Scott Keeley
Patent Agenet
Keeley DeAngelo is a intellectual property firm that works with small businesses. Scott Keeley is a registered patent agent with 19 years of experience in IP and product development. He has engineered products from guitars to wind turbines, with "green" energy powering much of his innovative output. Scott holds multiple patents and has engineered, developed and marketed his own products. His favorite thing about being a patent agent: being exposed to entirely new things every day.
Should I Apply for a Patent? Maybe Not.
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Working with inventors over the last 16 years, we have learned that there are times we must advise an entrepreneur not to pursue patent protection. This can be due to many factors: like when a search reveals contradicting prior art; when the invention, while innovative, will not pass the examination process without undue expense and resulting in a weak patent; or when a method patent is inappropriate. We will discuss these pitfalls and give real stories of successes and failures, focusing on the Rhode Island startups we have worked with. We will outline the three tests that the US Patent Office applies to an invention, how to overcome those tests, and other avenues for intellectual-property protection, including trade secrets, trademarks, "use in commerce," and copyright. Scott Keeley is a registered patent agent who has been working with Rhode Island inventors since 2009.
