The
Art of Invention:
An
Introduction to Patents and Intellectual Property
Interdisciplinary
Studies CS 120 – Fall 2009
Instructor: Dr. Ilan Ben-Yaacov
Announcements
/ Assignments
10/7/09: Prior to class on 10/14/09, look over Sample Patent Disclosure Form and read Inventorship Document. If you plan to take the course for 2 or more
units, you should also look over some of the patents from SB companies and/or
begin searching for a patent for your oral presentation.
10/7/09: Reminder that the Thursday section has
been moved to Wednesdays 3:30-4:45pm in ESB 2213.
09/30/09: Make sure you have completely read the 2
documents in the previous announcement prior to the second lecture (10/7/09).
09/23/09: First class meets 9/30/09. Please read Glossary of Patent and IP-Related Terms and
briefly look over the Final Publication of the Yoga Patent prior to the first
lecture. Also please print these
handouts and bring to every class.
09/23/09:
Welcome to the course!
Syllabus
– Course Details
Lecture: Wed
1:00-1:50pm in CCS Room 160B
Discussion: Thurs
2:00-3:15pm Wed 3:30-4:45pm in ESB room 2213
Grading/Units: P/NP
grading option only, 1-4 units possible
Instructor: Dr.
Ilan Ben-Yaacov, ESB room 2213, ext 5295, ilan[at]engineering.ucsb.edu
Office Hours: By
appointment in ESB room 2213
This course is designed
to provide emerging inventors, entrepreneurs, and scientists with a working knowledge
of intellectual property (patents, copyrights, trademarks, and trade secrets),
with the main focus being on patents. We will cover the basic functions
of patents (what rights a patent gives you), structure of patents (what
elements must be included in a patent application), patent prosecution (process
for getting a patent issued), and discuss patenting strategies for businesses,
as well as several other topics.
The course may be taken as a 1-2 unit seminar course or a 3-4 unit
course. Students taking the course for 1-2 units will attend the
Wednesday lectures and will receive several reading assignments and perform one
short presentation. For students taking the course for 3-4 units, in
addition to the above requirements, there will be writing assignments as well
as meetings with the instructor during the scheduled section time. The
course is open to students of all majors.
Glossary of
Patent and IP-Related Terms
Determination
of Patent Inventorship
Sample
Patent Disclosure Form
ALM Article
on Incorporation by Reference by Kim
and Tse
Patent
Prosecution Case Study: Yoga Patent
Original
Filing
Non-Final
Rejection
Howard
Reference from Non-Final Rejection
Response to
Non-Final Rejection
Claims as
Issued
Final
Published Patent
Doctrine of
Equivalence:
Winans Patent
Festo Article by
Jennifer Miller
Patents from
Several Santa Barbara Companies:
Sonos, Inc.
Transphorm, Inc.
Wyatt
Technology Corporation
Patent – Wikipedia Entry:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patent
Trade Secret – Wikipedia Entry:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trade_secrets
Trademark – Wikipedia Entry:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trademark
Patent Cooperation Treaty (International Filing) – Wikipedia Entry:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patent_Cooperation_Treaty
JOM
Article on
http://www.tms.org/pubs/journals/JOM/matters/matters-0002.html
JOM Article on Divisional, Continuation, and CIP Patent Applications:
http://www.tms.org/pubs/journals/JOM/matters/matters-0406.html
Summary of What is Included in a Specification (Disclosure):
http://www.patentlens.net/daisy/patentlens/2341.html
Patent Claims – Wikipedia Entries:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Claim_(patent)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_patent_claim_types
Difference Between Filing Date and Priority Date:
http://www.cambia.org/daisy/patentlens/2343.html
U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) Patent
Database
USPTO
Patent Application Information Retrieval (PAIR)
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