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Diament Patent Law
Adam Diament, J.D., Ph.D.
(Now practicing at Nolan Heimann LLP)
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The Medical Procedure Exemption. Episode 128
Medical Device and Procedure Patents I’ve talked about lots of kinds of patents and what they do. And if you remember, a patent doesn’t...
Adam Diament
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The Top Five Reasons You Shouldn't File Foreign Patent Applications. Episode 127
Who This Episode Is For In this episode, I’m going to go through the top five reasons you shouldn’t file foreign patent applications. And...
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4 min read
What is the Fast Track Appeals Pilot Program? Episode 126
What Is the Fast Track Appeals Pilot Program? The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) occasionally sets up pilot programs to test...
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Trademarking the Geographic Center of North America. Episode 125
Why a Trademark Episode? Most of my episodes are about the patenting process, but as an inventor, you might also have needs involving...
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5 min read
Dead Inventors, Inventors in Comas, and Minors – Who Can File a Patent Application? Episode 124
Standard Inventorship Situations Most of the time, an inventor will come to me and want to patent her invention. The regular forms apply....
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4 min read
What Shark Tank Gets Right and Wrong About Patents. Episode 123
The Role of Patents in Entrepreneurship My guess is that most of my listeners are entrepreneurs, and you probably watch the show Shark...
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5 min read
How to Defer Payment for COVID-19 Related Provisional Patent Applications. Episode 122
(This podcast episode first aired in 2021. This program is no longer available.) Another COVID-Related Program from the USPTO This...
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COVID-19 Prioritized Examination Pilot Program. Episode 121
(The podcast episode first aired in 2020, but it no longer in effect (as of at least 2025).) Why This Topic Now I’ve hesitated to talk...
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3 min read
QPIDS—Quick Path Information Disclosure Statements. Episode 120
Disclaimer for New Listeners This episode is not for beginners. If this is the first episode you’re hearing from me, I doubt that you...
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Women's History Month - Hedy Lemarr. Episode 119
Monthly Newsletters and Themed Invention Spotlights Some of you are on my email list, but if you’re not—and I don’t mean to toot my own...
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Patent Litigation at the International Trade Commission. Episode 118
Introduction to the ITC In the last episode, I gave a little teaser. I said it would be my last episode about patent litigation except...
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5 min read
What Happens at a Patent Trial. Episode 117
Overview of Patent Litigation to This Point This is probably going to be the last episode I do about patent litigation, with maybe one...
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4 min read
What is Patent Litigation Discovery? Episode 116
Introduction to Discovery I’ve gone over the basics and chronology of a patent lawsuit, and in today’s episode, I’m going over the part...
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What is Patent Litigation Scheduling? Episode 115
Quick Recap of Litigation Episodes It’s been a little while since I’ve gone through the chronology of patent litigation. I started the...
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How to Invalidate Someone Else’s Patent Quickly and Cheaply Using a Single Website. Episode 114
Two Recent Cease and Desist Situations I’ve had two situations in the past month where someone came to me because they received a cease...
Adam Diament
3 min read
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