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 Version 3 of the book "Patent it Yourself" by patent
 attorney--and former patent examiner--David Pressman
 is now available.  This book may be the single best
 nonprofessional reference for understanding the process
 of patent application and prosecution in the US, and by
 inference, the patent system itself.

 The new version has white covers; the previous version
 was black and should now be considered obsolete for new
 purchases, if only because of the new PTO fee structure:

    Patent copies . . . . . . . . . . . . $3
    Certified copy of file  . . . . . . $150

 Utility Patents (small entity)
    Application . . . . . . . . . . . . $345
    Issue fee . . . . . . . . . . . . . $565
    Maintenance fee I . . . . . . . . . $450
    Maintenance fee II  . . . . . . . . $905
    Maintenance fee III . . . . . . .  $1365


 Apparently, individual owners of an earlier version may
 upgrade to the new one at a 25% discount from the list
 price of $34.95.  The new number for Nolo Press is
 (510) 549-1976.  I just read this in my copy; I am not
 associated with them at all.

 Although I have not read the new version completely, I
 have transferred all my extensive highlighting and notes
 from the old version to the new:

    * The complete text, tables, forms and most charts
    have been re-typeset.

    * Editing has occasionally changed the presentation
    style somewhat; a word or two may change in a sentence.
    Occasionally the text is a bit clearer.

    * Some parts were re-organized, and have different and
    added headings and numberings.

    * Some areas have an additional paragraph or two.

    * Some errors were fixed (and probably some added).

    * Otherwise, the new version seems mostly word-for-word
    the same as the old.

    * I have yet to find any serious new insights.

    * Figure 10-A (the drawing layouts for the three allowed
    paper sizes) is far worse than the in version 2.2.
    It is now barely legible.


 To be safe, if you are seriously considering an actual
 application or prosecution, or cannot stand the possibility
 that you may miss out on something, you should probably get
 the new version.

 Otherwise, the old version will still provide a broad basis
 for understanding the patent system, protecting an invention,
 constructing an application and claims, prosecuting the
 application in the PTO, and licensing.  Other than the fee
 structure, relatively little has changed.

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 Terry Ritter    Ritter Software Engineering    (512) 892-0494