AHSE3599 Special Topics in Business and Entrepreneurship

Special Topics in Entrepreneurship classes (AHSE X599) typically cover a specific topic in Entrepreneurship and are intended to enhance and expand the selection of offerings from semester to semester.

Credits

Variable Credits AHSE

Notes

FA16:  Intellectual Property Protection for Innovative Designs (Covello)

Prerequisite  AHSE 1515 

The objectives of this project-based course are to engage in the process of real-world innovation and to learn how to legally protect innovative solutions.  During the semester, students will prepare and file patent applications for their inventions.  The class will begin with an overview of the types of intellectual property protection available in the United States for inventive products and processes.  Students will design their own solutions to technical problems during the first few weeks of the course, or will come to class with a significant product and/or process innovation already in mind.   With guidance from the instructor, each student will work individually or as part of a small group to research the ?prior art? and then prepare the text and drawings for a utility patent application directed to their invention.  The final project for the class will be e-filing the utility patent applications with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.  While the course primarily is directed to patents, several class periods will be devoted to other types of intellectual property, including trademarks, copyrights, trade secrets and cyber law.  During the first two months of the course, students will prepare a Problem-Solution Notebook containing their innovative ideas.  Readings throughout the semester will include articles on the topic of innovation.

 

FA15:  Intellectual Property Protection for Innovative Designs (Covello)

Prerequisite AHSE 1515 

The objectives of this project-based course are to engage in the process of real-world innovation and to learn how to legally protect innovative solutions.  During the semester, students will prepare and file patent applications for their inventions.  The class will begin with an overview of the types of intellectual property protection available in the United States for inventive products and processes.  Students will design their own solutions to technical problems during the first few weeks of the course, or will come to class with a significant product and/or process innovation already in mind.   With guidance from the instructor, each student will work individually or as part of a small group to research the ?prior art? and then prepare the text and drawings for a utility patent application directed to their invention.  The final project for the class will be e-filing the utility patent applications with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.  While the course primarily is directed to patents, several class periods will be devoted to other types of intellectual property, including trademarks, copyrights, trade secrets and cyber law.  During the first two months of the course, students will prepare a Problem-Solution Notebook containing their innovative ideas.  Readings throughout the semester will include articles on the topic of innovation.

 

SP15:  Intellectual Property Protection for Innovative Designs; 2 credits (Covello)

This is generally expected to be a junior and senior level course. Others may be allowed to enroll with permission of the instructor.

The objectives of this new course are to engage in the process of real-world innovation and to learn how to legally protect innovative solutions.  The course begins with an overview of the types of intellectual property protection available in the United States for inventive products and processes.  Students will design their own solutions to technical problems during the first few weeks of the course, or will come to class with a significant product/process innovation already in mind.   With guidance from the instructor, students will work individually or in small groups to research the ?prior art? and then prepare the text and drawings for utility patent applications for their own inventions.  The final exam for the class will be the e-filing of utility patent applications with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. Readings include prior art patents and articles relevant to student inventions, select portions of US laws and regulations relating to patents, and a 20-page poem about the life and work of an inventor from the1800?s, Antonio Meucci. If you would like more details about the class, or have questions about whether this class is right for you, please email the instructor at [e-mail].