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Craige Thompson Interviewed on Peter McClellan Show

December 16, 2011 by Leave a Comment
Craige Thompson on Peter McClellan Show

How are patents impacting small businesses? Peter of The Peter McClellan Show sat down with Craige Thompson, Managing Principal at Thompson Patent Law Offices, to discuss how to succeed in the patent game. Inventors/entrepreneurs who spend significant time and money to develop an idea don't want their efforts to go to waste.  Peter asks Craige about getting some help to overcome challenges, and how to really profit from an invention that fills a need in the marketplace. Craige shares some stories that illustrate how litigation quality patents can generate more revenue faster for small businesses.  Craige also … [Read more...]

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Helping a Fireman Protect His Life-Saving Idea and Prepare It for Market

November 25, 2011 by Leave a Comment
New Business Minnesota October 2011

Originally published in New Business Minnesota, October 2011 All St. Paul firefighter Jovan Palmieri wanted to do was save lives. He had an invention in mind to do that. After talking to a number of patent attorneys, he was beginning to doubt he would ever reach his goal. Then he met Craige Thompson. Unlike the first attorneys he met with, Craige didn’t start talking about retainers and fees or inquiring about how much money he had, recalled Jovan. “He was interested and excited in what I had. I could see the wheels in his head turning, similar to what I was experiencing. He looked at what I had … [Read more...]

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Thompson Patent Law Joins TwinWest Chamber of Commerce

July 12, 2011 by Leave a Comment
Craige Thompson at TwinWest new member orientation

Craige Thompson recently attended the TwinWest Chamber of Commerce new member orientation. … [Read more...]

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US Patent 7957160 Current Waveform Construction to Generate AC Power

July 11, 2011 by Leave a Comment
US Patent 7957160 Current Waveform Construction to Generate AC Power

Thompson Patent Law legal staff drafted and prosecuted a design patent issued to Flyback Energy, Inc. of Spokane Valley, Washington. US Design Patent 7,957,160 was issued to Flyback Energy, Inc. for Current Waveform Construction to Generate AC Power with Low Harmonic Distortion from Localized Energy Sources on June 7, 2011. Abstract Methods and apparatus to provide low harmonic distortion AC power for distribution by converting energy from natural or renewable sources into electrical form, and constructing a current waveform on a primary winding of a transformer by recapturing inductive energy previously stored … [Read more...]

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US Patent 7898229 Supply Architecture for Inductive Loads

June 6, 2011 by Leave a Comment
US Patent 7898229 Supply Architecture For Inductive Loads

Thompson Patent Law legal staff drafted and prosecuted a patent issued to Flyback Energy, Inc. of Spokane Valley, WA. U.S. Patent 7898229 was issued to Flyback Energy for Supply Architecture for Inductive Loads on March 1, 2011. Abstract Apparatus and associated systems and methods may relate to a process for supplying unidirectional current to a load, controlling a reverse electromotive force (REMF), capturing inductive energy from the load, and supplying the captured inductive energy to the load. In an illustrative example, an operating cycle may include a sequence of operations. First, inductive energy … [Read more...]

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Do You “Own” Your IP? Understanding the “Work Made for Hire” Doctrine

March 16, 2011 by Leave a Comment
Craige Thompson

Originally published in PD Clarity, January 2010 How much of the value of your company is in its IP (intellectual property)? Depending on what business you are in, the answer can range from “a little value” to “the most critical asset”, or somewhere in between. If you tend toward the “most critical asset” end of the spectrum, then the first IP protection issue for you to address is: Do you own your IP? To resolve this fundamental question of ownership, many business are unaware that they should pay special attention to the "work made for hire" issue in their dealings with independent contractors. … [Read more...]

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Sun Tzu’s Art of Waging War Against Patent Trolls

March 16, 2011 by Leave a Comment
Craige Thompson

Originally published in PD Clarity, January 2010 Patent trolls, many believe, lurk around looking for patents so they can sue businesses who actually do their own product development. Patent trolls, or non-manufacturing entities (NMEs), are companies in the business of buying patents to bring lawsuits and participate in YOUR hard-earned revenue. Now, some people find this objectionable- perhaps even enough to wage (legal) war against patent trolls. If this is your persuasion, or you want to learn more about strategies Sun Tzu might have used to beat a patent troll, then check out this article. This article is … [Read more...]

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Addressing Intellectual Property and Student Needs in Industry Collaborative Student Projects

March 15, 2011 by Leave a Comment
Craige Thompson

Proceedings of the 2010 ASEE North Midwest Sectional Conference, by Craige O. Thompson, JD, B.S.E.E, P.E. and William B. Hudson, Ph.D. Abstract Many engineering programs are encouraging collaborative student projects with industry sponsors. These joint or sponsored projects can benefit both students and sponsors providing real world experience for the students and low cost research or development opportunities for the sponsor. However, both sides must enter into these arrangements with open eyes and realistic expectations. This paper will explore the balance of interests among (i) students’ career advancement, … [Read more...]

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Flyback Energy Prepares to Market Energy-Capturing Technology

March 10, 2011 by Leave a Comment
US Patent 7602157

Long-time Thompson Patent Law client Flyback Energy, Inc. was recently featured in the Spokane Journal of Business for its success based largely around the disruptive technology in its US Patent No. 7,602,157 entitled “Supply Architecture for Inductive Loads.”   Flyback Energy’s innovation involves a switch that captures and recycles the power that is otherwise burned up as waste heat in an inductive load. The energy that is saved can substantially increase the efficiency of a wide range of consumer and commercial devices. This amazing switch has many applications. For example, lighting systems, electric … [Read more...]

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US Patent 7516030 Measuring Components of Jitter

January 31, 2011 by Leave a Comment
US Patent 7516030

Thompson Patent Law legal staff drafted and prosecuted a patent issued to LeCroy Corporation of Chestnut Ridge, New York. US Patent 7516030 B2 was issued to LeCroy Corporation for Measuring Components of Jitter on April 7, 2009. Abstract Apparatus and associated systems, methods and computer program products relate to isolating horizontal jitter component(s) from vertical jitter component(s). In preferred embodiments, at least one horizontal component of jitter is distinguished from at least one component of vertical jitter by fitting a curve to a digitally acquired waveform, determining the curve slope and … [Read more...]

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