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? What is the effect the invention will have on the inventor’s ability to profit? ? Does a market exist, or can one be created, for the product or process? ? From what countries will patents need to be obtained in order to protect the invention? ? Is the public ready for the invention? Click to Continue Important Facts to Consider ? Owning a patent on an invention does not confer a right to make, sell, offer to sell, or import the invention. What is granted is the right to exclude others from doing so ? A patent is not selfenforcing. The government issues the patent, but will not take any positive action on behalf of the patent owner to enforce the inventor’s rights established by the patent ? A patent and the information it contains cannot be kept secret, nor suppressed ? . patents cannot be enforced internationally. But they may be used to stop importation of products into the . which infringe upon the patents. Click to Continue Click to Continue Howard Rockman is a patent attorney currently practicing with Reed Smith LLP in Chicago. He is also an adjunct professor at John Marshall Law School and at the University of Illinois at Chicago, College of Engineering. Replete with sample forms of pertinent documents, and helpful points to consider regarding all aspects of intellectual property law, Intellectual Property Law for Engineers and Scientists provides valuable information that all high tech pr