how inventors, researchers, creators and entrepreneurs can use patents
Patents have become increasingly important in the context of universities. But despite this universities provide little to no training or guidance to you — the ones creating the research and the patentable content. And that is exactly what this course will do: help you understand what patents are, how they work, what is important about them and how to smoothly navigate patent issues and make patents work for you.
What you’ll learn
- Directly use and apply patent law concepts to your inventions and research.
- Determine you have developed a patentable invention.
- Perform necessary steps that will yield a positive patenting journey and outcome.
- Determine what rights you have towards the university or other inventors.
Course Content
- Is your invention patentable? –> 9 lectures • 1hr 24min.
- Common misconceptions: how patents work conceptually –> 26 lectures • 3hr 12min.
Requirements
Patents have become increasingly important in the context of universities. But despite this universities provide little to no training or guidance to you — the ones creating the research and the patentable content. And that is exactly what this course will do: help you understand what patents are, how they work, what is important about them and how to smoothly navigate patent issues and make patents work for you.
What you will learn specifically:
- Define what patents are, how they work, and how they are relevant to your work
- Identify research results or inventions that may be patentable
- Determine what is truly new about an invention
- Perform searches to see whether an invention is new and inventive
- Determine when you are an inventor in a research project
- Determine when you are an author in a research project
- Establish when you own your inventions
- Manage your research more effectively and efficiently
- Optimally document your research with patents in mind
Written by an expert
The course draws on my 15+ years of teaching and working with students, researchers, inventors and creators in a university environment.
It focuses on everyday issues and problems and is designed to provide you with practical answers and tips to everyday issues and questions.
How is this course different to other courses on patents?
- The course focus is not on teaching you ‘patent law’ but on providing you with hands-on, practical answers and tips on how to navigate within the patent system and your universities technology transfer system.
- I use plain English and break down legal concepts in the simplest way possible.
- Unless necessary, I will not use legal definitions or refer to statutes or legal cases but focus on explaining you how the law works.
- The content is structured around practical questions and issues you may encounter while pursuing your research, work, and or studies at a university.
- I’m not only teaching you relevant concepts but I’m also addressing common misconceptions and show you which mistakes to avoid.
Who is the course for?
This course is for anyone who studies and researches in a university or academic setting – whether you are a high school student applying for university, or whether you are an undergraduate, graduate student, or researcher or faculty — this course will be useful to you.