University of California, Santa Barbara
College of Engineering
Technology and Management Program
The
Art of Invention:
An Introduction to Patents and Intellectual Property
TMP
131 / 251 – Fall 2014
Instructor: Dr. Ilan Ben-Yaacov
Announcements / Assignments
12/10/14:
Additional instructor/grader office hours will be held in ESB 2213 at the
following days/times:
Friday 12/12:
1-3pm
Monday 12/15:
2-4pm
Wednesday 12/17:
2-4pm
12/10/14: IMPORTANT: Final
project for the class is due by 6AM on Friday 12/19. Please email it to the instructor and the TA.
12/10/14: Notes 8
is now posted below.
11/19/14:
Please turn in the branding assignment on page 13 of Notes 7 by 5pm on Tuesday
12/2.
11/19/14: Notes 6 and Notes 7 are now posted below.
11/14/14: Craig Prater’s slides are now posted below.
11/12/14: Notes 4 and Notes 5 are now posted below.
11/3/14: As
mentioned in lecture, class on Wed 11/12
will be cancelled, and a make-up lecture will be held on Fri 11/14 from 2-3:15pm in PHELPS 1431. Anyone
who cannot attend this lecture may come to my office hours on 11/12 or 11/19. I will also be
available on 11/14 from 3:30-4:30pm,
but you must email me in advance if you wish to see me at that time.
10/31/14:
Information about all guest lectures is now posted below.
10/29/14: Apple’s
slide-to-unlock patent can be found here.
The “engineering around patents”
assignment is due in class on Monday
11/3.
10/23/14: Notes 3 is now posted below. Complete the claims exercise on page 7 of Notes 3 and submit by
email before 5pm Tuesday 10/28.
10/17/14: Notes 2 is now posted below.
10/10/14:
Please read all documents related to the Yoga patent by Monday
10/20/2014.
10/10/14: Notes 1 is now posted below.
10/3/14:
Instructor office hours on Wed 10/8 will be moved to 9-11am in ESB 2213.
10/2/14:
First class meets 10/6/2014. Please read
Glossary of Patent and IP-Related Terms
and the Final Publication of the
Yoga Patent.
10/2/14: Welcome
to the course!
Syllabus
– Course Details
Lecture: Mon / Wed 3:30-4:45pm
in PHELPS 1444
Instructor: Dr. Ilan Ben-Yaacov, ESB
room 2213, ext 5295, ilan[at]engineering.ucsb.edu
Office Hours: Wed 11:00am-1:00pm in ESB Room
2213
Grader: Scott Myers, scottmyers[at]umail.ucsb.edu
This
3-unit 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),
obtaining coverage in foreign jurisdictions, and discuss general patenting and
IP strategies for businesses, as well as several other topics, including
special topics from 1-3 guest lecturers (dates/times TBA).
In
addition to weekly lectures, there will be weekly reading assignments, several
written assignments, and students will also complete a final project which
entails drafting an entire patent application.
Students may optionally choose to file the applications which they
draft. Grades for the course will be
determined approximately 25% by attendance, 25% by the written assignments, and
50% by the final project.
1. Date:
November 5, 2014
Speaker: Craig
Prater, CTO at Anasys Instruments, Santa
Barbara
Topic: IP
Strategies for Small/Medium Sized Businesses
2. Date:
December 1, 2014
Speaker: Steven
Sereboff, Patent Attorney at SoCal IP Law
Group, LLP
Topic:
Patent Litigation
Glossary of Patent and IP-Related Terms
Determination of Patent Inventorship
Patent Application Template (MS Word)
Class
Notes
Notes
1 Notes 6
Notes
2 Notes 7
Notes 3 Notes 8
Notes 4 Prater IP Lecture
Notes 5
Patent
Prosecution Case Study: Yoga Patent
Original
Filing
Non-Final
Rejection
Howard
Reference from Non-Final Rejection
Response
to Non-Final Rejection
Issued
Claims (as allowed)
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 U.S. Provisional Patent Applications:
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)
USPTO
Trademark Electronic Search System (TESS)
Dr.
Ben-Yaacov received his PhD in Electrical and Computer Engineering from U.C.
Santa Barbara in 2004. Since 2004, he
has served as a lecturer at UCSB in the ECE Department, the College of Creative
Studies Physics program, and the TMP, teaching semiconductor processing,
circuits, general physics, EE project design, and IP/patent courses. Since 2007, he has been operating an
independent IP consulting business, primarily focusing on patents, trade
secrets, and trademarks. He also manages
the IP portfolio of a local semiconductor company. His IP areas of expertise include general IP
strategy, patent drafting and prosecution, IP portfolio advising and
management, domestic and foreign filing strategies, establishment of trade
secrets, infringement analysis, IP due diligence for investors, and licensing
agreements.
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