Patenting in Biotechnology
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Patenting in Biotechnology at Coursera Overview
Duration | 27 hours |
Total fee | Free |
Mode of learning | Online |
Difficulty level | Beginner |
Official Website | Explore Free Course  |
Credential | Certificate |
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Patenting in Biotechnology at Coursera Highlights
- Shareable Certificate Earn a Certificate upon completion
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- Flexible deadlines Reset deadlines in accordance to your schedule.
- Beginner Level
- Approx. 27 hours to complete
- English Subtitles: French, Portuguese (European), Russian, English, Spanish
Patenting in Biotechnology at Coursera Course details
- Far too often, researchers are misinformed about the role and the possibilities arising around patents and Intellectual Property Rights (IPR). In this course we will teach you what IPR are - with a special focus on patents. Also this course will look at the importance of patents in the world of biotechnology - and what you actually can patent.
- Should your research be protected? Can your research even be protected?
- There are a lot of misunderstandings about patents, so first step is to know what patents really are and how they work. Then we will introduce how and when to apply for them. Also how to find existing patents is a crucial and necessary element to being able to assess whether your research should be protected or not.
- The course will be divided in 7 sessions, and at the end of the course, you should be able to:
- - describe the different types of IPR
- - explain the conditions of patentability for an invention
- - describe the various stages involved in a patent application
- - search and retrieve patent information from databases
- - read and understand a patent
- - write claims related to biotechnology
- - understand and explain the concept of Freedom To Operate
- Course Materials:
- You will need the following book as a reading material for the course:
- ?Patenting in Biotechnology, a laboratory manual? by Peter Ulvskov, which will be available from
- http://polyteknisk.dk/home/Detaljer/9788750211068
- Also, you will need to get access from your home institution to these databases:
- - Derwent Innovation Index (via Web of Science)
- - SciFinder
- NB:
- This course is related to a 5 ECTS point course that is a mandatory requirement for access to the BioBusiness and Innovation Platform (BBIP) program at the Copenhagen Business School. NOTE: this Coursera course will NOT be sufficient for attending the BBIP program but successful completion of this course (with a Course Certificate) will be a plus for applying to the BBIP.
- To obtain the 5 ECTS points, you will have to enrol as a DTU Student, participate on a hands-on workshop on patent databases and pass an exam in presence of an external Censor. For more information, please email me at:
- fdemasi@cbs.dtu.dk
- Link for BBIP: (http://www.cbs.dk/viden-samfundet/strategiske-indsatsomrader/biobusiness-and-innovation-platform-bbip)
Patenting in Biotechnology at Coursera Curriculum
Introduction to Intellectual Property Rights
About This Course (5:27)
The book and the databases
What is Intellectual Property (IP)? (13:27)
What Are Patents? (13:41)
What Is Novelty? (11:33)
Suggested reading from the book
Basic IP Quiz
The Patent System I
Document Types I - Making Patent Timelines (US) (23:20)
Document Types II - Making Patent Timelines (PCT) (22:10)
Suggested reading from the book
Patenting in Biotechnology
Using The Databases + Reading a Patent
Patent trees and families
The Patent System II
Document Types II - All Documents I (24:05)
Document Types II - All Documents II (14:10)
Suggested reading from the book
Patenting in Biotechnology
Understanding the World of Patents
The filing process
Document Types
Creating a Patent Landscape
Part I (Database: Derwent) (15:52)
Part II (Database: Patentscope) (14:30)
Part III (Database: USPTO and NCBI) (Genetic Sequences) (21:46)
Suggested reading from the book
Derwent User Interface
Derwent Boolean Algebra, Wildcards and Operator Precedence
Hierarchical Search Profiles in Derwent
Field Tags and Operators in USPTO and Patentscope
How to Patent Biotechnology Inventions?
Sequences, Peptides, Enzymes, Antibodies, and Microorganisms (28:32)
Suggested reading from the book
Patenting in Biotechnology
Biotechnology Inventions
Business and Patents
Freedom to Operate and Licensing Deals (21:42)
Freedom To Operate
Patenting Small Chemicals and Compounds
Novelty for Small Molecules (15:22)
Natural Products (20:25)
Suggested reading from the book
Patenting Small Compounds
Scifinder: Searches for Small Molecules (22:27)
Why / Why Not Patent? (14:02)
Conclusions (4:08)
Closing Remarks
Extra reading from the book
Patenting Strategy
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