Identifying Patentable Inventions

AuthorDonald S. Rimai
ProfessionRecently retired from Eastman Kodak where he worked as a researcher and intellectual property manager in digital printing and adhesion science
Pages47-61
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Introduction
Over the years, I have oen met with teams of scientists, engineers, and
technicians who have been building the technological basis for an inno-
vative product. ey are creative, hard-working, and incredibly intelli-
gent and capable. eir solutions to the problems that have prevented the
previous commercialization of the perceived product are innovative and
imaginative and are the result of long hours spent on R&D. Yet, more times
than not, they have not submitted any invention disclosures. When asked
about this, they respond that they have not invented anything. Why do
they have this disconnect between their making technological advances
and recognizing inventions? On other occasions they submit invention
disclosures prematurely or even when they do not have inventions. Why
are such highly skilled and creative people disconnected from patentabil-
ity? In order to understand the origins of this disconnect, let us consider
several situations.
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Identifying Patentable
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