Comments on: What is a Statutory Invention Registration (SIR)? http://patentauthority.com/2005/03/statutory-invention-registration-sir/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=statutory-invention-registration-sir Domestic and International Patents, Trademarks, and IP Strategy Wed, 26 Oct 2011 21:23:49 +0000 hourly 1 By: William Croft http://patentauthority.com/2005/03/statutory-invention-registration-sir/comment-page-1/#comment-13214 William Croft Tue, 06 Jul 2010 04:07:16 +0000 /?p=23#comment-13214 An excellent document covering the subject of Defensive Publication comparing the various strategies is at http://pdf.dec.org/pdf_docs/PNACS088.pdf . ("Defensive publishing: a strategy for maintaining intellectual property as public goods", Development Experience Clearinghouse, USAID, 2002) An alternative to the SIR is to use one of the online services such as http://www.ip.com , which patent examiners search when looking for "prior art". As of July 2010 the filing fee there is only $225, a relative bargain compared to the SIR. That same company also offers an online "lab notebook" service which archives and time stamps your entries in case such documentation is needed. An excellent document covering the subject of Defensive Publication comparing the various strategies is at http://pdf.dec.org/pdf_docs/PNACS088.pdf . (“Defensive publishing: a strategy for maintaining intellectual property as public goods”, Development Experience Clearinghouse, USAID, 2002)

An alternative to the SIR is to use one of the online services such as http://www.ip.com , which patent examiners search when looking for “prior art”. As of July 2010 the filing fee there is only $225, a relative bargain compared to the SIR. That same company also offers an online “lab notebook” service which archives and time stamps your entries in case such documentation is needed.

]]> By: mohammed http://patentauthority.com/2005/03/statutory-invention-registration-sir/comment-page-1/#comment-7611 mohammed Mon, 31 Mar 2008 18:56:20 +0000 /?p=23#comment-7611 How can I register any new invention system to my name so no body can claim later on that it is his idea or steal the idea and say that it is his? How can I register any new invention system to my name so no body can claim later on that it is his idea or steal the idea and say that it is his?

]]> By: pulanet » Blog Archive » China’s Entry into Intellectual Monopoly http://patentauthority.com/2005/03/statutory-invention-registration-sir/comment-page-1/#comment-2894 pulanet » Blog Archive » China’s Entry into Intellectual Monopoly Thu, 10 May 2007 22:46:41 +0000 /?p=23#comment-2894 [...] Make it free to file a Statutory Invention Registration (SIR), which provides an inventor with the protection of public record of the invention, but waives all monopoly (patent) rights to the invention. Publishing the details of an invention in an academic journal has much the same effect, but submitting an SIR helps the patent office find prior art much more effectively (prior art unknown to examiners being one of the main problems with the current system). SIRs are woefully under-utilized in the US system, both because they are still expensive to obtain, and because they are little-known (try and find some info about them on the USPTO’s webpage, I dare you). Since this is largely a service to help the USPTO, why do they charge us for it? [...] [...] Make it free to file a Statutory Invention Registration (SIR), which provides an inventor with the protection of public record of the invention, but waives all monopoly (patent) rights to the invention. Publishing the details of an invention in an academic journal has much the same effect, but submitting an SIR helps the patent office find prior art much more effectively (prior art unknown to examiners being one of the main problems with the current system). SIRs are woefully under-utilized in the US system, both because they are still expensive to obtain, and because they are little-known (try and find some info about them on the USPTO’s webpage, I dare you). Since this is largely a service to help the USPTO, why do they charge us for it? [...]

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