Difference between revisions of "Small Inventors Project"

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*What do they do with their IP (license/transfer)
 
*What do they do with their IP (license/transfer)
 
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==Micro Entities==
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Include institutes of higher education (those meeting definition in 20 U.S. Code § 1001: https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/20/1001
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: either an employee of institute of higher education OR
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: rights to patent will be assigned to institute of higher education
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:: however if the university applies for a patent with the university as the investor/applicant then cannot be a microentity
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==Small Entities==
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Is a person or small business

Revision as of 16:33, 22 February 2017

General

Story: What happened to the American Small Inventor

  • Identify small inventors
  • Are they patenting more or less
  • Has AIA helped them
  • Are their patents being attacked in IPR/litigation
  • What do they do with their IP (license/transfer)
  • What are they valued at

Micro Entities

Include institutes of higher education (those meeting definition in 20 U.S. Code § 1001: https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/20/1001

either an employee of institute of higher education OR
rights to patent will be assigned to institute of higher education
however if the university applies for a patent with the university as the investor/applicant then cannot be a microentity

Small Entities

Is a person or small business