Providing those with a need to know within the Q-MRI space.

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Applied Research and Development

It may seem obvious to initialize a patent portfolio through innovation. It's a common understanding that a patent portfolio is built on innovation. But have you considered how to leverage innovation to expand your patent portfolio from its initial stage? This is the journey we will embark on here.

Albeit, conceive patentable technology through innovation. That being said, how does one bring about innovation within the context of creating patentable technologies? It is by finding good problems to solve. Here, then, it is to say that creating seminal technology that would provide high value to a patent portfolio is brought about seeking, not "good" technology to patent, but seeking technical problems as a means to tease out innovation, where the technical realization of such foreground innovation is materialized through technology, thus bringing about seminal (i.e., precious) patent technology. Therefore, within a business setting, where is the most appropriate venue to tease out innovation from "interesting" problems? This venue should be R&D (i.e., the Research and Development department).

Ultimately, applied R&D will lead to the creation of seminal technology, which can be monetized through patent authorship rather than licensing and litigation. However, implementing this seminal technology may also lead to discovering additional problems that can be solved with patentable technologies. In other words, the issues resolved while creating a workable 'prototype' for the seminal technology may be patentable, and the value of these solutions is truly inspiring!

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Patent Portfolio Cultivation

The principles of developing a healthy patent portfolio requires deliberation even before the first patent application is sent to the United States Patent and Trade Office (i.e. the USPTO). Here then, it is to say that the development of a healthy patent portfolio requires strategic thinking.

As a means to detail the issue of strategic thinking in conjunction with that of patent portfolio development, this strategic approach is the intermingling of patent and corporate (e.g., company) strategy. Specifically, patent strategy development is different from corporate strategy; a given patent strategy supports a company's strategic goals and aims directly.

With this, nurturing a corporate strategy is beyond the scope of this newsletter. That being said, broadly, the universal principle corporate strategy is to occupy a strategic niche within the marketplace, where the given business conducts operations; the given company is motivated to gain from and defend such a market position. With this, the statement above is the ethos as to why patent portfolio development is paramount to overall success in achieving a given corporate strategy; to describe patent portfolio development and its underlying strategy (instead of the corporate strategy), it is primarily conducted within the company's Research and Development (i.e., R&D department). Here, one can see the organic intermingling of the patent strategy and the corporate strategy simply from where the production of patent technology is taking place; the R&D department is central to the given the company's relevance to the consumers' product preferences and market-desires.

Thus, the value of developing a healthy patent portfolio is that it leads to competitive advantage. Thus, monopolizing market share; finally paving the way for that company to realize their corporate goals and aims, underlying their corporate strategy by driving out competition instead of patent thicket deployment.

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Piezoelectric Materials and Thermodynamics Field Manual

Hello, curious mind! Welcome to a journey where the invisible rules of the universe unfold their secrets before your eyes. If you’ve ever wondered how a drop of water decides to spread out on your kitchen counter, or why your ice cream melts into a sticky puddle on a hot day, you’ve just stumbled into the fascinating world of chemical thermodynamics. This book, From Particles to Flows: A Lagrangian Perspective in Mechanics, is here to show you that the universe isn’t just a collection of random stuff—it’s a perfectly choreographed dance of particles, energy, and forces.

But wait—don’t let words like “thermodynamics” or “Lagrangian” intimidate you. They might sound like the villains in a science fiction movie, but they’re really the heroes of this story. Thermodynamics is simply the science of energy—how it moves, changes, and decides what’s possible in the grand theater of the cosmos. The “Lagrangian perspective” is just a fancy way of saying, “Hey, let’s follow the particles and see what they’re up to.” It’s like having a backstage pass to the show where nature decides how everything works.

At its heart, this book is about making sense of how tiny, invisible particles create the world we see and feel around us. From the smallest specks of atoms to the swirling patterns of hurricanes, everything follows the same rules. And here’s the cool part: these rules aren’t just for scientists in white coats. They’re for anyone with an imagination, a bit of curiosity, and a desire to see the hidden connections that tie the universe together.

We’ll explore how energy flows, why systems find balance, and how equations can reveal truths about the everyday phenomena we often take for granted. By the time you’re done, you’ll see how understanding these ideas can transform the way you think about the world. Ready? Let’s dive in.