Books and Articles

Patents for Business: The Manager’s Guide to Scope, Strategy, and Due Diligence

Praeger, March 2007

The strategic management of patents, and the costs of enforcing and defending them, are becomining critical business functions. In this accessible and practical guide, Henry Heines shows readers how to apply "due diligence," a common concept in corporate finance and investing, to analyze the costs and benefits of patent management, and to navigate through the legal and technical maze.

Patent Empowerment for Small Corporations

Quorum Books, August 2001

Small corporations are the leading forces in the development of new technologies, and patents are their most important assets. Heines’ book offers executives in small, rising corporations an in-depth, practical, useful comprehension of the patent system – the knowledge they need to understand, and work with, professional patent attorneys.

Articles

Carbon Nanotubes: Tracing the Growth of a Young Technology Through Patents – Nanotechnology Law and Business, vol. 7, issue 1, Spring 2010, pp. 21-37
The Two Faces of Patent Due Diligence: A Case Study in Solar Cells and Nanotechnology – Nanotechnology Law and Business, vol. 6, issue 1, Spring 2009, pp. 4-18
Compulsory Licensing – The Sleeping Giant Stirs – Corporate Counsel's Licensing Letter, Issue No. 76, pp. 1-6 (July 2007)
Intellectual Property Matters – Optimize, March 2007, pp. 58-61
Nano-Aerobics and the Patent System – Nanotechnology Law and Business, November/December 2005, pp. 335-341
Patents: Keeping What's Yours – CHEMTECH‚ May 1992
Proprietary Information: What Are Your Rights and Responsibilities – with co-author K. B. Dow, Chemical Engineering Progress, 90(7): 78-84 (July 1994)
Patents: What, Why and How– Chemical Engineering Progress, 88(7): 79-85 (July 1992)
Patents: Keeping What's Yours – CHEMTECH, May 1992, 274-9
Indispensable Parties in Patent Litigation – J. Patent Office Society, 58(4): 232-52 (1976)
The Effect of Heats of Solution on Marangoni Convection – Int. J. Heat and Mass Transfer, 15: 2109-17 (1972)

Patent Updates published in Chemical Engineering Progress

Understand your Rights and Responsibilities Under an Employee Invention Agreement – Chemical Engineering Progress, May 2010
Does Your Green-Tech Patent Application Qualify for Accelerated Examination? – Chemical Engineering Progress, March 2010
Can Your U.S. Patent be Enforced over Competitive Activities Abroad? – Chemical Engineering Progress, October 2009
Know the Risks of False Patent Marking – Chemical Engineering Progress, February 2009
Understanding Process Patents and Their Limitations – Chemical Engineering Progress, December 2008
Be Aware of Patent Exhaustion when Licensing an Invention – Chemical Engineering Progress, July 2008
Posting on an Internet Server May Affect Your Patent Rights – Chemical Engineering Progress, June 2008
Use Claims of Clear Scope When Drafting Patent Applications – Chemical Engineering Progress, November 2006
Can a Patent Imply Market Power? – Chemical Engineering Progress, October 2005
Avoid Infringement Through a Temporary Presence – Chemical Engineering Progress, October 2004
Use Care in Drafting Provisional Patent Applications – Chemical Engineering Progress, March 2003
Be Wary When Reconstructing a Patented Item – Chemical Engineering Progress, September 2002
Use Expanded Definitions to Extend Patent Coverage – Chemical Engineering Progress‚ January 2002
Avoid Making Offers for Sale that Can Defeat Your Patent Rights – Chemical Engineering Progress, January 2002
Understanding Prior Art – Chemical Engineering Progress, September 2001
Will Your Trade Secret Invalidate Your Patent? – Chemical Engineering Progress, April 2001
An Offer for Sale as an Infringing Act – Chemical Engineering Progress‚ February 2001
A ChE's Guide to Patents – Chemical Engineering Progress‚ October 2000
The Far-Reaching Effect of Amending Claims – Chemical Engineering Progress, February 2000
An “Offer for Sale” as an Infringing Act – Chemical Engineering Progress, September 2000
Is the Scope of Your Claim Definite? – Chemical Engineering Progress, August 2000
New Patent Law Offers Inventors Additional Protection – Chemical Engineering Progress, March 2000
Development Contracts and the Critical Date – Chemical Engineering Progress, November 1999
Special Patent Infringement Concerns for Drugs – Chemical Engineering Progress, August 1999
Understand the Patent Cooperation Treaty – Chemical Engineering Progress, June 1999
How Claims are Narrowed from Their Literal Wording – Chemical Engineering Progress, April 1999
Determining Infringement by X-Ray Diffraction – Chemical Engineering Progress, January 1999
When Must the Patent Owner Pay the Infringer? – Chemical Engineering Progress, August 1998
How Broad is Your Patent Claim? – Chemical Engineering Progress, June 1998
Publishing Patent Applications – Chemical Engineering Progress, February 1998
What Does “Equivalent” Mean? – Chemical Engineering Progress, November 1997
Intermediates and the Process Patent Amendments Act – Chemical Engineering Progress, July 1996
Comparing Patent Law in China and the U.S. – Chemical Engineering Progress, January1996
Fraud on the Patent Office: Pitfall for the Unwary, Defense for the Accused – Chemical Engineering Progress, July 1995
Understanding GATT’s Impact on Patents – Chemical Engineering Progress, March 1995
Proprietary Information: What Are Your Rights and Responsibilities? – Chemical Engineering Progress‚ July 1994
Patents: What‚ Why and How – Chemical Engineering Progress‚ July 1992