Earlier we had dealt with a broader classification of patent claims. It was largely based on dependency where Independent and dependent claims were dealt with. Various schools of thought have classified patent claims based on numerous criteria. The subject matter based classification had been introduced to study the ambit of improvisation and innovation through a meticulous analysis of the patent claims.

Since decades, scientists and entrepreneurs have been trying to invent the imitation meat. The demand for meat is inflating and this demand can’t be reached only by using animals. Countless animals are being slaughtered every single day for consumption.

Over more than three decades of Internet development, it has brought an impact across the man-kind and has become the mode of communication. It is an empowering tool with more potential than any other human civilization has ever developed. Web is remaking our world and our lives. It has brought the beginning of new era called, VIRTUAL REVOLUTION.

Come October and the scientific community will be geared up for the announcement of Nobel Prizes. In the same vein or rather the other way around, is another event that scientists, especially those with a sense of humor, look forward to. It is the Ig Nobel Prize ceremony, which is a kind of spoof on Nobel Prizes.

The Cancer Immunotherapy Pilot Program is a one year program that was implemented on June 29, 2016 by the USPTO for accelerated examination of patent applications directed to cancer immunotherapy. This pilot program is an offshoot of the “National Moonshot Initiative” ...

Claim construction is a premier step for securing an invention. They should be constructed with clarity and responsibility to minimize or avoid objections in the examination stage. The exclusive right granted to the patent can only be defined by the patent claims. The patent claims consume the maximum chunk of the time frame allocated for a complete specification.

Microsoft, the American Multinational Technology Company is all in the news for its biggest acquisition of LinkedIn. Microsoft has numerous acquisitions till date with a total of 196 acquisitions. Its first acquisition started in 1987 with an average of six companies per year.

Everything is digitalized in the present world, so is the brewing process. Home Brewing machines are box full of technology inventions which attract the patent lovers to explore. Everything runs on the app, it discovers the recipes based on the individual’s taste and preference. It also monitors every phase on the smartphone from mashing stage to fermentation stage.

An inventor is the best person to describe one’s disclosure. What matters is how well the disclosure is comprehendible by a person who wants to know and understand the invention in a simple way. A written description of an invention disclosure to explain the invention is needed. The description is to be simple, comprehendible, technical and within the legal framework.

Prometheus brings you some freaky patents that are not for the soft-hearted with a few of them verging to the point of cruelty. The following are our previous articles in the series of freaky patents: Freaky patents: for the fashion freaks Freaky patents: Some seriously funny patents Freaky patents: for the lazy crazy