1. Overview of the patent process; 2. Other tools for the patent holder; 3. Requirements for obtaining a patent; 4. Searching for prior art; 5. Drafting your patent application; 6. claims; 7. Completing your application; 8. Preparing other types of applications; 9. Filing your application abroad; 10. The PTO's response to your patent application; 11. Amending or modifying your application; 12. Dealing with preliminary examination communications; 13. Overcoming novelty and obviousness rejections; 14. How to overcome other types of rejections; 15. Maintaining and correcting your new patent; 16. Monitor your competitors; 17. Patent infringement; 18. How to form your own patent infringement opinion; 19. How to design around a competitor's patent; 20. If someone infringes your patent; 21. Relief available in patent infringement cases; 22. What to do if you are sued for patent infringement; 23. Defenses to patent infringement; 24. Special defenses to patent infringement; 25. Alternative dispute resolution techniques; 26. Other non-litigation tools and strategies; 27. Licensing; 28. Other ways to commercialize your invention; 29. Strategies for commercialization.