TY - BOOK AU - Holbrook,Timothy R. ED - American Bar Association. TI - What is a patent? SN - 1604428058 (pbk.) AV - KF 3114 .3 .W452 2010 U1 - 346.7304/86 22 PY - 2010/// CY - Chicago, Ill. PB - American Bar Association, Section of Intellectual Property Law KW - Patent laws and legislation KW - United States KW - Local N1 - "The American Bar Association would like to thank Timothy R. Holbrook ... for his valuable contribution in preparing the 2010 update of this edition"--T.p. verso; The patent grant and the meaning of patents -- Types of patents -- Other features of patents -- The value of patents -- How to evaluate an invention -- What a patent is not -- What is patentable? -- Who may obtain a patent? -- When may one apply for a patent? -- How to obtain a patent -- Maintenance fees -- Expolitation of patents -- Enforcement of patents -- Alternatives to patent protection ER -