METHOD OF ENHANCING THE LEARNING OF INNOVATION
First Claim
1. A method of enhancing learning at a learning institution about innovation and the protection of intellectual property, said method comprising:
- establishing a course in innovation and/or intellectual property protection at the learning institution;
having a student desiring to register for the course at the learning institution assign to an entity designated by the learning institution an intellectual property right that student might otherwise achieve by reason of that student taking the course;
appointing an instructor for the course; and
filing a patent application based on an idea conceived as a result of the course being offered at the learning institution, at least one student registered for the course being a named inventor on the application.
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Abstract
A method of enhancing learning at a learning institution about innovation and the protection of intellectual property comprises establishing a course in innovation and/or intellectual property protection at the learning institution. Students desiring to register for the course at the learning institution may be required to assign to an entity designated by the learning institution any intellectual property right that student might achieve by reason of that student being allowed register to take the course. Students constituting a class taking the course conceive an innovation and learn about innovation and how to protect innovative intellectual property by participating in a patent application (or other intellectual property application) that is filed at a patenting authority on the innovation conceived as a result of the class taking the course being offered at the learning institute, and at least one student registered for the course is a named inventor on the application.
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20 Claims
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1. A method of enhancing learning at a learning institution about innovation and the protection of intellectual property, said method comprising:
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establishing a course in innovation and/or intellectual property protection at the learning institution; having a student desiring to register for the course at the learning institution assign to an entity designated by the learning institution an intellectual property right that student might otherwise achieve by reason of that student taking the course; appointing an instructor for the course; and filing a patent application based on an idea conceived as a result of the course being offered at the learning institution, at least one student registered for the course being a named inventor on the application. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 14, 15, 16)
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13. The method of enhancing learning according to claim 13, wherein the learning institution makes the course available under a license agreement between the learning institution and the entity, and wherein the entity grants rights to the learning institution in return for consideration received by the entity from the learning institution.
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17. A method of enhancing learning at a learning institution about innovation and the protection of intellectual property, said method comprising:
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establishing a course in innovation and/or intellectual property protection at the learning institution; using a virtual patent application as a part of the teaching of the course; said virtual patent application comprising an application that is substantially similar to an actual patent application that has been at least partially prosecuted at a Patent Office; and basing at least a part of the scholastic grade awarded a student registered for the course upon that student'"'"'s completion of assignments based on the virtual patent application.
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18. A method of enhancing learning at a learning institution about innovation and the protection of intellectual property, said method comprising:
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establishing a course in innovation and/or intellectual property protection at the learning institution; appointing an instructor for the course; filing a patent application based on an idea conceived by a student as a result of the student taking the course at the learning institution; and wherein at least a part of the scholastic grade awarded the student for the course is based upon that student'"'"'s contribution towards the filing of the patent application. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20)
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