How to Write a Patent Application

"this book is highly recommended..."
National Council of Intellectual
Property Law Associations Newsletter

A step-by-step,
how-to-do-it guide
to help you prepare perfect
patent applications...

This one volume work analyzes, explains, and illustrates all the basic concepts and principles of writing patent applications...

Enabling you to get clear-cut answers to basic questions:

• How do you obtain the information you need from the inventor
• How do you prepare the information disclosure statement
• How do you explain the invention so a judge and a jury will be impressed by its value
• How do you write a patent application that survives litigation and licensing negotiations
• How do you satisfy the "best mode" requirement
• How do you prepare a U.S. application suitable for foreign filing

Expert and up-to-date advice that will help save you time...

Written in an easy-to use, concise style, this unique work cuts down the training time by 50% for persons new to the profession!

For ordering information visit the PLI web site at www.pli.edu or call (800) 260-4PLI or (212) 824-5710, or e-mail info@pli.edu, Order #G6-2009. 

About the author/editor...

Jeffrey G. Sheldon, the founding partner of Sheldon Mak Rose & Anderson, a leading West Coast intellectual property law firm with offices in Pasadena, San Bernardino and Riverside, is a summa cum laude graduate of Loyola Law School.  He has a Bachelor of Science degree in Chemical Engineering from the Carnegie Institute of Technology, and a Master of Science degree in Biomedical Engineering from the University of Strathclyde, Glasgow.  His studies in Scotland resulted from receiving the prestigious Marshall Scholarship from the UK government.  A frequent lecturer for the Practising Law Institute and other organizations, he is a member of the American Intellectual Property Law Association, an officer of the Los Angeles Intellectual Property Law Association, a columnist for the Los Angeles Daily Journal on intellectual property law, a former president of Tau Beta Pi at CIT, and a past chairman of the Intellectual Property Law Section of the State Bar of California.