Patents for business : the manager's guide to scope, strategy, and due diligence / M. Henry Heines.

Includes bibliographical references (pages [197]-198) and index.

Ch. 1. Being prepared for due diligence -- Ch. 2. What is patentable? : mining the technology platform -- Ch. 3. The power to exclude : claim scope and strategy -- Ch. 4. Monopoly or maze? : the board game approach to claim analyses -- Ch. 5. Identifying prior art : the first step in determining patentability -- Ch. 6. Novelty and nonobviousness : the second step in determining patentability -- Ch. 7. Freedom to operate -- Ch. 8. Patent portfolio referencing -- Ch. 9. Multinational patent filing -- Ch. 10. Inventors, joint inventors, and unwilling inventors -- Ch. 11. Interim protection for inventions : nondisclosure agreements and provisional patent applications.

"In this accessible and practical guide, Henry Heines shows readers how to apply "due diligence," a common concept in corporate finance and investing, to analyze the costs and benefits of patent management, and to navigate through the legal and technical maze. Using dozens of examples from many industries, he walks readers through the various ways in which technological advances can be presented as patentable inventions and in which the patents of competitors can be confronted and evaluated."--BOOK JACKET.