TY - BOOK AU - O'Connell,Donal TI - Inside the patent factory: the essential reference for effective and efficient management of patent creation SN - 9781119201595 AV - T212 .O26 2008eb U1 - 608 22 PY - 2008/// CY - Chichester, England, Hoboken, NJ PB - John Wiley & Sons KW - Patents KW - Intellectual property KW - Management KW - Industrial property KW - Propri�et�e intellectuelle KW - Gestion KW - Propri�et�e industrielle KW - intellectual property KW - aat KW - TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING KW - General KW - bisacsh KW - fast N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; Introduction -- Building a strategy -- Why patent? -- Invention harvesting -- Core activities of patent creation -- The inventor community -- Other key interfaces -- Organising your patent factory -- The management of external patent agencies -- Metrics -- Quality -- Patent cost management -- Processes and tools -- Benchmarking -- Changes -- Conclusion; Electronic reproduction; [Place of publication not identified]; HathiTrust Digital Library; 2011 N2 - The book is a coaching guide for anyone interested in intellectual property and those wanting to embark on or develop patent creation. It draws on the authors' extensive experience and insights from change projects, management and leadership at Nokia. The book guides the reader through each stage of setting up a successful unit, inviting active involvement by asking vital questions about their needs and aims. Focusing on key issues and themes involved, it provides examples, diagrams and models to illustrate how they can be out in to practice. Critical chapters include the core activities of pa UR - https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/book/10.1002/9781119201595 ER -