouth together with a pill having a density in the range from about 0.4 to about 0.95, and a volume in the range from about 0.2 cubic centimeters to …