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88401 Patent Course
Danish title: Patentkursus
Language:  Danish    ECTS-creditpoints:  5, External examination.   
Type:  civil engineering course, course at phd level, open university
Class schedule:   F2-A
Exam schedule:   No exam
Recommended semester:  7th - 9th semester
Scope and form:  Lectures and exercises
Evaluation:  Oral presentation and approval of coursework
Examination:  13-scale
Participant limitation:  Max. 25
Aim:  To provide the student with an insight into the problems of patenting and the commercial utilisation of inventions, including licensing. The student should be able to explain and use the terms and concepts used in the patenting literature.
Contents:  Introduction to patent law. Examples of patents. Case studies. The central issues are treated in lectures and exercised through case studies. The project can be a practical investigation of a concrete invention and its patentability. Patent officers from Danish industry supervise the project.
Remarks:  Patent- og Varemærkestyrelsen runs the course for DTU in collaboration with major industry partners.
Contact:  Susanne Sloth Larsen, building 101A, (+45) 4525 1032, ssl@adm.dtu.dk
Ingeniør Søren L. Christensen, Patent- og Varemærkestyrelsen, Helgeshøjs Allé 81, 2630 Taastrup, tlf. 43508000, fax. 43508001, email: slc@dkpto.dk.