Patenting and technology transfer

Borrowed from "Patents and Management of Innovation" , SCIENZE CHIMICHE (Classe LM-54)

Module of "Management of Innovation"
The course covers the main aspects of technological innovation management, as a process based on research
and development aiming at the introduction of new products, processes, technologies, services, particularly
from the industrial point of view. The topics specifically tackled in the course are detailed in the following.
Terminology and main definitions, basic research, applied research, development and relevant examples. Precompetitive
development and industrialization; incremental and radical innovation. Innovation as an integral
part of an industrial enterprise, the main involved functions (innovation chain). Motivating and creating
innovative ideas, approaches to stimulate creativity. Knowledge management: basic skills and "knowledge
system", organization and finalization of knowledge; Knowledge discovery, data mining; technological
monitoring. Evaluation of ideas, for example by filling checklist or by other means, project setup. Preparation
and evaluation of a business and technology plan, economic and financial analysis of a project. Project
management and project portfolio management by using, for example, the Stage and Gate® approach. Tools
for activities planning and control (e.g. Gantt diagram). R&D Organizations: brief overview. The committees
for innovation.

Module of "Patents"
The validity requirements of the patent. Product, process and use inventions. Structure of the patent
application. Patenting procedure. State of the art. Cross-references. Selection inventions. Overlapping ranges.
Dosage regimens. Supplementary certificates of protection. Nullity and forfeiture of the patent. The scope of
the exclusivity. The circulation of the patent. The defence of the patent. Patent enforcement. Strategy for
patenting. Licensing and assignments.