Inside the Patent Factory: The Essential Reference for Effective and Efficient Management of Patent Creation

by Donal O'Connell

Overview

Imagine walking into a factory where the material coming in one side of the factory consist not of physical components or raw materials but rather ideas, thoughts, inventions and solutions to problems whilst patent applications of granted patents flow out the other side of the factory as the finished goods. This analogy linking modern factories and patent production is useful for a number of reasons. it is clear that the importance of intangible assets is growing, often equalling or surpassing the value of physical assets for a company. the volume of patent applications and granted patents has been increasing in recent years. However, the patenting process is by no means simple and there are various steps or stages in the process. The patenting language and terminology is often not easily understood and it can also be a relatively expensive exercise.

"Donal O'Connell's book leads a reader to a venture towards effective patent creation which everyone interested about patenting should join. the book does not draw for a reader a picture of the ideal factory (since there can't be one as such) but guides the reader to find the ideal one for reader's needs, by helping the reader to analyze his/her needs, business environment and resources." - Sami Saru

"This book is to be highly recommended to all students of Intellectual Property Law who wish to have a practical insight into the workings of Patent Law. The subject is set out in clear and comprehensible fashion so as to make an are of the law which typically students find challenging readily accessible. the consistently practical approach engages the reader from the outset and is refreshingly original. This is a splendid supplement to the standard textbooks." - Professor Amanda Cleary

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781119995265
Publisher:	Wiley
Publication date:	01/31/2011
Sold by:	JOHN WILEY & SONS
Format:	eBook
Pages:	344
File size:	1 MB

About the Author

Donal O'Connell is a Director o IPR at Nokia. He has extensive experience in the wireless telecommunications industry across the world. Responsible for the leadership and management of one complete Nokia R&D centre in Texas from 1997 to 2003, growing the site from scratch to over 600 engineers, he has much experience of growing and developing teams, handling change projects and designing and launching successful products. Donal led a major change project within Nokia IPR and he is extremely well networked within R&D, IPR and Environmental Fields.

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Table of Contents

Foreword by Urho Ilmonen.

Preface.

Acknowledgements.

1. Introduction.

2. Building a Strategy.

3. Why Patent?

4. Invention Harvesting.

5. Core Activities of Patent Creation.

6. The Inventor Community.

7. Other Key Interfaces.

8. Organising your Patent Factory.

9. The Management of External Patent Agencies.

10. Metrics.

11. Quality.

12. Patent Cost Management.

13. Processes and Tools.

14. Benchmarking.

15. Changes.

16. Conclusion.

References.

Index.