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Inventions and Their Management
cover of first edition
AuthorAlf K. Berle and L. Sprague de Camp
LanguageEnglish
SubjectPatents
PublisherInternational Textbook Company
Publication date
1937
Publication placeUnited States
Media typePrint (Hardback)
Pagesxiv, 733 pp
ISBNNA Parameter error in {{ISBNT}}: invalid character

Inventions and Their Management is a science book by Alf K. Berle and L. Sprague de Camp, based on the earlier book Inventing and Patenting by Alf K. Berle and Howard Wilcox. The Berle/de Camp version was published by the International Textbook Company in July 1937. It was reprinted, revised, in September 1940. A second edition was issued by the same publisher in April 1947 and was reprinted, revised, in January 1948, with a third printing in June 1948[1][2] and a fourth in June 1950. A third edition was issued by the same publisher in November 1951 and was reprinted, revised, in 1954. An additional printing was issued by Laurel Publishing in 1957. The work was revised and reissued under the new title Inventions, Patents, and Their Management by Van Nostrand in 1959. It was reprinted by Litton Educational publishers in 1968. The work has been translated into Japanese.[1]

The book contains a comprehensive study of patents and patent law, trademarks, and copyright in the United States, with extensive exploration and citation of relevant court cases.

Inventions and Their Management was L. Sprague de Camp's first book; he went on to become a prominent science fiction and fantasy writer, as well as authoring a large number of additional non-fiction works.

Contents

From the third impression of the second edition.[3]

  • Preface.
  • Chapter 1. History and Theory of Protection of Ideas; The Profession of Inventing; Forgie Jack Case.
  • Chapter 2. Invention Proceedure and Records; Piccoli Light-Switch Case.
  • Chapter 3. What a Patent Grants; Jurisdiction of the Courts; Berliner Phonograph Case.
  • Chapter 4. The United States Patent Office.
  • Chapter 5. Sample Patents.
  • Chapter 6. The Patent Laws; Limitations of Patents.
  • Chapter 7. Patentable and Unpatentable Invention; Parker Turbine Case; Slawson Fare Box Case; Luks Dairy Apparatus Case; Reckendorfer Pencil Case; Morton Anesthetics Case.
  • Chapter 8. Novelty; Claude Sea-Power Case.
  • Chapter 9. Utility.
  • Chapter 10. Public Use and Sale; Creager Roller Case.
  • Chapter 11. Abandonment; Edison Lamp Case.
  • Chapter 12. The Inventive Process; Calthorp Streamlined Train Case; Roters Heater Case.
  • Chapter 13. Selection of a Patent Attorney; Segal Lock Case.
  • Chapter 14. Analyzing, Classifying, and Bounding Inventions; Exeter Calculator Case.
  • Chapter 15. Patent Searches; Clark Navigator Case.
  • Chapter 16. Reading of Patents; Elsenheimer Punch Case; Wilkins Welder Case.
  • Chapter 17. Study of the Market; Rainer Plating-Machine Case.
  • Chapter 18. Preparation of Patent Applications; Haskin Rack Case.
  • Chapter 19. Patent Drafting.
  • Chapter 20. Prosecution of Patent Applications.
  • Chapter 21. Study of the Product; Kendrick Pipe Case.
  • Chapter 22. How Income from a Patent is Divided.
  • Chapter 23. Employer-Employee Rights and Relations; Lowell Radio Case.
  • Chapter 24. Promoters and Sales Agents.
  • Chapter 25. Methods of Exploiting Inventions; Practicing the Invention.
  • Chapter 26. Evaluating a Patent; Simon Electrotyping Case.
  • Chapter 27. Finding a Buyer for a Patent.
  • Chapter 28. The Sale of a Patent; Morehouse Toy Case.
  • Chapter 29. Royalty Licenses; Holtzoff Disk Wheel Case.
  • Chapter 30. Miscellaneous Methods of Exploiting Inventions; McCarthy Recordak Case; Ford Automobile Case.
  • Chapter 31. Infringement; Selden Automobile Case.
  • Chapter 32. Trade-Marks; Gilmore Trade-Mark Case.
  • Chapter 33. Copyrights; Disney Cartoon Case.
  • Chapter 34. Prints and Labels; Hodell Tire-Chain Case.
  • Chapter 35. Accounting and Taxes in Relation to Patents.
  • Chapter 36. The Antitrust Laws v. The Patent Laws; Johnson Paper Case.
  • Chapter 37. Special Classes of Patents; Huron Meter Case.
  • Chapter 38. Foreign Patents.
  • Chapter 39. Patent and Trade-Mark Reform.
  • Chapter 40. Invention and Research in Industry.
  • Appendix.
  • Glossary.
  • Index and List of Cases.

Notes

  1. ^ a b Laughlin, Charlotte (1983). De Camp: An L. Sprague de Camp Bibliography. San Francisco: Underwood/Miller. p. 69. {{cite book}}: Unknown parameter |coauthors= ignored (|author= suggested) (help)
  2. ^ Berle, Alf K. (1948). Inventions and Their Management, Second edition, third printing. Scranton, PA: International Textbook Company. p. [iv]-[v]. {{cite book}}: Unknown parameter |coauthors= ignored (|author= suggested) (help)
  3. ^ Berle, Alf K. (1948). Inventions and Their Management, Second edition, third printing. Scranton, PA: International Textbook Company. p. xiii-xvi. {{cite book}}: Unknown parameter |coauthors= ignored (|author= suggested) (help)


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