Every year, graduate students and faculty at U.S. research universities invent more than more 20,000 new devices, methods, drug molecules, and other novel technologies. Will the America Invents Act and our new “first to file” patent system impact how universities manage this ever-growing stockpile of university inventions? Right now, the jury is divided. The professional organization for university patent managers and several U.S. research universities praise the new law, believing that it will “harmonize the U.S. patent system enabling U.S. inventors to compete more effectively and efficiently in the global marketplace.” In contrast, several universities strongly condemn the changes, claiming that changes to patent law will “make things much harder for University-based inventors and university tech transfer (commercialization).”
In search of expert and concrete advice, I spoke to Mark Nowotarski, a registered US patent agent, inventor of 17 U.S. patents, and President of Markets, Patents and Alliances.
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