This semester, I have thoroughly enjoyed this patent engineering class. As a business major, it was refreshing to be exposed to the different layers of the patent topic. My learning ranged from the different components that make something patentable to recent relevant patent wars to the practical application the ability to read patents.
Understanding the different components that allows a patent to be valid has enabled me to identify when my ideas can be a claimed intellectual property. The major components of obviousness, prior art, novel, and inventive step was carefully fleshed out in the class. This detailed understanding will really help me ensure that my invention and creation brings something new to the table.
Reading articles on the different patent wars that are taking place helped me understand the purpose of patents and the troubles within that governing group. I was able to recognize patent trolls and why they take place in the competitive market. The class really pushed me to have an opinion about certain cases I was wrote my narrative in the blog posts.
Through the guest speakers, I really valued the class because it made me understand how to apply patent knowledge in the real world. Learning the different occupations that involve understanding patents opened was important to me. The diversity of opportunities that understanding patents bring is truly unique.
Walking away from this class, I am more confident about how patent works and its affects on all industries. I'm excited to learn more as I now know the resources to do my research and have built a solid foundation of knowledge about it!
I also feel that learning about the patent process and analyzing patent were the valuable lessons I got out of this class. It all tied nicely in the end. As with guest speakers, I felt that they were a bit too long, but they provided different insights to what they were doing in the industry. Indeed, researching and analyzing the patents too bulk of my time in this class. And, doing those really helped me to learn the material.
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