Have you developed competitive intelligence reports on patent activity
for your employers or clients? If so, I would appreciate your advice.
I am developing a formal report writing assignment that would require
students to use patent records (among other resources) to trace the
recent patenting activity of companies in the technical/scientific
areas they are studying. The course is a semester-long advanced writing
course focused specifically on writing technical reports & proposals.
Students are both graduate and upper division undergraduate students,
and typically represent a variety of disciplines (Systems Analysis/MIS,
Paper Science, Environmental Science, etc.)
My goal is to develop a case--a scenario that sets the stage for the
students' research and the resulting report--that reflects a realistic
use of patent records and is flexible enough to accommodate research in
the different scientific/technical areas. The librarians at my local
PTDL will help me introduce patents and patent searching to my
students, and I hope to be able to develop requirements that make the
assignment manageable, given that much about patents will be new to the
students.
I would appreciate hearing about your experiences to help me develop
this scenario. If you would be willing to answer some questions and
share your experiences, would you please contact me?
Katherine Durack
durackk@muohio.edu
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Katherine T. Durack, Ph.D. | durackk@muohio.edu | (513) 529-2629
Dept. of English | Miami University | Oxford OH 45056
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