教材分析 MIT机电工程与计算机科学系【本科生课程】6.901.发明与专利.Inventions.and.Patents[www.ed2kers.com].pdfVIP

Inventions and Patents As taught in: Fall 2005 Thomas Edisons patent application for an Improvement in Electric Lamps, November 1, 1879. (Image courtesy of National Archives and Records Administration .) Instructors: Dr. Robert Rines MIT Course Number: 6.901 / 3.172 / 16.652 Level: Undergraduate Course Highlights This course features a downloadable textbook on inventions and patents, Create or Perish, in the readings section. The textbook was written by the course instructor, Dr. Robert Rines, who has been inducted into the National Inventors Hall of Fame. Course Description This course explores the history of private and public rights in scientific discoveries and applied engineering, leading to the development of worldwide patent systems. The classes of invention protectable under the patent laws of the U.S., including the procedures in protecting inventions in the Patent Office and the courts will be examined. A review of past cases involving inventions and patents in: 1. the chemical process industry and medical pharmaceutical, biological, and genetic-engineering fields; 2. devices in the mechanical, ocean exploration, civil, and/or aeronautical fields; 3. the electrical, computer, software, and electronic areas, including key radio, solid-state, computer and software inventions; and also 请点击 /ocwdonate 4. software protection afforded under copyright laws. Periodic joint real-time class sessions and discussions by video-audio Internet conferencing, with other universities will also be conducted. Syllabus Course Introduction by Dr. Robert Rhines. 6.901 explores current research concerning patent law and its role in the rapidly changing world of high technology. It is the undergraduate version of a jointly taught course with 6.931 and is taught in the fall semester. 6.931 is the graduate