Inventions and patents
Bachelor's degree
In Maynard (USA)
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Bachelor's degree
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Maynard (USA)
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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.
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- Law
- IT Law
Course programme
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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 version of the course, taught in the spring semester. The focus of each version is slightly different.
Lectures: 1 session / week, 3 hours / session
This course examines the history of private and public rights in scientific discoveries and applied engineering, leading to the development of worldwide patent systems. It studies 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. The course includes reviews of past cases involving inventions and patents in:
Robert H. Rines is a patent lawyer and inventor who has been lecturing at MIT since the 1950s. Most of Rines' more than eighty patents are for electronic apparatus that improve the resolution of radar and sonar scanning.
In 1963, Rines founded the Academy of Applied Science, a private, non-profit organization devoted to the promotion of science and technology education at all levels. In 1973, he founded the Franklin Pierce Law Center in New Hampshire, which is now the country's foremost institute for the study of intellectual property law. In 1994, Rines was inducted into the National Inventors Hall of Fame.
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