1. Copyright © 2005 Geoffrey Pinski My Experience By Geoffrey Pinski April 12, 2005

2. Copyright © 2005 Geoffrey Pinski What I Did On My Externship Patentability Commercialization Closing Down Old Case Files

3. Copyright © 2005 Geoffrey Pinski Patentability What does it mean to be patentable? (Title 35) –Utility –Novelty –Nonobvious Searching

4. Copyright © 2005 Geoffrey Pinski Patent Example

5. Copyright © 2005 Geoffrey Pinski Commercialization The primary goal of the UC IPO is to: –seek[] partners from the private sector to commercialize the technology derived from patent rights, copyrights and other intellectual property rights of inventions and technical creations made at the University.

6. Copyright © 2005 Geoffrey Pinski HowTo The carrot method of marketing. –Find companies –Find Contacts LESI AUTM –Send out a letter describing the technology and hope they bite

7. Copyright © 2005 Geoffrey Pinski Closing Down Old Case Files Abandoned patents “Missing” Not patentable

8. Copyright © 2005 Geoffrey Pinski Overview Good experience in seeing –Intellectual property –Daily life in a lawyers office –Interesting technology