SCI 110 / SCI 210 Introduction to Patents: Syllabus for Sem 1, SY 2012-13

Sci 110 (for undergraduates) and Sci 210 (for graduate students)

INTRODUCTION TO PATENTS

(Lecture, 3 units) SYLLABUS for Sem 1, SY 2012 – 2013

COURSE DESCRIPTION

The lecture class is an introduction to patents. Topics include the various types of intellectual property; Philippine, US, and European patent laws; Philippine IPO regulations; patentable and non-patentable subject matter; process for applying for local and foreign patents; first-to-file rule; who owns the rights to a patent; term of a patent, rights conferred by a patent; format/parts of the patent, patent forms, and fees; novelty, inventive step, industrial utility; patent infringement and patent invalidity.

Other topics such as careers and opportunities in the patent field and topics covered by invited outside speakers.

PREREQUISITES

INSTRUCTOR:

Dr. Nikko P. Quevada
Email: npq123(at)gmail.com
Consultation hours: After class and by email

COURSE OBJECTIVES

Upon completion of this course, students will

1. Understand basic Philippine, US, and European patents laws;
2. Know about the different types of intellectual property;
3. Know what type of intellectual property coverage is appropriate for a given situation;
4. Know about the different types of patentable subject matter;
5. Know how to conduct patent searches;
6. Know how to draft patent claims and prepare a patent application;
7. Know about the different requirements for filing a patent;
8. Be able to file patent applications here and abroad;
9. Be familiar with the process of prosecuting patents;
10. Know the rights granted by a patent to the patent owner or assignee;
11. Learn about the basics of patent infringement and patent invalidity.

COURSE OUTLINE

Weeks/ Topics/ Activity / Chapters

1. Introduction to the Course and Orientation
2. Patents, Copyrights, Trademarks, Trade Secrets: Which ones to file?
3. Philippine Patent Law, US & European Patent Law, Philippine IPO Regulations.  Homework on patent rules & regulations due
4. Invited outside speaker presentation
5. Patentable & Non-patentable Subject Matter, when to apply for a patent, first-to-file rule
6. Invited outside speaker presentation
7. Who owns the rights to a patent, term of a patent, right conferred, etc.
8. Format/parts of the patent, claims, patent forms, fees, etc. Completed Patent Application Forms due
9. Novelty, Inventive Step, and Industrial Utility.   Sample patent claims due
10. Patent infringement, patent invalidity, etc.
11. Patent infringement, patent invalidity, etc. Patent search results and patent invalidity arguments due
12. Careers, opportunities for science & engineering majors in the IP field.

Last week. Integration Period

Finals Week. Patent Application Due.

REQUIRED READING MATERIALS

Selected materials posted on the websites of the Philippine Intellectual Property Office, USPTO, European Patent Office, and WIPO.

1st Semester Faculty Day, SY 2012-2013

23 May 2012

To: All Administrators, Faculty and Professionals
Loyola Schools

From: John Paul C. Vergara, Ph.D.
Vice President for the Loyola Schools

Subject: 1st Semester Faculty Day, school year 2012-2013

Please be informed that Faculty Day for the First Semester of school
year 2012-2013 will be held on Friday, 15 June 2012. The following
is the schedule of activities for the day:

• 8:00 Celebration of the Eucharist, College Chapel
• 8:30 Registration, Leong Hall Lobby
• 9:00 Start of Program, Leong Hall Auditorium.  Master of Ceremonies: Dr. Remmon E. Barbaza. School Forum Chair.  Introduction of University Officials, Loyola Schools Administrators, Faculty and Professionals by the Vice President for the Loyola Schools and the Deans
• 9:30 Faculty Day Address.  Fr. Jose Ramon T. Villarin S.J., President
• 10:00 Open Forum
• 10:30 Break
• 11:00 Loyola Schools Strategic Planning Update.  Dr. John Paul C. Vergara.  Vice President for the Loyola Schools
• 11:30 Open Forum
• 12:00 Lunch, Leong Hall Roofdeck
• 1:30 Breakout by Schools.  „School of Humanities–Leong Hall Auditorium.  John Gokongwei School of Management–C. V. Cabochan Seminar Room.  School of Science and Engineering–Escaler Hall.  School of Social Sciences–Faber Hall Function Room
• 3:30 Break/End of Program

All administrators, full-time faculty members and professionals of the Loyola Schools are expected to attend the Faculty Day activities. Part-time faculty members are most welcome to join. All classes are suspended for the day, but graduate classes will resume at 6:00 p.m.
as scheduled.

Thank you.

Three strategic anchors or hubs of Ateneo de Manila University

ATENEO DE MANILA UNIVERSITY
Office of the President

16 April 2012

Memo to    :    The University Community
From          :    The President
Subject       :    Three strategic anchors or hubs
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In view of our three strategic thrusts, we are exploring three university-wide strategies (i.e. means) that will enable us to attain our goals in mission-identity, nation-building, and environment-development.  These three institutional anchors (which can later evolve into programs or centers or institutes or even schools) are envisaged to be hubs for culture and the arts, leader development, and sustainable development.

