Protecting Your Nanotechnology Inventions – Part 4: Don’t Forget About Trade Secret Protection By Jonathan L. Kennedy When you have a new invention, the right question to ask at the outset is whether you want to consider patenting it. This is important because many common activities in research and commercialization can create a bar to patent protection or at least start a one-year clock by which a patent must be filed. Some […] Continue Reading →
Protecting Your Nanotechnology Inventions – Part 2: Defining Your Invention By Jonathan L. Kennedy Have you invented materials with improved properties, such that you can seek to protect materials having those properties? Have you invented materials with a new structure such that you can seek protection of that structure beyond your specific species of materials? Have you invented a method that can be applied to items broader than your […] Continue Reading →