Introduction to Patent Management - Interactive curriculae of TU Ilmenau

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module properties Introduction to Patent Management in degree program Master Biomedical Engineering by Research 2026
ATTENTION: not offered anymore

module number

201210

examination number

2500639

department

Department of Economic Sciences and Media

ID of group

2521 (Accounting and Managerial Control)

module leader

Prof. Dr. Michael Grüning

term

summer term only

language

Englisch

credit points

on-campus program (h)

self-study (h)

116

obligation

elective module

exam

written examination performance, 60 minutes

details of the certificate

link to Moodle course

https://moodle.tu-ilmenau.de/course/view.php?id=812

teacher

Hendrik Promies, Patentanwalt (LB)

signup details for alternative examinations

maximum number of participants

previous knowledge and experience

learning outcome

Students understand the concept of »intellectual property«. and can explain the major differences between various types of intellectual property rights (brands, designs, patents, copyrights, trade secrets).They know and distinguish national and international legal instruments in the field of intellectual property and industrial property rights. Students are able to distinguish the terms invention, patent application and patent and can explain the process of granting patents.

They can estimate the cost of acquiring a patent and are aware of options to eliminate interfering patents of third parties. Students understand patents as competitive instruments, know principles of patent portfolio management and are familiar with the particularities of employee inventions in Germany.

content

Why Intellectual Property (IP)?
Types of IP
Trade secrets
Routes to a patent / The European Patent Convention
Substantive requirements / What is patentable?
Overview over the patent grant procedure
Cost I
Elements of a European patent application or patent
The creation of a patent claim - The egg shell breaker
Patents as objects of property
Inventions by employees in Germany
The role of patents in the economy
International patent law - The PCT
International patent law - The Unitary Patent Court (aka the EU patent package)
IP management / IP portfolio management
The IP department
Use of IP information
Decision making
Cost II
Risk management / Freedom to Operate

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literature / references

to be announced during the lecture

evaluation of teaching