In September 2011, President Obama signed the America Invents Act (AIA) into law. Under one of the most important provisions of the AIA, the longstanding first-to-invent patent system will be replaced ...

This post talks about what is an STP file and how you can open such files in Windows 11/10. STP or STEP is a 3D assembly file saved in Standard for the Exchange of Product Data (STEP) format.

The United States has long had a "first-to-invent" patent system in which the date of invention could trump the date of filing a patent application in determining patent rights. However, that is set ...

I want to do some very basic editing of STEP files, e.g.: I need to do this sort of thing about a hundred times, so I'd rather learn how to fish than pay someone to do it, even if it's only a few $$ ...

Editor’s note: Leonid (“Lenny”) Kravets is a patent attorney at Panitch, Schwarze, Belisario and Nadel, LLP in Philadelphia, PA. Lenny focuses his practice on patent prosecution and intellectual ...