Students complete brainstorming activities. A. Presentation by one or more inventors followed by question and answer period. Inventions - some surprising examples A. Discussion of inventions selected from Peculiar Patents by Dr. Rick Feinberg, and discussion of recent articles describing other remarkable inventions. B. Students are introduced to sources of patent information on the Internet and required to locate specific information. Overview of the process of obtaining each type of protection.
Students learn to dissect a patent and translate a patent specification into plain English.
Students are introduced to technical drawing and the ClarisDraw software package, and produce a drawing of their invention . B. Discussion of economic facilitation 1. Government subsidies and tax incentives. Partnerships with industry and academia. Selling an invention A. Students are guided in developing a marketing plan for their invention and in presenting the plan to the class.