For every science and technology individual, or for any inventive mind, there is a possibility of creating novel product or process. This course will help such intellectual minds to identify and protect their intellectual efforts.This course is an introduction to one of the important types of intellectual property, patent. The course is a good blend of theoretical and practical aspects of patenting activity. The course is focused on inventor/researcher perspective with an objective how to generate a patent. This course provides various guidelines to inventor/researcher to convert his research into patent. This includes various topics such as how to read a techno legal document (patent), how to use patent data for research gap analysis, how to identify potential patent, how to plan the patent filing activity, how to interact with patent attorney, how to use and maintain laboratory notebook and so on.
INTENDED AUDIENCE: Any discipline
CORE/ELECTIVE: Elective
UG/PG: UG and PG
PREREQUISITES: None
INDUSTRY SUPPORT: Almost all industry sectors need this course (Start ups, MSMEs, Corporate)
1654 students have enrolled already!!
ABOUT THE INSTRUCTOR:
Dr. Gouri has a wide experience in intellectual property law, industry and academia. Her background in IPR is LLM from University of Mumbai (Gold medal), PhD in IP management from IIT Bombay (MHRD scholarship),Post Graduate Diploma in patent law from NALSAR University, Registered patent agent (IN/PA 1930), TIFAC (Technology Information Forecasting and Assessment Council, DST) scientist and DL 101 certification. Her background in technology is M.Sc. in Microbiology (Gold Medal), PG Diploma in Medical Laboratory Technology and short term training in IVF (In Vitro Fertility).
She has presented research papers at international technology management conferences such as PICMET (2012, Canada), IAMOT (2018, Birmingham, UK) and published research papers in reputed journals like ‘World Patent Information’, ‘JWIP’, ‘IJIPM’ and filed her own patent in March 2015. She also worked as a guest co-editor for IJIPM (ABDC Listed Journal) Special Issue-MIPS 2014.
She has legal experience and she has provided IP consultancy to several organizations, drafted policies for a few private organizations, and handled IP matters in various domains such as Engineering (Mechanical, Civil, Environment and Chemical), Medical Instruments/Devices, Jewellery, Banking & Finance, Education Technology, Life Sciences, Agriculture and FMCG.
Dr. Gargate has industry experience and handled various projects such as competitive intelligence, technology landscape, FTOs, Prior art search etc.
In the past, she was associated with IIT Bombay under the National Virtual Library of India (NVLI) project. She was looking after various activities such as policies comprising copyright, privacy policy, defining and drafting terms of service, copyright issues related to massive open online courses (MOOCs), or any teaching activity and IITBombayX, copyright due diligence process, and setting up of the IP system for the project.
Before shifting her career to IPR, she was working as an Assistant Professor of Microbiology in the University of Mumbai and she was recognized PG professor of Microbiology in the University of Mumbai. She was an examiner in University of Mumbai, SNDT university, and for PGDMLT (AICTE).
COURSE LAYOUT:
Week 1 : Introduction to patent: Definition, concepts, patentability Week 2 : Patentability Criteria:How to Identify whether my invention is patentable? Week 3 : How to read a patent document? Week 4 : Patentability check - various tools
Week 5 : Procedure for patent filing
Week 6 : Research/project Planning I
Week 7 : Research/project Planning II Week 8 : Research/project Planning III
Please click here for the detailed course structure.
SUGGESTED READING MATERIALS:
Indian Patents Act, 1970
Ove Granstrand, The Economic and management of Intellectual Property, 1999
Narayanan, V. K., Managing technology and innovation for competitive advantage, first edition, Pearson education, New Delhi, 2006
Idris, K., Intellectual property: a power tool for economic growth, second edition, WIPO publication no. 888,Switzerland, 2003
Date and Time of Exams: March 31 2019 (Sunday) Morning session 9am to 12 noon; Afternoon Session 2pm to 5pm.
Registration url: Announcements will be made when the registration form is open for registrations.
The online registration form has to be filled and the certification exam fee needs to be paid. More details will be made available when the exam registration form is published.
CERTIFICATION:
Final score will be calculated as : 25% assignment score + 75% final exam score
25% assignment score is calculated as 25% of average of Best 6 out of 8 assignments
E-Certificate will be given to those who register and write the exam and score greater than or equal to 40% final score.
Certificate will have your name, photograph and the score in the final exam with the breakup.It will have the logos of NPTEL and IITKharagpur. It will be e-verifiable at nptel.ac.in/noc.
