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PATENT FUNDAMENTALSFOR ENGINEERSJoseph P. Hamilton
Agenda
Intellectual Property Patent History Patent Rights Requirements for Patenting Parts of Patent
Patentsnew, useful and non-obvious process, machine,
product, or composition of matter Trademarks
name, word, or symbol to identify source of goods or services (consumers' perspective)
Copyrightsexpression of an idea fixed in a tangible form
Trade Secretsinformation, not publicly known and offers a competitive
advantage
Intellectual Property Rights
Why pursue patents?
Protect core technology
Potential to dominate field
Licensing revenue
Create prior art
Bargaining chips
The First Patent
July 31, 1790: granted to Samuel Hopkins, "the making of Pot ash and Pearl ash by a new Apparatus and Process."
Public Bargain
“The Patent System added the fuel of interest to the fire of genius.”
- Abraham Lincoln
"[T]he right to exclude" for a limited termin exchange for,
public disclosure of how to make and use the invention.
Requirements for Patentability
useful (utility) new (novelty) non-obvious patentable subject matter - process,
machine, product, or composition of matter sufficient disclosure – described, enabled,
best mode
Interesting Issued Patents
Title
Patent No./Issue date
Inventor(s)
Serial No.
Filing Date
References cited
Abstract
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PATENT FUNDAMENTALSFOR ENGINEERS
Joseph P. Hamilton
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