Event
ChBE Seminar Series: Charles R. Richard
Tuesday, February 9, 2010
11:00 a.m.-12:15 p.m.
Room 2110 Chemical and Nuclear Eng. Bldg.
Professor F. Joseph Schork
fjschork@umd.edu
A Primer on the Patent System
Presented by Charles R. Richard
Attorney-at-Law
Washington, D.C.
This seminar provides an overview of the patent system, with an emphasis on the US system, for people with science and/or engineering backgrounds. Topics covered include common misconceptions; basic terminology; sources of law and some history; types of patents, patentable subject matter and types of inventions; the three basic requirements for patentability; basics on patent applications; patent infringement; patent licensing; international issues; and useful websites and publications. The presentation focuses on those aspects of these topics that technical and business people in science and/or engineering related research or industry would likely encounter in their work.
