by Ian Burns | Apr 16, 2013 | Innovation, Intellectual Property Law, Patent Office, Patents, Technology, U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, Uncategorized, Valuation
Patent Value Report The value of your patents may be more than you think. A recent report indicates that the median price paid for a granted U.S. patent in 2012 was $221,000 and the average price was $374,000. This is great news for patent owners. The report released...
by Ian Burns | Mar 18, 2013 | First-to-File, Intellectual Property Law, Invention, Patent Attorneys, Patent Office, Patents, Priority, U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, Uncategorized
Patent Value Report The value of your patents may be more than you think. A recent report indicates that the median price paid for a granted U.S. patent in 2012 was $221,000 and the average price was $374,000. This is great news for patent owners. The report released...
by Ian Burns | Feb 16, 2013 | Copyrights, Innovation, Intellectual Property Law, Patents, Technology, Trademarks, Uncategorized
Car Sound Effects There are many advantages to electric cars, but there are also disadvantages. Perhaps one of the disadvantages is that electric cars can be extremely quiet. You might think that being quiet is an advantage rather than a disadvantage; the less noise...
by Ian Burns | Jan 11, 2013 | Innovation, Patent Attorneys, Technology, Uncategorized, Venture Capital
Technology Readiness Levels Technology Readiness Levels can be used by entrepreneurs, inventors and others to rate and evaluate a technology. The United States government and some companies rate the maturity of technologies with various scales. These Technology...
by Ian Burns | Dec 5, 2012 | Hong Kong, Innovation, Uncategorized
Bamboo Scaffolding Still Used in Hong Kong On my first visit to Hong Kong in the ’90s I was impressed with the bamboo scaffolding being used in construction. Instead of metal scaffolding you may be more familiar with, the local construction crews used bamboo...
