Michael Straightiff, Managing Director of the UVA Licensing and Ventures Group, will provide background on the patent process—from landscape search, to initial filing, to interactions with examiners, and the final grant.
In preparation for the session, we simply ask that you read the three, very brief, links below. These paragraphs will provide you with a quick background into what is a patent, what is patentable, and the conditions of novelty (or "newness") and non-obviousness.
INSTRUCTOR
David Touve, Senior Director, Ventures, Batten Institute for Entrepreneurship & Innovation
:: PLEASE READ ::
United States Patent and Trademark Office (2014). What Are Patents, Trademarks, Servicemarks, and Copyrights? USPTO.gov, General Information Concerning Patents.
http://www.uspto.gov/patents-getting-started/general-information-concerning-patents#heading-2
United States Patent and Trademark Office (2014). What can be patented? USPTO.gov, General Information Concerning Patents.
http://www.uspto.gov/patents-getting-started/general-information-concerning-patents#heading-4
United States Patent and Trademark Office (2014). Novelty and non-obviousness, conditions for obtaining a patent? USPTO.gov, General Information Concerning Patents.
http://www.uspto.gov/patents-getting-started/general-information-concerning-patents#heading-5