Tentatively, these multi-disciplinary hubs or strategic anchors have been christened The Athenaeum, Ateneo Leadership Institute, and the Center for Earth Science and Sustainability.  These names are by no means final, nor do these hubs exhaust the university-wide strategic possibilities out there.  We are still very much in the process of gestation, taking into account the multi-disciplinary input from the various university units and disciplines.

I have requested Dr Maria Luz C Vilches, Dr Antonette P Angeles, and Dr Assunta C Cuyegkeng to assist us in developing the institutional blueprints for these three strategic anchors, respectively.

On behalf of the University, I am grateful to them for their Ignatian readiness and generosity in taking on this additional task.

Kindly support them with your creative ideas and your concern for the mission that is the Ateneo de Manila.

For your information and guidance

Jose Ramon T Villarin SJ

President

Graduate Programs for SY 2012-13 of Loyola Schools, Ateneo de Manila University

Scholarships and brochure cover

Ateneo Mission and Vision, Loyola Schools, Graduate Programs, and School of Humanities

School of Science and Engineering and School of Social Sciences

Applying to the Graduate Programs

Ateneo de Manila University graduate level tuition and fees for SY 2012-13

Ateneo de Manila University graduate level tuition and fees for SY 2012-13

Ateneo de Manila University Calendar for Summer 2012

Ateneo de Manila University Calendar for Summer 2012

Faculty loading for news writing: a proposal

For Ateneo Physics Faculty members:

I have 3 units as Systems Administrator per year for managing our departmental website, our five Ateneo Physics blogs–News, Handbook, Laboratory, Archives, and Teacher–and Facebook. I will also be rebuilding the departmental website on the Drupal platform when the Ateneo web team has finished the web infrastructure.

In line with this, I would like to share my load to whoever wishes to write news articles for the department. Here is my proposed scheme:

1 unit = 40 articles x (400 words/article) = 16,000 words.

Roughly, this requires writing 3 paragraphs per week, except on December, April, and May. The total number of words that you have written from 1 April 2012 to 31 March 2013 will be computed and your resulting load units determined using the following formula:

no. of units = (total number of words)/16,000.

This number of units will be credited to the writer’s load for school year 1 April 2013 to 31 March 2014. Whatever is left of the 3 units will be my load for that school year. I don’t mind getting 0 units as long as we have 2 to 3 fresh news articles every week. In this way, I can focus on our other blogs, especially the Ateneo Physics Teacher, and on our new department’s website.

Sincerely yours,

Dr. Quirino Sugon Jr.

SOSE Open House schedule for 3 Mar 2012

Science and Engineering Open House 2012

Program of Activities

March 3, 2012

Plenary at Leong Hall Auditorium:

National Anthem (1^st session)

Invocation (1^st session)

Welcome Remarks Dr. Fabian M. Dayrit 5 minutes

OAA Video 10 minutes

Science and Engineering Dr. Fabian M. Dayrit 20-25 minutes

at the Ateneo

Open Forum 20 minutes

Note: All student exhibits and demos to be set up at SEC Foyer.

Group A: For ECCE (261 students) and Physics (83 students):

8:00 – 8:30 Registration, Leong Hall lobby

8:30 – 9:30 Plenary at Leong Hall Auditorium (Emcee: TBA)

9:30 – 10:00 Snack break and Research Exhibit at SEC Foyer

10:00 – 12:00 Departmental Talks and Tour

Room Assignments: ECCE – Escaler Hall

Physics – P&G Lecture Hall

Group B: For DISCS (242 students) and Mathematics (187 students)

8:00 – 8:30 Registration at Escaler Hall

8:30 – 10:30 Departmental Talks and Tour

Room Assignments: Math: Escaler Hall (AMF)

Ching Tan Room (Ma)

DISCS: CTC 201 (CS)

P&G Lecture Hall (MIS)

10:30 – 11:00 Snack break and Research Exhibit at SEC Foyer

11:00 – 12:00 Plenary at Leong Hall Auditorium (Emcee: TBA)

Group C: For Chemistry (138 students), ES (67 students) and Health Sciences (231 students):

1:00 – 1:30 pm Registration at Leong Hall lobby

1:30 – 2:30 Plenary at Leong Hall Auditorium (Emcee: TBA)

2:30 – 3:00 Snack break and Research Exhibit at SEC Foyer

3:00 – 5:00 Departmental Talks and Tour

Room Assignments: Chemistry – CTC 201

ES – Chem 109

Health Sciences – Escaler Hall

Group D: For Biology (430 students):

1:00 – 1:30 Registration at Escaler Hall

1:30 – 3:30 Departmental Talks at Escaler Hall and Tour

3:30 – 4:00 Snack break and Research Exhibit at SEC Foyer

4:00 – 5:00 Plenary at Leong Hall Auditorium (Emcee: TBA)

SOSE Awards for Outstanding Student Research 2012 Nomination Form

Nomination Form for

SOSE Awards for Outstanding Student Research 2011/12

Category: [ ] Undergraduate Basic Research

[ ] Undergraduate Innovation

[ ] Graduate Basic Research

[ ] Graduate Innovation

 

Title of Research: _____________________________________________________________

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Name, Year and Major and Signature of Student/s:

: _____________________________________________

: _____________________________________________

: _____________________________________________

I certify that the majority of the work was performed by the students listed above.

