It is not uncommon for inventors to want to attempt to draft and file patent applications on their own, and I frequently get asked about sample patent applications. Here is where you as an inventor ...

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For the first time in a generation, the nation’s highest court on Monday pondered the question of which inventions are eligible for patent protection. For the petitioner, Bernard Bilski, the issue was ...