2014 Why Women in Technology Should Patent Their Ideas Kaoutar El Maghraoui Bouchra Bouqata Dilma Da Silva Inna Dahlin Peng Wu October 9, 2014 #GHC

Panelists Bouchra Bouqata Senior Advanced Technology Program Manager GE Intelligent Platforms Kaoutar El Maghraoui Moderator Research Scientist IBM T.J. Watson Research center Inna Dahlin Patent Attorney Mintz Levin Cohn Ferris Glovsky and Popeo PC Dilma Da Silva Head of the Department of CS Texas A&M University Peng Wu Chief Scientist Huawei’s US research lab

2014 A little bit of history… Women and IP

2014 Have you ever used these inventions?  Dishwasher  Envelope  Liquid Paper  Paper Bag  Windshield Wiper  Sewing Machine  …

2014 Women Inventors Beulah Louise Henry: Mother Edison sewing machine and a vacuum ice cream freezer Margaret Knight: Paper Bag Queen Mary Walton: Reduced Train Pollution

2014 Mary Pennington: The Refrigerated Train Mary Anderson: The Windshield Wiper Hedy Lamarr: Frequency Hopping Women Inventors Grace Hopper: Cobol

2014 Women and IP  Women traditionally invented in “traditional household” areas – clothing, toys, furniture  Recently – biotech, chemical area, high-tech (less, need more!)

2014 So, what is a patent?

2014 What is a Patent?  Legal document that gives the owner the right to prevent others from making, using, offering to sell, selling, or importing into the United States the subject matter that is within the scope of protection granted by the patent  Utility, design, plant patents

2014 Parts of a Patent Apple's “swipe-to-unlock” U.S. Patent No. 8,046,721

2014 Parts of a Patent Figures Apple's “swipe-to-unlock” U.S. Patent No. 8,046,721

2014 Parts of a Patent Figures Specification

2014 Parts of a Patent Figures Claims Specification define a scope of a patent

2014 Intellectual Property Tools  Patents −Protect inventions (process, machine, manufacture, composition of matter)  Trademarks −Protect identification of source of goods/services  Copyrights −Protect expressions (source code, images, text)  Trade secrets −Protect valuable information intentionally kept secret (source code, customer list)  Each tool gives the right to exclude

2014 How to get started? Share your story

2014 Getting Started Tips  Learn from others, find a mentor  Find out about submitting patent disclosures in your company  Follow current trends  Is my idea patent-worthy?  Do not give up after a setback

2014 How to get from an idea to a patent ?

2014 From Invention to Patent  Getting started, research and discovery  Submitting the idea to your company/institution  Evaluation of the idea  Drafting of a patent application (in-house or outside patent attorneys)  Filing the patent application  Prosecuting the patent application before the U.S. Patent Office (3+ years)  Patent

2014 What Makes an Invention Patentable?

2014 What Makes Invention Patentable  Novel – has not been known, used, published or patented by others anywhere in the world Different from “prior art”  Non-obvious – at the time of the invention, it was not obvious to a person of "ordinary skill" in the inventor's field  Useful (easily met, prevents patenting of fantastic or hypothetical devices)  Important! Avoid public disclosures before filing - publications, lectures, abstracts, posters, dissertations, even s to colleagues

2014 What are some tips for a successful patenting process?

2014 Patenting Process  Collaborate for patent success  Open your mind. Don’t constrain idea generation to workplace or area of expertise  Focus on emerging areas, gaps, problems  Capture ideas when they are still fresh in your mind

2014 Practical Tips  Deliberately think about patenting  Keep written records  You may not realize that you are already inventing  Prototype is not required for filing  Know current trends in industry

2014 Any gender issues?

2014 What are the benefits of patenting?

2014 Benefits of Being an Inventor  Resume and career builder  Stand up from the crowd  Contributing to your company’s success  Personal growth  Cannot help it? (some of us)

2014 Does open source mean anti- patenting?

2014 What patent(s) are your most proud of?

2014 Questions?

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2014 Backup Slides

2014 High Value Patents  Breakthrough patents are rare!  Multiple “lower-value” patents can together form a high-value patent portfolio  Real value is tested in litigation  Read on high-value markets  “Clean” prosecution history