Doctorates in Chemical Sciences and in Materials Science and Technology
Short course
Intellectual property protection-A view from the European Patent Office
Dr. Stefano Fanni
3-4 December 2015-Chemistry Building-Campus Via Langhirano
The Doctorates in Chemical Sciences and in Materials Science and Technology organize a two- day course for training PhD students on technology transfer and intellectual property protection issues. This course will be focused on patenting at the international and in particular at the european level; the lectures will be held by Stefano Fanni, an expert in the field, presently examiner at the European Patent Office (EPO) in Munich, and are aimed at fostering the interest on exploitation of the research results through intellectual property (IP) protection, giving a clear and first-hand information about EPO procedures.
The lectures will cover the fundamentals of intellectual property protection, the processes of patent submission and evaluation, and the best practices for retrieval of information on existing patents and the related bibliographic tools. The course will be open also to PhD students from the School of Doctorate of Sciences and Technology and from other PhD courses in University of Parma, and to staff members from library services who are in charge of training students on bibliographic tools.
Program:
Thursday 3 december 2015, 14:30-17:30-Aula Magna, Chemistry Building
Principles of intellectual property protection
Principles of patent evaluation in general
Friday 4 december 2015, 14:30-17:30-Aula Magna, Chemistry Building
Principles of patent evaluation in the field of Chemistry and Pharmacy
Overview of Patent Search tools and databases
Tutorials with case studies using Espacenet
All interested student/staff members are requested to register by sending an e-mail to stating: name, position, day(s) of attendance, within November 30, 2015
Parco Area delle Scienze 17/A, Campus ● I-43124 Parma
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