Cake, networking, and remarks by Kathi VidalLinks to an external site., Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Director of the US Patent and Trademark Office.
IP workshops to follow:
2:30-3:30pm - 60-minute workshops on a variety of topics including: IP Basics; Patent Searching; and Trademark Searching.
3:45-4:45pm - 60-minute IP workshops on: Life sciences & medical devices; Outdoor recreation, sports, & clothing design; and Games, Fintech, & AI.
Goal: Perform keyword searches for your idea in USPTO's patent database
Introduction: Welcome to the patent searching! See the Research Development: Patent Searching section for more details on your readings and assignments.
Learn about the importance of the IP (Intellectual Property) landscape
Explore patent searching through case examples
Perform keyword searching and citation chaining
Be able to find five patents relevant to your idea
Identify CPC class(es) for your idea
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Patents are one form of intellectual property within the United States. Patents contain cutting-edge technology that you won't find in a scholarly peer-review journal. You will learn about Google Patents, USPTO's Patent Public Search, foreign patents, and University policy.
Who is an inventor? An inventor must contribute to the patent's claims. It's again important to know this, because it could negate your patent application. Read these to learn more:
Mehta H, Tidwell L, Liotta LA. Inventions and Patents: A Practical Tutorial. Methods Mol Biol. 2017;1606:379–397. doi:10.1007/978-1-4939-6990-6_25 Access hereLinks to an external site..
Murphy A, Stramiello M, Lewis S, Irving T. Introduction to Intellectual Property: A U.S. Perspective. Cold Spring Harb Perspect Med 2015;5:a020776. doi: 10.1101/cshperspect.a020776 Access here (Links to an external site.).
Complete Case study 1: Google Patents. Please Google- US5306060A. Locate the Google Patents entry for this patent. Answer questions presented in Discussion 1. Then watch Patent AnatomyLinks to an external site. video with Tallie. A reminder, use Google Patents with caution. Google is mining our search queries; so we recommend only using Google Patents when searching for known or existing patents, as we did with case 1. Never use words to describe your invention when searching within Google Patents. To learn more about Google's mining, check out these resources.
Complete Case study 2: USPTO's Patent Public Search. Answer questions presented in Discussion 2.
Now, it's your turn to search for patents on your idea or area of research:
Learn about culturally responsive mentoring and how it might influence your current mentoring relationships
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Culturally responsive mentoring is when mentors and mentees consider how past experiences, social identities, values, and beliefs shape the ways in which they interact. According to the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering & Medicine and several empirical studies, culturally responsive mentoring enables mentees to feel grounded in who they are and develop self-efficacy in creating more positive experiences while also managing negative interactions with peers and faculty.
For mentors and mentees, culturally responsive mentorship involves identifying one's social identities, values, and cultural beliefs and recognizing how they influence interactions with faculty and peers. For example, I (Karen) am the daughter of Chinese immigrants. Since I was very young, my parents insisted that I show a deep reverence toward my teachers. They often reminded me to take in everything my instructors said as truth with a capital T; I was not to question my teachers. This did not necessarily serve me well once I entered college. I saw my peers engage in friendly debates with some of my professors AND were greatly rewarded for speaking up in class. Internally, I was envious at how my peers could be so brave! My favorite mentor in college (he was also my dean) recognized I had a lot of ideas and did not always share them because I worried about overstepping my bounds. He learned about my background and he told me about his own. He encouraged me to assert myself and provided me with skills for navigating difficult interactions. He invited me to participate in activities where I could develop my leadership skills. By my senior year, I was a leader within my college and had gained so much confidence, it was hard to stop me from talking in class. On graduation day, my dean/mentor treated my family and I to a celebratory lunch - he knew how much this would mean to me AND my parents. When I think about culturally responsive mentoring, he is who comes to mind immediately.
Your assignment (Link to Assignment: Culturally Responsive Mentorship) this week will be to identify your most salient social identities and values, describe how these identities and values are supported/not supported within your current mentoring relationships, and list a few ideas for how you might develop a culturally responsive mentoring relationship. As a mentee, what would it be important for your mentor to know about you? As a mentor, what would it be important for your mentee to know about you?
Reflect on what you know and don't know about careers in electrical engineering
Identify questions you could ask our career panel presenters (industry experts) to gain this knowledge
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Hi Everyone, hope you're having a good week! I know things are getting busy, but hang in there!
The Career Development module will be "lighter" this week to give you more time to focus on the Research module and patent searching.
Before you read about the post-class assignment for this week, I'd like to draw your attention to one previously posted assignment that will necessitate attention - "Register for Internship & Career Fair (CD7)." This assignment requires you to register and attend one STEM Internship & Career Fair Day.
These are great events in which you can explore careers, network with employers, and even gain ideas for internships or jobs.
Readings / Activities
See below
VIDEOS, Tutorials, & Class Recording
None this week
overview of assignments
We'd like to host a virtual electrical engineering career panel during one of the Wednesday Weekly Discussions. The guest speakers will no doubt ask for questions in advance so they can best prepare. This week's assignment is titled, "Career Panel Questions (CD11)" and invites you all to work together to identify your top 5-8 questions. This assignment will utilize a discussion post so that you can all comment on each other's ideas. I have provided sample career panel questions below that you can select from; or you can create your own.
Please email both Alfred and Tallie with 3 days/times to meet, if you have patent-related questions (now or in the future). We're happy to meet with you!
Alfred & Tallie will host the Wednesday Discussion on February 21st from 2-2:50 PM.