CHEN 4501W Lecture Notes - Lecture 42: Intellectual Ventures, Robert S. Langer, Idli
27 Dec 2015
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Prof. bob langer from mit has > 1000 patents. >100 new startup companies based on his inventions. If you have idea, write up a disclosure: describes invention in layman"s term. -> file provisional patent --> fee pto attorney + . -> 12 months --> utility + pct; utility - , pct -. Pct lasts 31 months --> uswhat countries do you want to sign it in? each one adds more to costfor 10 countries, -,000; us is cheap: . -> marker = color; process produces certain color, use chromatography to find if it is indeed our process; or viscosity (you have the smoothest pie) Equipment - might have some special equipment to make it; might not want to patent it b/c it gets published, so others can take that idea. Secret incredient; if just 1 ingredient, then patent itif entire recipe is unique, then use trade secret.
