[New Podcast] Common Ownership

By: Josh Sloat

S2 Episode 3: Common Ownership

Whose prior art is it anyway?
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In this month's episode, our experts help to demystify the concept of Common Ownership and how it can be leveraged to disqualify prior art that might otherwise cause a rejection during prosecution.  

Dr. Ashley Sloat, President and Director of Patent Strategy here at Aurora leads this discussion along with our all star patent panel, digging into Common Ownership exceptions, joint research exceptions, and terminal disclaimer practice. And if this all sounds like a foreign language or if you’re wondering why you might care, we include a primer that will help you quickly get up-to-speed on key concepts like inventorship, ownership, assignments, prior art, and terminal disclaimers. 

​One of the recurring themes of this podcast is helping inventors avoid sharp corners and we’ve found that these concepts in particular trip up a lot of newer inventors and the resulting problems that come from misunderstandings around these core concepts can be difficult to untangle.

Ashley is joined today by our always exceptional group of IP experts including:

• David Cohen, Principal at Cohen Sciences
• Shelley Couturier, Patent Strategist and Search Specialist at Aurora
• Amy Fiene, Patent attorney at Vancott and adjunct professor at BYU
• David Jackrel, President of Jackrel Consulting 

Availability

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Topic and guest participant requests

​If you’re an agent or attorney and would like to be part of the discussion or an inventor with a topic you’d like to hear discussed, please reach out.​

Resources

• Related episodes. If you'd like to learn more about inventorship, check out: Inventorship: Who should be listed as an inventor for a patent? The AIA (America Invents Act) is also referenced several times – to learn more about how this law changed the patent landscape, give American Inventor Horror Story: 10 Years of AIA and the PTAB a listen. 
• ​Transcripts. We're also providing computer-generated transcripts for improved accessibility and additional reference opportunities. 
• Slides. For the visual learners out there, we also like to make our presenter slides available for your reference.