Re: [DIYbio] O'Reilly BioHacker Issue 4: Open Source Biotech Consumables

Bonus: Google Patents implemented a "find prior art" button some time
ago, which can help you to build a case to undermine stupid patents that
are still valid by pointing at older, expired (or cheaper to license)
patents that cover your use-cases.

On 03/12/14 08:42, Patrik D'haeseleer wrote:
> On Tuesday, December 2, 2014 1:51:43 AM UTC-8, Josh W Perfetto wrote:
>
> Find a lawyer who already understand the IP landscape of your chosen
> application.There is no way you can understand this yourself in a
> reasonable amount of time (especially if you are innovating on the
> technology yourself)
>
>
> I would have to disagree with that to some extent. If you know how to do
> a decent literature search on a new field, you know how to do a decent
> patent search. www.google.com/patents is a useful tool - start out with
> some keyword searches, identify some related patents, check out the
> other patents listed under References Cited / Referenced By. Repeat. If
> you know some relevant scientific articles, you may be able to search
> for the first or last author under inventor name. Google scholar
> <http://scholar.google.com/> also allows you to search for related
> articles - including patents!
>
> Reading patents doe stake a bit of practice. The actual Claims section
> is super important and is typically written in legalese. But there is
> often a large background section that reads much more like (and is often
> copied directly from) a scientific paper.
>
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