I am currently enrolled in IEOR 190G, Wireless and Mobile Devices Patents. I am taking this course for two reasons. First, I am finishing the CET Undergraduate Engineering Leadership program with this course. Other courses I have taken are IEOR 171 and E 198. I also took part of the College of Engineering's LeaderShape program.
I am also taking this course because I am currently in the process of possibly patenting my own product. Last semester, I partook of BioE 192, a capstone bioengineering course. During the course, I created a device with three other undergraduate bioengineer students that works in conjunction with the existing LifeWrap, a product that helps elongate a woman's life during postpartum hemorrhages in third world countries.. We applied for the Big Ideas competition and are currently semi-finalists. In addition, we are filing for a technical disclosure for our product this week. We are hoping to apply for a provisional patent soon. In addition, we hope to run clinical trials to see if our product reduce mortality rates. I am hoping that this course will help me through the patent process.
I'm glad to see a bioengineering major taking interest in patents as well since I'm very curious to see what patenting something that deals with a person's health will be like (very complicated and far more detailed than mobile devices I'm sure). Congratulations on making it to the semi-finals and I hope this course can leave you with some idea of the patent process.
ReplyDeleteIt's awesome that you invented a tangible product that has a such a far reach and a widespread impact. Here's to hoping you get a better understanding of the patent process to protect your product!
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