Category: Blake’s Patents, Trademarks, and Copyrights

The USPTO’s Inventor Info Chat webinar series continues on Feb. 15 from 11 a.m. to noon ET when they will provide a presentation on claim drafting.

Presentation overview:

• Gain awareness of the questions to answer before claiming your invention;
• Learn how patent claims can be written, what to emphasize, and what to avoid; and
• Learn about one possible approach to drafting patent claims.

The patent office will discuss the parts of the claim and will include claim illustrations from issued U.S. patents. The presentation will be particularly helpful for those inventors considering filing a patent application and for those who are currently prosecuting their patent application.

For assistance, please send an email to [email protected]. Learn more, including how to attend, at the patent office event page, which can be accessed here.

I would like to congratulate my client Michael Hagen of Tolland, CT for receiving a patent on his Vehicle Gutter Spout Cover. This was a hard patent to get to issue!

This invention is generally a cover that goes over the spout of a gutter on an RV. The gutter spout cover protects an RV cover from being damaged by the gutter spout, when the RV is being stored away. The patent office kept on rejecting this patent application until I was forced to file an appeal brief in order to finally get the USPTO to allow the patent application to issue. The patent can be found here.

Milford, CT Patent Attorney will be teaching an adult education class on patents, trademarks and copyrights, on March 1 and March 8, 2018. Michael A. Blake, registered patent attorney will be the instructor. This class is geared for individual inventors and small businesses. An overview of the U.S. patent system, trademarks, and copyrights will be presented. Topic details also include the patent process, preparation, prosecution, and issuance. Learn about how to protect your invention. The class will be at Law High School. See this link for more details. Fill out the registration form at the back of the Adult Education catalog to sign up for the class.

I would like to congratulate my client SHARKCAGE, Inc. for obtaining a patent on their transport container.  The patent can be found here.  SHARKCAGE, INC. has their main office located in San Antonio, Texas, with regional offices in Seattle, San Diego, Virginia Beach and Jacksonville. They have a European office located in Oslo, Norway.

I would like to congratulate my former client David Geib of Shelton, CT for obtaining a patent on his invention for a Persistent network addressing system and method.  When I was a professor at the IP Clinic at UCONN Law School, Mr. Geib was a client of mine.  The patent can be seen here. 

I would like to congratulate my client Carl Ferraro of Norwalk, CT on obtaining a patent for his invention for his Wall hanging apparatus, system, and method invention.  The patent can be found here. 

HI All,
On Thursday, September 28, 2017 I taught a course on Commercializing your Invention through Milford Adult Education.  For two hours we discussed how to take your invention from the idea stage, to actually making money with it.  Of course I answered a variety of questions from my students.  In the Spring of 2018, I will be teaching a two-evening course on Patents, Trademarks, and Copyrights for the Individual Inventor and Small Businesses.  Check the Milford Adult Education spring catalog which should come out soon.  Hope to see you there.

I would like to congratulate my client Milan Milosevic of Westport, Connecticut who recently obtained a patent on his very cool invention entitled:  “Monitoring Apparatus and System.”  The patent can be seen here.

Hi All,

I will be teaching a new 1 evening course at Milford Adult Education this fall.  The course is “Commercializing your Invention”.  This course will be an introduction to commercializing your invention, it will touch on non-disclosure agreements (NDA), prototyping, testing/market research, business plans, pitching invention, patents & trademarks.  The course will be at 6:30 pm at Jonathan Law High School in Milford, CT.  More information can be found here.

Hi All.  Yesterday I attended the Inventors Association of Connecticut (IACT) meeting at Fairfield University in Fairfield, CT.  Presenting was chief marketing officer of Allstar Products Group, Michael Weinstein.  Allstar Products Group is a leading “As-Seen-On-TV” consumer products company that has revolutionized today’s consumer experience with the introduction of brands such as Snuggie Blanket with Sleeves (30MM sold), Simply Fit Board, Topsy Turvy Planters, Bendaroos, Perfect Brownie, Bumpits, Perfect Bacon Bowl, Hot Designs, Hot Huez, Juggle Bubbles, Secret Extensions any many other innovative product solutions.

Information about IACT and the future meetings can be found here.