在2022会议上，西部地区美国专利商标局（USPTO）代理助理区域主任杰拉·爱德华兹（Jerrah Edwards）提出了“知识产权（IP）策略可穿戴技术初创公司应该考虑”。这些策略专门针对可穿戴设备，适用于任何技术或传感区域。她的讨论包括有关知识产权类型的概述：专利，商标，版权，商业秘密，还解决了创新者和企业家应考虑保护其IP的原因。
对于可穿戴设备，USPTO合作专利分类（CPC）系统目前将智能面料市场分类分为5个领域。A61b，诊断，手术识别区域将包括传感器。
Understanding the Risks of Early Disclosure
One of the things that the USPTO is focused on in the education area is for start-ups and smaller businesses that do not have an in-house legal department and for people who have ideas and are considering that the idea may be worth patent protection. In addition to publicly demonstrating the invention or having a description of it appear in a newspaper or journal article, public disclosure can also include offering to sell your invention. In a first to file country, like the U.S., premature disclosure can let someone besides the inventor patent the invention. Filing a provisional application before all the details of a filing are determined is one way for an inventor to lock in the date
IP策略的关键步骤包括：
- 访问您公司的IP资产并优先考虑
- 知道你的比赛
- What’s the pace of innovation and opportunities for growth?
- Determine the best way to protect your IP
- Develop a plan, set goals and implement
- 得到帮助
通过USPTO提供的资源和帮助的类型
In addition to its headquarters in Alexandria, Virginia, the USPTO has 4 regional offices for different locations within the U.S. for those who need help. Also, Edwards identified other places for IP help outside of the USPTO.
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