Patent Empowerment for Small Corporations

Small corporations are the leading forces in the development of new technologies, and patents are their most important assets. The role of patents in joint ventures, funding, marketing, and the strategic alliances that help small corporations grow and prosper is inestimable. Heines' book offers executives in small, rising corporations an in-depth, practical, useful comprehension of the patent system--the knowledge they need to understand, and work with, professional patent attorneys. With detailed examples and scenarios to illustrate legal principles, and with forms and advice to help develop a corporate patent strategy, the book provides critical information accessibly in a comprehensible manner and without dangerous, naive oversimplification. It will quickly prove useful to corporate decision makers and to academics teaching small business methods and management.

M. HENRY HEINES holds doctorates in chemical engineering and law. A partner in the San Francisco law firm of Townsend and Townsend and Crew, LLP, he is a registered patent attorney with a diverse practice, ranging from organic and inorganic chemistry to biotechnology, semiconductor fabrication, medical devices, and analytical and diagnostic techniques and instrumentation. He is the author of numerous articles, a regular participant in symposia in his fields, and currently Patent Editor for Chemical Engineering Progress, a publication of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers.