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The Innovative Lean Enterprise
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The Innovative Lean Enterprise

by Anthony Sgroi Jr.
April 2016
Beginner content levelBeginner
315 pages
8h 44m
English
Productivity Press
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110 ◾  The Innovative Lean Enterprise
Figure 6.3 Example of a design patent. (From U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.)
Barriers to Imitation ◾  111
packaging. This term can be powerful, as many executives do not under-
stand the meaning of it. In many cases, some executives think that patent
pending has the same meaning as the device being patented. This can cre-
ate a barrier to imitation, as many executives would refrain from imitation
when products or their packaging is marked patent pending. Patent pend-
ing or the like simply means that some type of patent application has been
filed (i.e., provisional patent application, nonprovisional paten ...
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ISBN: 9781482203905