An Example of a Client's Invention And Patent - Chicago Patent Lawyer Explains

Hi, I'm Rich Beem, I'm a patent attorney in Chicago. I represent inventors in patent matters, including patent applications and patent litigation. I'd like to show you an example of an invention of one of my clients, and the patent that they obtained as a result of that invention. This is the invention here, or I should say this is an embodiment of the invention. It is a picture frame. This is a photo that is on the frame and let me show you how it works. It can be removed from this frame and another picture, such as this one - which has some little plastic spacers and magnets on the back that line up with these magnets on the frame - can be put in place. And the nice thing about this invention is that it's very secure - they're very good magnets - and it automatically positions or registers the picture. And this is a pretty long picture, it positions it in exactly the right place. So you can go back and forth from one to the other. And you can vary the artwork that you have on display. And this is the patent that we wrote here at Beem Patent Law Firm based on the information that the client gave to us. We filed this with the United States Patent & Trademark Office. This was filed in 2006, and it was issued in 2010. So they stayed with the process. It took about 4 years to get the issuance of this patent. And it's a very nice patent. It has drawings, it has an abstract, it has a couple of sheets of drawings that continue on with reference numerals, and then there is a very detailed specification on this "image display apparatus and method for making the same". And then at the end of the patent are the claims, and the claims are an important part of the patent application because they describe what the legal scope of the patent is. The inventors on this patent are Juergen Reinold and Thomas McAuliffe, both of Illinois. Their company is Sentiam, S-E-N-T-I-A-M. They have a very nice company that makes picture frames and high quality products for photographers. Thank you for joining me. I'm Rich Beem. When you have an invention that you would like to patent, that's what we do. Call me at 312-201-0011. Thank you.