Inside the patent factory: the essential reference for effective and efficient management of patent creation

Drawing on the authors' extensive experience and insights from change projects, management and leadership at Nokia, the book guides the reader through eachstage of successful facilitation, management, and leadership of patent creation. Focusing on key issues and themes involved, it provides examples, diagramsand models to illustrate how they can be put into practice. Critical chaptersinclude the core activities of patent creation, possible organizational models, costs, quality and the comparison of external and internal allocation of tasks. Discussion concentrates on how to such define roles and responsibilities and the management techniques of external resources. INDICE: Foreword by Urho Ilmonen. Preface. Acknowledgements. Dedication. Chapter 1: Introduction. Chapter 2: Building a Strategy. Chapter 3: Why Patent?Chapter 4: Invention Harvesting. Chapter 5: Core Activities of Patent Creation. Chapter 6: The Inventor Community. Chapter 7: Other Key Interfaces. Chapter8: Organising your Patent Factory. Chapter 9: The Management of External Patent Agencies. Chapter 10: Metrics. Chapter 11: Quality. Chapter 12: Patent CostManagement. Chapter 13: Processes and Tools. Chapter 14: Benchmarking. Chapter 15: Changes. Chapter 16: Conclusion. Index.

• ISBN: 978-0-470-51640-9
• Editorial: John Wiley & Sons
• Encuadernacion: Cartoné
• Páginas: 304
• Fecha Publicación: 18/04/2008
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés