To obtain a patent in the United States, a patent application must be filed with the United States Patent and Trademark Office. It is possible to start the patent application process overseas, filing ...

You may have heard that it is inappropriate to read into a patent claim from the specification. That isn’t entirely accurate, although you will hear that popular misconception often repeated even by ...

This past March and April, I wrote in the monthly column, Tomorrow’s Environment, about “How Much Is Too Much.” I addressed the topic of producing HVAC (heating, ventilating, and air-conditioning) ...

This month, I’m extending my discussion from last month’s column on contract documents that consulting engineers produce for construction jobs. This series also builds off my December feature article ...