Caltech Library Workshop – Inventions, Patents, and Licensing: The Process at Caltech

The Office of Technology Transfer and Corporate Partnerships presents an overview of different kinds of intellectual property (IP) and how they are managed at Caltech, with a particular emphasis on patents as a means of protecting inventions developed in the course of Caltech research. Ownership and licensing of Caltech IP is also addressed. This will be followed by a Caltech Librarian presenting a brief overview of patent searching, locating English language patent equivalents, legal status issues, and current awareness techniques.