Intellectual Property Management in Medical Science

Numbering Code P-PUB01 8M017 LJ90 Year/Term 2022 ・ Irregular, First semester
Number of Credits 2 Course Type Lecture
Target Year Professional degree students Target Student
Language Japanese Day/Period
Instructor name SAOTOME CHIKAKO (Graduate School of Medicine Program-Specific Professor)
FUJII ATSUSHI (Part-time Lecturer)
TANAKA JUNYA (Part-time Lecturer)
Outline and Purpose of the Course As open innovation is promoted, academic researchers must know intellectual property and skills for smooth industry-academia partnership.
This lecture provides knowledge of industry-university collaboration and intellectual property management necessary to return research results in the life science field to society.
Specifically, students will learn about the needs of life science companies and open innovation models, an overview of the patent system, and contracts.
The lecture will focus on drug discovery and medical science, but will also include life science industries such as food and medical devices in consideration of the background of the students.
Finally, life science researchers should be able to avoid infringement of the rights of others and utilize the rights of their own research results.


Course Goals You should be able to avoid infringement of the rights of others and utilize your rights of research results.
・To be able to steadily secure one's own inventions as intellectual property.
・To be able to facilitate the licensing of patents to companies and the collaborative research agreements.
・To be able to obtain and provide research materials smoothly.
Schedule and Contents 1 April 12 Introduction
2 April 19 What is Intellectual property
3 April 26 Practice of patent
4 May 10 Patent description
5 May 17 Search of prior art (1)
6 May 24 Foreign patent application
7 May 31 Search of prior art (2)
8 June 7 Material Transfer Agreement
9 June 14 Collaborative research
10 June 21 Writing of laboratory notebook
11 June 28 Practice of making invention disclosure document (1)
12 July 5 Topics of the patent in the life science area
13 July 12 IP Strategy
14 July 19 Practice of making invention disclosure document (2)
15 July 26 Technology transfer and COI
Evaluation Methods and Policy Attitude and attendance 40%, Presentation and reports 60%
Course Requirements Management of Technology and IP:selective, MPH:selective
References, etc. これからの生命化学研究者のためのバイオ特許入門講座, 隅藏 康一, (羊土社), ISBN:4897063590
企業人・大学人のための知的財産権入門 ー特許権を中心にー, 廣瀬 隆行, (東京化学同人), ISBN:4807907565
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