Patenting in Biotechnology

You will listen A LOT the following words from the head professor "I TRUST YOUR HOME UNIVERSITY WILL PROVIDE YOU WITH ACCESS".

I think the course manager needs to inform students before hand about sorce material used and paid databases.

Before you start/pay definitely make sure you have access to SciFinder and possibly Derwent (although this second one isn't essential, just helpful) as well as access to the Patenting in Biotechnology textbook they describe as some of the required assignments to pass need them.I know so much more about biotechnology patents after taking this course, really pleased with how much I have learnt.

Excelente material para profundizar conocimiento en temáticas de Propiedad Intelectual en Biotecnología.

Using commercial softwares (like Derwent & Scifinder ) and a particular textbook made the course a little bit challenging for the participants from the poor developing countries like India.

I am glad to have taken the course Nice course Good insight on Intellectual properties for Chemist and Health Care Proffessionals.

Nonetheless many things are not explicit in the information about this course, such as the primary guide text is not available with the course price but it has to be bought, some of the most essential databases you see as examples are costly ones and not necessarily the University, Library or Research Institute where you can be working or studying will be available.

While several Universities and public libraries do in fact offer unlimited access to these services, you should check in advance if this is in fact true for you also - in particular, the SciFinder database in many cases has limited users (e.g., only faculty staff etc) even in public institutions.

This is very unpleasant especially when your last assignment depends entirely on a paid database.

The course completion requires plenty of access to a range of paid databases - and that is not necessary to reallt do FTO, IP or Markush-claim type work.