Patent Search Activity Template

Instructions:
Complete the following form for the Invention and Innovation Patents Activity.

Topic 1: Gene Therapy

Patent Number: WO1997041834A1 Justify why you believe this patent is more relevant or important than others to your topic. This system was the first patented means of gene therapy, and laid the foundation for all other advances to date Would you consider this patent to be an invention or innovation? Explain why. NOTE: Some patents can be argued to be either invention or innovation. Choose one and justify your statement. Invention- This was the first means of gene therapy, and was therefore by definition an invention Patent Number: EP0950713A2 Justify why you believe this patent is more relevant or important than others to your topic. This is the most recent patent for gene therapy, and while the full potential of using recombinant DNA to treat cystic fibrosis has yet to be realized, the technology promises to be the most effective treatment to date. Would you consider this patent to be an invention or innovation? Explain why. Innovation, as it is an application of the existing technology of recombinant DNA Patent Number: EP0834572A2 Justify why you believe this patent is more relevant or important than others to your topic. This is the patent of the drug used most commonly in gene therapy at this point. Would you consider this patent to be an invention or innovation? Explain why. Innovation: This drug uses a slightly altered version of a protein used in all humans for DNA translation.

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Topic 2: Microcontrollers
Patent Number: EP 0580337 A2 Justify why you believe this patent is more relevant or important than others to your topic. This patent is on a product which reduces the power consumption of microcontrollers, making them more widely usable. Would you consider this patent to be an invention or innovation? Explain why. NOTE: Some patents can be argued to be either invention or innovation. Choose one and justify your statement. Innovation- Microcontrollers are required to have existed before this could have been developed Patent Number: EP 0886917 A4 Justify why you believe this patent is more relevant or important than others to your topic. This patent allows for a resent line with an output, which can be feed back into the microcontroller as an input to create a loop and loop counter. Would you consider this patent to be an invention or innovation? Explain why. This is an invention, as it is a new part that has never been used before, and the abstract specifically refers to it as an invention. Patent Number: EP 0889393 A2 Justify why you believe this patent is more relevant or important than others to your topic. This machine frees up space to allow multiple processes to fit on the same chip Would you consider this patent to be an invention or innovation? Explain why. Innovation- chips already existed when it was invented

Conclusion
1. 1. Describe in your own words the difference between an invention and an innovation. An invention is something entirely new, an innovation is the improvement of an existing invention.

2. 2. Describe the most interesting patent you discovered. The most interesting patent I discovered was the gene therapy patent on recombinant DNA treatments, because I had never heard of this before

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