Course Title
INNOVATION
AND PATENTABILITY
Course Number
BME
415
Tentative Opening Date
Fall
2010 semester
Course level
3rd or 4th year students
with a genuine interest in new biomedical device development and
entrepreneurship (Prerequisite:
None)
Instructor
Prof.
Dr. A. Cüneyt Taş
Dept.
of Biomedical Engineering
Course Objectives
This course focuses on the real-life
practices and challenges of translating scientific discovery into commercial
products. More specifically, its scope is limited in most circumstances to situations
where some knowledge of biomedical engineering, electrical engineering, chemistry,
physics and related disciplines may prove to be particularly useful. The course
primarily uses case studies of real-world new product development challenges to
simulate the industrial challenges that will confront fresh engineers in the
field.
Course content
Descriptions of “state-of-the-art” and “innovation;”
From prototype to industrial up-scaling in
biotechnology;
Industrial manufacturing requirements (Case studies
on biomedical devices; Class I, Class II or Class III devices);
Importance of FDA approval and CE marks for
biomedical devices;
ISO standards governing biomedical device development
& quality assessment;
Descriptions of discovery, patentable ideas, and
intellectual property;
How do patent institutes work and protect your
invention;
Assignment of inventors in a patent application;
Advantages and disadvantages of patents;
Trademark registration and Copyright versus Patents;
When and how to apply for a patent;
Utility patents and design patents;
Transforming a “patent” into a “product-on-the-market:”
Technology Transfer.
Total
credit hours: 3
Lab
hours: 0
Lecture
hours: 3
Online Text
Title: “Inventor’s Handbook”
Publisher: Lemelson Foundation
& Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Online source: http://web.mit.edu/invent/h-main.html
Textbook
Title:
“Robert’s Rules of Innovation”
Authors:
R.F. Brand & M.J. Kleinman
Publisher:
John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 2010 ISBN 978-0-470-59699-9
Grading
Term
Project (30%)
Homeworks (30%)
Final
exam (30%)
Classroom
participation (10%)