patent fundamentals for engineers
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Chemical Engineers can learn how to document your inventions and then communicate with your technology transfer office or patent counsel to ensure your inventions obtain effective patent protection.TRANSCRIPT
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
Representative Figure
PATENT FUNDAMENTALSFOR ENGINEERS
Joseph P. Hamilton
310-788-9900
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