May 2014
Beginner
272 pages
5h 11m
English

In 2012 the U.S. Patent Trademark Office (USPTO) received 576,763 patent applications.12 Former Patent Commissioner Bob Stoll tells me a significant number of these were returned to sender because of issues concerning “improper idiomatic English.”13 That is, the patent inspectors couldn't understand the submission. It could be a translation issue—many applicants are non-native English speakers—but too often the problem is that the technologies or products in review aren't properly explained. Inventors spend time, money, and effort building new ideas, but don't always invest the effort to deliver a clear explanation of them. Applicants ...
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