About this course: Far too often, researchers are misinformed about the role and the possibilities arising around patents and Intellectual Property Rights (IPR). In this course we will teach you what IPR are - with a special focus on patents. Also this course will look at the importance of patents in the world of biotechnology - and what you actually can patent. Should your research be protected? Can your research even be protected? There are a lot of misunderstandings about patents, so first step is to know what patents really are and how they work. Then we will introduce how and when to apply for them. Also how to find existing patents is a crucial and necessary element to being able to assess whether your research should be protected or not. The course will be divided in 7 sessions, and at the end of the course, you should be able to: - describe the different types of IPR - explain the conditions of patentability for an invention - describe the various stages involved in a patent application - search and retrieve patent information from databases - read and understand a patent - write claims related to biotechnology - understand and explain the concept of Freedom To Operate Course Materials: You will need the following book as a reading material for the course: “Patenting in Biotechnology, a laboratory manual” by Peter Ulvskov, which will be available from http://polyteknisk.dk/home/Detaljer/9788750211068 Also, you will need to get access from your home institution to these databases: - Derwent Innovation Index (via Web of Science) - SciFinder NB: This course is related to a 5 ECTS point course that is a mandatory requirement for access to the BioBusiness and Innovation Platform (BBIP) program at the Copenhagen Business School. NOTE: this Coursera course will NOT be sufficient for attending the BBIP program but successful completion of this course (with a Course Certificate) will be a plus for applying to the BBIP. To obtain the 5 ECTS points, you will have to enrol as a DTU Student, participate on a hands-on workshop on patent databases and pass an exam in presence of an external Censor. For more information, please email me at: fdemasi@cbs.dtu.dk Link for BBIP: (http://www.cbs.dk/viden-samfundet/strategiske-indsatsomrader/biobusiness-and-innovation-platform-bbip)
Who is this class for: This course is aimed at Master and PhD students that want to learn about how to protect and create value from their current or future inventions. It is also a required course for students wanting to enrol in the BBIP Masters Programme at the Copenhagen Business School.
Taught by: Federico De Masi, Senior Researcher
Department of Bioinformatics - DTU
Taught by: Peter Ulvskov, Professor
Department of Plant and Environmental Sciences, Copenhagen University
Taught by: Karin Beukel
Taught by: Claus Bøttcher Jørgensen, Professor
Department of Veterinary and Animal Sciences
Taught by: Finn Valentin, Professor
Research Centre on Biotech Business
| Level | Beginner |
| Commitment | 7 weeks for 2-4 hours week |
| Language | English |
| How To Pass | Pass all graded assignments to complete the course. |
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- Video: About This Course (5:27)
- Video: The book and the databases
- Reading: Suggested reading from the book
- Video: What is Intellectual Property (IP)? (13:27)
- Video: What Are Patents? (13:41)
- Video: What Is Novelty? (11:33)
- Reading: Suggested reading from the book
- Reading: Patenting in Biotechnology
- Video: Document Types I - Making Patent Timelines (US) (23:20)
- Video: Document Types II - Making Patent Timelines (PCT) (22:10)
- Reading: Suggested reading from the book
- Reading: Patenting in Biotechnology
- Video: Document Types II - All Documents I (24:05)
- Video: Document Types II - All Documents II (14:10)
- Reading: Suggested reading from the book
- Video: Part I (Database: Derwent) (15:52)
- Video: Part II (Database: Patentscope) (14:30)
- Video: Part III (Database: USPTO and NCBI) (Genetic Sequences) (21:46)
- Reading: Suggested reading from the book
- Reading: Patenting in Biotechnology
- Video: Sequences, Peptides, Enzymes, Antibodies, and Microorganisms (28:32)
- Video: Freedom to Operate and Licensing Deals (21:42)
- Reading: Suggested reading from the book
- Video: Novelty for Small Molecules (15:22)
- Video: Natural Products (20:25)
- Video: Scifinder: Searches for Small Molecules (22:27)
- Video: Why / Why Not Patent? (14:02)
- Video: Conclusions (4:08)
- Video: Closing Remarks
- Reading: Extra reading from the book
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This course's teachers and contents are so great. Teachers are very highly enthusiastic and serious. I think this course' has more exam than others, but because of that we study more and more spontaneously. I think I am so happy to meet this course. So if you are interested in patent or patent system, then please take this course even if you are not majored in the area of Biology.
The course follows a book (listed in the resources, which is highly recommended that you buy for cca 20€, if I remember correctly) and is tought quite well, similar to a introductory undergrad curriculum. The assignments are well designed and you need to apply a bit of time and energy to finish them (but not really that much). The biggest deficit of the course is the fact that you need access to commercial databases such as Web of Science (Derwent) and SciFinder. While several Universities and public libraries do in fact offer unlimited access to these services, you should check in advance if this is in fact true for you also - in particular, the SciFinder database in many cases has limited users (e.g., only faculty staff etc) even in public institutions.
Excelent course! I fully recommed it. Although it is very demanding and the quizzes are difficult to complete, the course provides a wide understanding of the issues related to patenting in biotechnology. I am glad to have taken the course
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Patenting in Biotechnology is an unique and innovative course delivered with good lectures. But Professors focussed primarily on patent searching instead of discussing interplay of patenting and biotechnology. Using commercial softwares (like Derwent & Scifinder ) and a particular textbook made the course a little bit challenging for the participants from the poor developing countries like India. As a whole I enjoyed the course and learned many new things. My heartfelt thanks to all Professors and the whole Team Coursera.