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Getting to Allowance: Seven Habits of Highly Effective Clients

By Warren D. Woessner, Ph.D.
February 01, 2006

1) Tell Your Patent Attorney What You Want Your Patent to Do.

IP attorneys are continuously told that we should be business partners with our clients, not just patent scribes. But there are lots of ways to protect an invention. Be open and just tell us: Is the patent “for show or for go”? Is it perceived to be vital to the company or a “home run” for the university, or is it a safety filing to cover a limited advance to keep a productive inventor (or top boss) happy. Is it intended to be a shot in the dark, or part of a shotgun blast of applications into an important emerging technology? Don't walk into a car lot and say “I want your best car!” unless you really mean it.

2) A Stitch (or Question) in Time Saves Nine (Hours of Work).

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