Mark Malek

There Is No Such Thing As A Complete Patent Search

By: Mark R. Malek My previous articles (see them here, here and here) have provided information on the requirements of…

13 years ago

Where to Search for Prior Art

By: Mark R. Malek The first article I posted about this series was directed to the duty to disclose prior art…

13 years ago

What is Prior Art?

By: Mark R. Malek In my last article, I noted that an inventor has a duty to disclose prior art that…

13 years ago

The Duty of Disclosure When Filing A Patent Application

By: Mark R. Malek Generally speaking, the patent application process is not an adversarial one.  In other words, it is…

13 years ago