Writing Chemistry Patents and Intellectual Property: A Practical Guide

From the Author: You Have Just Completed a Synthesis of a Drug By a Novel Chemical Process

Have you ever asked yourself any of the following questions about intellectual property and their impact on your invention?

• What is the next step to protect your invention for your employer or self?
  
  
• What invention documentation should you perform and what information do you need to assemble for an Invention Disclosure?
  
  
• How do you structure a Prior Art search of the public domain information to determine if your invention is new or novel?
  
  
• Should you keep the invention as a trade secret?
  
  
• Should you file a provisional or non-provisional patent application? What are the advantages and disadvantages of each?
  
  
• What should you think about for foreign filing?
  
  
• Will your new drug require a trademark?
  
  
• What do you need to know about copyrights if you decide to publish a scientific article based on your invention?