Uitwerking Coursera Patenting in Biotechnology (quizzes and Assignments)

Patenting in Biotechnology
Technical University of Denmark (DTU)
Coursera
Quiz questions + answers

,Table of contents
Module 1.....................................................................................................................................3
Basic IP Quiz:...........................................................................................................................3
Peer-graded assignment: Assessing Novelty..........................................................................4
Module 2.....................................................................................................................................5
Using The Databases + Reading a Patent................................................................................5
Patent trees and families........................................................................................................7
Peer-graded Assignment: Your Own Patent Timeline............................................................8
Module 3.....................................................................................................................................9
Understanding the World of Patents......................................................................................9
The filing process..................................................................................................................10
Document Types...................................................................................................................11
Peer-graded Assignment: Analyse a Patent..........................................................................12
Module 4...................................................................................................................................13
Derwent User Interface.........................................................................................................13
Derwent Boolean Algebra, Wildcards and Operator Precedence........................................14
Hierarchical Search Profiles in Derwent...............................................................................15
Field Tags and Operators in USPTO and Patentscope..........................................................17
Peer-graded Assignment: Hierarchical Search......................................................................18
Module 5...................................................................................................................................20
Biotechnology Inventions.....................................................................................................20
Peer-graded Assignment: Patentability of Your Own Biotech Invention.............................21
Module 5...................................................................................................................................25
Freedom To Operate.............................................................................................................25
Peer-graded Assignment: Investigation of FTO for Your Own Biotech Invention................25
Module 7...................................................................................................................................28
Patenting Small Compounds.................................................................................................28
Peer-graded Assignment: Scifinder Search...........................................................................29
Patenting Strategy.................................................................................................................30

, Module 1

Basic IP Quiz:
Q1:
A "person skilled in the art"
A) Lacks inventiveness
B) Knows everything within the scientific field of the patent scope
C) Is inventive

Q2:
Which of these could be patentable?
A) Switch of a lamp
B) A mental process
C) A new dance move
D) A sculpture of renewable paper

Q3:
Who is the person skilled in the art?
A) Nobody, it's a concept
B) A person hired by the authorities to test the invention
C) The assignee of the patent

Q4:
To be patented an invention needs to be
A) Non-obvious for a person skilled in the art.
B) Have an inventive step
C) Reproducible
D) A patentable subject
E) Have industrial applicability
F) Novel

Q5:
How long does the IPR "copyright" last in the EU and the United States?
A) The lifetime of the creator + 50 years
B) The lifetime of the creator + 40 years
C) The lifetime of the creator +70 years
D) The lifetime of the creator + 60 years

Q6:
What is correct about "intangible assets"?
A) They lack physical substance
B) They have physical substance
C) It could be a statue
D) It could be a trade secret