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13 Cybaris Intell. Prop. L. Rev. 1 (2023)

handle is hein.journals/cybaris13 and id is 1 raw text is: CYBARIS®, AN INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY LAW REVIEW WHEN INVENTORS GO BANKRUPT BY JOSEPH DIETZ* TABLE OF CONTENTS I. INTRODUCTION......................................................................................................................................... 2 II. THE LIFE OF A PATENT........................................................................................................................... 4 III. PATENT/BANKRUPTCY INTERACTIONS....................................................................................... 7 IV. STAGES AT WHICH THE APPLICATION OF BANKRUPTCY LAW IS CERTAIN........... 12 A. Mere Idea...............................................................................................................12 B. Inventions Disclosed More Than a Year Before Filing Bankruptcy ......................13 C. Patents ...................................................................................................................13 D. Expired patents ......................................................................................................14 V. PATENT STAGES AT WHICH THE APPLICATION OF BANKRUPTCY LAW IS LESS CERTAIN 14 A. Undisclosed inventions ..........................................................................................14 B. Patent applications ................................................................................................16 VI. PATENT STAGES AT WHICH THE APPLICATION OF BANKRUPTCY LAW IS UNCERTAIN... 17 A. Incomplete Inventions ............................................................................................18 B. Grace period inventions.........................................................................................19 VII. POLICY ANALYSIS.............................................................................................................................. 22 A. Patent policy interests ......................................................................................... 22 B. Bankruptcy Law public policy............................................................................ 23 VIII. PROPOSED/POTENTIAL SOLUTION............................................................................................ 25 IX. CONCLUSION......................................................................................................................................... 26 * The author is a 2022 graduate of Mitchell Hamline School of Law. His biographical information can be found on LinkedIn at: linkedin.com/in/joseph-dietz-307548169.