Intellectual property in academia : a practical guide for scientists and engineers / editor, Nadya Reingand.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Reingand, Nadya.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Patent laws and legislation--United States.

Patent laws and legislation.

Universities and colleges--Professional staff--Legal status, laws, etc--United States.

Universities and colleges.

Inventors--United States--Handbooks, manuals, etc.

Inventors.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (342 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Boca Raton ; London : Taylor & Francis, 2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Given the increasing role of intellectual property (IP) in academic research, it is important for academic scientists to gain greater awareness and knowledge of the various issues involved with IP resulting from their research and inventions. In addition, the line between academic and industrial research has been blurred, and a large amount of crossover exists due to corporate funding of academic research and collaborations between company and university laboratories. These and other factors have complicated the push toward technology transfer in universities. As commercialization has become i

Contents:

Front Cover; Contents; Preface; Editor; Contributors; Introduction to Intellectual Property in Academia; Chapter 1: The Basics of Patenting; Chapter 2: Is Your Invention Novel? The Issue of Prior Art; Chapter 3: Practical Framework for Intellectual Property Valuation; Chapter 4: Drafting and Prosecuting a Patent Application; Chapter 5: Electronic Systems for U.S. and European Patents; Chapter 6: Commercializing Inventions through an Office of Technology Transfer; Chapter 7: University Patent Case Studies: Some Patents Hang on the Wall, Others Go to Work

Chapter 8: What's Mine Is Yours: Navigating Ownership Rights and Bayh-DoleChapter 9: Copyright; Back Cover

Notes:

"A CRC title."

Includes bibliographical references.

OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.

ISBN:

1-04-007805-2

0-429-19360-2

1-283-35020-3

9786613350206

1-4398-3701-5

9780429193606

OCLC:

1080587821