TY - GEN
T1 - A crash course on patents for engineers
AU - Corcoran, Peter M.
PY - 2013
Y1 - 2013
N2 - Most engineers are aware of the existence of patents. Indeed the preparation of patent disclosures is an important aspect of most research engineering job functions. Yet for many engineers the world of patents remains shrouded in a cloud of mystery. In this paper we try to dispel some of the mystery surround the quasi-technical, quasi-legal nature of patents and provide a set of practical, hand-on, guidelines to the patent literature from an engineer's perspective.
AB - Most engineers are aware of the existence of patents. Indeed the preparation of patent disclosures is an important aspect of most research engineering job functions. Yet for many engineers the world of patents remains shrouded in a cloud of mystery. In this paper we try to dispel some of the mystery surround the quasi-technical, quasi-legal nature of patents and provide a set of practical, hand-on, guidelines to the patent literature from an engineer's perspective.
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/84876352723
U2 - 10.1109/ICCE.2013.6486779
DO - 10.1109/ICCE.2013.6486779
M3 - Conference Publication
AN - SCOPUS:84876352723
SN - 9781467313612
T3 - Digest of Technical Papers - IEEE International Conference on Consumer Electronics
SP - 25
EP - 26
BT - 2013 IEEE International Conference on Consumer Electronics, ICCE 2013
T2 - 2013 IEEE International Conference on Consumer Electronics, ICCE 2013
Y2 - 11 January 2013 through 14 January 2013
ER -