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Introduction to Photostability
A Practical Introduction to
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Practical Approaches to Patents and Other Forms of Intellectual Property
| Type | Course |
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| Language | English |
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August 16, 2009 from 08:30 am to 05:00 pm |
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TBA , |
| Chemistry Specialties |
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| Chemistry Techniques |
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| Contact |
American Chemical Society 1155 Sixteenth Street, NW Washington, DC 20036 US (800) 227-5558 shortcourses@acs.org |
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Learn the fundamentals of writing patent applications and developing patent filing strategies.
Key Topics
* Forms of intellectual property defined by the US Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).
* Requirements for patentability and the content elements of a patent application.
* Common rejections by the USPTO
* Defining your invention with respect to the public domain information.
* Principles to guide the writing of the first draft of a patent application to prevent a rejection from the USPTO.
* Valid claims, infringing other valid claims and freedom to operate.
* Establish an intellectual property coordination team.
* Define a patent strategy with the business plan.
* Foreign filing and selecting the relevant countries.
* Non-Disclosure (Confidentiality) agreements.
* Licensing in technology to grow your patent estate.
* Value creation through intellectual property and licensing out technology.
Session titles
* Introduction--Forms of intellectual property; regular and provisional patent applications, novelty and obviousness; company and university patent estate trends.
* Public Domain Information—Global scientific information trends; monitoring global information.
* Patents--Defining the invention; how to write a patent draft; claim structure.
* Competitive Patent Landscape—Validity of patent claims; infringement; file histories; freedom to operate; intellectual property coordination team.
* Other Information Available from Notes--Non-Disclosure (Confidentiality) agreements; licensing; business plan connection; foreign filing; utility patents and what is patentable.