Problems:
Intellectual property involves several expensive processes such as patent value creation, and monetization. Unfortunately, these processes are also inefficient. On average, only 1% of a company’s assets truly generate revenues, leaving the rest to collect expensive dust.
Why:
- Engineers focus on solutions to their own problems but are not able to efficiently capture valuable golden nuggets from their daily work.
- Scientists interested in research and publication view innovation capturing and monetization at a low priority.
- There is a gap between inventors and IP professionals working on patent filing and monetization because of misconceptions among scientists and engineers. Their resulting patents often do not give them sufficient patent rights that they deserve.
Our Belief and Services:
Inventors play an important role in creating a high quality patent portfolio. Every prospective inventor should be equipped with basic knowledge about intellectual property and the broader picture of IP value chain. We provide a two-tier IP training series specially designed for engineers and scientists.
- Tier One: five one-hour sessions for all prospective inventors. These sessions cover:
- What are patent rights and the basics of patent law
- What are patentable ideas and what could be valuable patents
- Basic tips and pitfalls of IP protection
- How to work with patent attorneys to turn ideas into assets
- Difference between publication and patents
- Patent search tools and getting the gist of a patent
- What are patent rights and the basics of patent law
- Tier Two: five one-hour sessions for prolific inventors, entrepreneurs and managers. These sessions cover:
- IP issues in standards and open source
- How to take advantage of the international patent system
- Inventors’ tips in patent prosecution process
- A drilldown of patent claim structures
- Evidence of use and patent infringement
- How to evaluate a patent
- IP issues in standards and open source
- We provide various services to suit your needs including:
- Unlimited access to Tier One and/or Tier Two training series webinars throughout a subscription year to accommodate the busy schedule of inventors and reinforce the subjects as needed
- Monitoring and tracking of employee’s progress through on-line quizzes
- Development of customized training materials tailored towards your business and specific needs
- Unlimited access to Tier One and/or Tier Two training series webinars throughout a subscription year to accommodate the busy schedule of inventors and reinforce the subjects as needed
Instructor:
Matthew Ma, Ph.D.
Dr. Matthew Ma is the author of the book "Fundamentals of Patenting and Licensing for Scientists and Engineers", World Scientific, 2009. He has an extensive industrial experience having worked in the field of electrical and computer engineering with 30 publications and 14 U.S. issued patents. He has also had several roles in the past five years in the intellectual property field including IP analyst, Director of Intellectual Property for in-house IP department and Director of Patent Strategy. He is an IEEE senior member and also a patent agent admitted to the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.