: _____________________________________________

: _____________________________________________

: _____________________________________________

(Name and Signature of Faculty Adviser/s)

I certify that the majority of the work was performed by the students listed above.

: _____________________________________________

: _____________________________________________

(Name and Signature of Department Chair/s)

Notes:

1. The nomination form should be accompanied by a short (200-300) word essay regarding the significance or importance of the work to the field, highlighting the innovation of the work where appropriate. This can be written by the authors, chair, or other competent person. 

SOSE Awards for Outstanding Student Research and Innovation in Science and Technology 2012

ATENEO DE MANILA UNIVERSITY
SCHOOL OF SCIENCE & ENGINEERING

Awards for Outstanding Student
Research & Innovation in S&T 2012

About the Awards

These awards seek to recognize research and innovative work undertaken by Ateneo students in areas of science & technology. The work may be part of an undergraduate or graduate thesis or any other project which the student is involved in.

Guidelines and Schedule:

1. There are four categories:  Undergraduate Basic Research, Undergraduate Innovation, Graduate Basic Research, Graduate Innovation
2.  Only undergraduate and graduate students who were enrolled for at least one term during the current school year (Summer 2011 and SY 2011-2012) are eligible. The research must also have been carried out during this period and the majority of the work must have been done at the Ateneo. Published works are acceptable, provided the work was completed within the prescribed period.
3. Projects which involve a graduate student will be put in the graduate category.
4. The deadline for submission by the department to the SOSE Dean’s office is on February 23, 2012 (Thursday), 5:00 pm.
5. Entries should be submitted as an extended abstract, 3 pages maximum, including figures and references, using the following format: 12 pt Times New Roman, single space, 8½” x 11” paper, with at least 1” margin on all sides and a summary with a  maximum of 100 words. It should follow any standard format for scientific publication. Entries for the innovation category should include essential technical information, applications, and value-added proposition.
6. Each entry should be accompanied by an endorsement by the chair and a 200-300 word essay explaining the significance of the work and the contribution of the authors.
7. Each department (except HSc) may nominate a maximum of four entries in any of the categories (i.e., no distribution of entries is required). HSc may nominate only two entries in the Undergraduate category.
8. Each department is entitled to submit an additional interdisciplinary entry which involves researchers from different departments.
9. Participants can include both SOSE and non-SOSE students, especially for interdisciplinary projects. page 2 of 2
10. The Board of Judges shall be formed in consultation with Dr. Ninette delas Peñas, SOSE research coordinator. It shall be made up of two faculty members from each department, one of whom will judge the undergraduate and the other for the graduate category, respectively. Elimination Round: Poster presentation: February 27 (Monday), 3-6pm, SEC C Foyer. All entries should prepare a poster (maximum size: 90 cm wide x 150 cm high). Products may be demonstrated during the poster session. The author(s) should be physically present for a Q/A session with the judges on. Two finalists will be selected from each category.
11. Final round: Oral presentation: February 28 (Tuesday), 3-7pm, PCI Bank Lecture Hall.
12. The finalists will be announced during the Oral presentation. Each finalist shall deliver a 15-min oral presentation with 5-10 min Q/A.
13. Announcement of winners: March 2 (Friday), 4:30pm, MVP Roofdeck. Awards in each of the categories will be given. The entries from each department will be cited as the Departmental Research Awardee.
14. Note on judging. The decision of the Board of Judges shall be final. The Board reserves the right not to designate awardees if it feels that there are no deserving entries.

Criteria:
Category: Basic Research

Overall

1. Scientific and/or technical quality of the work in terms of the depth and breadth. Importance of the work in the field. (40%)
2. Quantity of work done. Consideration of single versus multiple authorship. (10%) Poster Presentation and Q/A
3. Quality of poster presentation. (15%)
4. Ability to discuss and answer questions. (10%) Oral Presentation and Q/A
5. Organization and clarity of oral presentation. Ability to answer questions. (15%)
6. Overall impact of oral presentation. (10%)

Category: Innovation
Overall

1. Scientific and/or technical quality of the work in terms of the depth and breadth. (20%)
2. Innovativeness of work; value proposition. (20%)
3. Quantity of work done. Consideration of single versus multiple authorship. (10%) Poster Presentation and Q/A
4. Quality of poster presentation. (15%)
5. Ability to discuss and answer questions. (10%) Oral Presentation and Q/A
6. Organization and clarity of oral presentation. Ability to answer questions. (15%)
7. Overall impact of oral presentation. (10%)