What is Intellectual Property?

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What is Intellectual Property?

Simply put, it is a product of the intellect that may have commercial value. It is a creation of the mind, and includes inventions, literary and artistic works, symbols, names, images, and designs used in commerce.
These products of the intellect may be considered property because they may be bought, sold and licensed. They are oft times protected through Trade Secrets, Copyrights, Trademarks, and Patents.
ProfSIP will guide you to a full understanding of Intellectual Property.

-Michael B. Hydorn

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Published by Michael Hydorn

Dr. Hydorn and former USPTO colleague - Douglas Salser, have recently formed a partnership to provide Intellectual Property lectures and information. They are the creators of the "Take a SIP" presentations series - Seminars for Inventors on Patents, and Seminars on Intellectual Property. Dr. Hydorn is the author of several books in diverse fields including aquarium keeping, physical chemistry and organic chemistry. Dr. Hydorn, in semi-retirement, continues to hold the evening-hours post of Adjunct Professor at Germanna Community College (GCC) in Fredericksburg Virginia, instructing undergraduate and nursing students, both on-site and via distance learning, teaching each semester including summer terms. Now retired from the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO), Dr. Hydorn was the Patent and Trademark Resource Centers (PTRC) Program’s former patent examiner in-residence. He was a part of the USPTO's information dissemination group; he assisted attorneys, entrepreneurs, inventors, and legal professionals in their dealings with USPTO. Dr. Hydorn holds a dual B.S. with senior theses in Chemistry (fluorescense) and in Marine Biology (tidal ecosystems); an M.S. in Chemistry (asymmetric organic synthesis, biophysics, and molecular genetics); a Ph.D. in Biological Oceanography (marine aquarium stabilities); a D.Div. in Applied Theology; a Ph.D. and a further D.Sc.Chem. in Medicinal Chemistry (antibiotics, chemodiagnostics, and chemotherapeutics). He was a Robert A. Welch Foundation Fellow at the University of Texas – San Antonio (chemodiagnostics); and he held a Summer Postdoctoral Internship with Warner-Lambert/Parke-Davis Ann Arbor (antibiotics).

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