Released! Translating the Language of Patents

 Copyright © Françoise Herrmann

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Directly at Routledge (for softcover and preview copies )

This book is a guide to translating the language of patents in view of avoiding costly translation errors. Errors that might hinder the examination process for granting patents, or that might make patents undefendable in a context of litigation.

The 42 sections of this book each identify different provisions of the law for their relevance to translation. These provisions govern language uses, right down to the use of punctuation. Each of the sections present findings, both in terms of the relevant provisions identified, and their specific significance to translation. Exemplified translations focus on French and English, but when there is a consensus across Intellectual property systems, multilingual parallelism is highlighted.

In print! Patents on the Soles of Your Shoes (Volume III)

Copyright © Françoise Herrmann

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Among the more than 200 patents cited in Patents on the Soles of Your Shoes, Volume III unexpectedly brings together two early to mid-20th century superstar shoe designer inventors: Israel Miller and André Perugia. Friends and business partners, one on each side of the Atlantic Ocean, the timeless designs and inventions they created brought much-needed comfort and fit, mostly to women’s shoes. Their designs were also illustrated by Andy Warhol, whose drawings were commissioned, in the 1950s, for advertisements in the New York Times. As a result, this volume not only contains photographs of Warhols’ whimsical shoe drawings, Volume III also contains an extensive inventory of the star shoemaker patents. An inventory, illustrated with patent drawing thumbnails for easy identification, as well as augmented with QR Codes, connecting the volume’s inventory to source patents. Two illustrated bilingual glossaries are also included, covering shoe styles and heel types, together with many additional inventions. Historical and contemporary inventions, such as Bluetooth®, Peugeot pepper mills, and Saint Gobain magical glass; plus more inventions, for families, children and pets.

List price: $40.00
6" x 9" (15.24 x 22.86 cm)

257 pages, Full color
ISBN-10: 1542406358
BISAC: Reference / General
ISBN-13: 978-1542406352

In print! Patents on the Soles of Your Shoes (Volume 2)

Copyright © Françoise Herrmann

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The second volume of Patents on the Soles of Your Shoes has doubled in size. From Isotoner® slippers that fit like gloves, to Frank Gehry’s woven-lattice furniture; from Roomba®, the autonomous floor-cleaning robot, to the Australian Blue Lizard®, UV-sensing Smart Bottle® for sunscreen, and Google's heart hand-gestures, this volume covers some extraordinary inventions that rock the most diverse aspects of our daily lives. Approximately 250 patents are cited in this volume, together with patent abstracts, and square QR Codes, enabling to connect to the source patents, directly from the pages of this book.

List price : $42.00

6" x 9" (15.24 x 22.86 cm)

222  pages, Full color

ISBN-13:  978-1542406550

ISBN-10: 1542406552

BISAC: Reference / General 

 

In print! Patents on the Soles of Your Shoes (Volume 1, 2013)

Copyright © Françoise Herrmann

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List price : $28.00
6" x 9" (15.24 x 22.86 cm)
136 pages, Full color

ISBN-13: 978-1542406741

ISBN-10: 1542406749 

BISAC: Reference / General

The first volume of Patents on the Soles of Your Shoes is a book intended for readers who are seriously interested in inventions and the documents that drive them. From Nike Inc., sole systems with on-board biometric sensors and peek-a-boo windows, to Sanuk® “hoodies” for your feet, via Geox Amphibiox "holey" shoes and Asics® gel soles, this reference book is all about patents on the soles of your shoes -- and elsewhere. Patents elsewhere, driving the science of your mascara and the electronic engineering of your razors. Patents opening up unimaginable possibilities, such as spray-on fabric, bioprinted tissues and organs, or 3D printed dwellings, using a robotic arm to pour cement from a gantry. Patents also steeped in controversies, such as man-made animal models and transgenic technology.   

Approximately 75 patents are cited in this volume, together with abstracts, and  square QR Codes connecting print to the source texts. These links provide readers with an AR (Augmented Reality) experience, offering access to the book’s source of connected information, such as complete patent versions and the various members of patent families, videos and articles.   

In 2018, the blog that informed this book, is still humming, capturing inventions this year, and each year since 2013, as well as some of the long history that has preceded, or the current events that surround them.