My name is Aidan Donnellan. I am a junior in Electrical Engineering as well as one of the officers for DU's IEEE. I wanted to reach out to everyone to get the ball rolling for IEEE this year at DU, while also announcing a speaker who will be visiting DU October 15th from 6pm-8pm, hosted by IEEE Denver Computer, Information Theory, and Robotics Society. Linked below is a description of the speaker Daniel M. Farkas, Ph.D., discussing patents for scientists and engineers, sent to me by James Gowans, CIR Denver Section Chapter Chair.
This topic is not only good for scientist and engineers, but also for business majors, so if you happen to know any business major interested in science and engineering, definitely let them know about this event. It would be really nice to see DU's IEEE expand itself out more.
Cost is completely free, and as far as I'm aware, food is going to be provided (but don't quote me on this). I will be there and I hope to see and meet all of you there.
Historically, IEEE at DU has not had much prominence on campus, but I'm convinced we can get the ball rolling this year and put ourselves out there more! I will be reaching out more in regards to events both on campus and off campus, as well as planning weekly to bi-weekly meetings. If any one of you has questions or concerns, don't hesitate to reach out. Thanks all!
- Aidan Donnellan
Speaker Introduction
Dr. Daniel Farkas earned his Ph.D. in atomic, molecular, and optical physics from Harvard University and a BS in physics (magna cum laude) from Yale University. He completed postdoctoral fellowships at Yale University and JILA (University of Colorado, Boulder). Dr. Farkas is a registered US patent agent at Cozen O’Connor, where he assists with patent prosecution, patentability determinations, and infringement analyses. Prior to patents, he was lead physicist and manager at ColdQuanta (now Infleqtion) in Boulder, where he was a principal investigator on several government R&D contracts to develop quantum technologies for quantum computing, atomic clocks, and accelerometers. Outside of work, Dr. Farkas has spent many years volunteering for Colorado FIRST, including as a coach for FIRST Lego League, a judge for FIRST Robotics Competition, and a volunteer at several other regional and state-level robotics events.
Presentation: Patents for Scientists and Engineers
Abstract: What we know today as a “utility patent” can be traced back to Renaissance Italy. Over the 500+ years since then, patents have become widely recognized as beneficial to society in many ways. As a result, most countries in the world today have a patent system and the number of patents issued annually continues to grow exponentially. In the first part of this talk, I will review the basics of what a patent is, including its components, how to get one, and some of the ways they are used to protect inventors (and their employers). In the second part of the talk, I will discuss what is and is not patentable by law, showing many examples from history of unusual patents and court cases that have shaped modern-day patent law. Of note is the recent explosion in artificial intelligence and machine learning, technologies that are particularly difficult to patent in the United States.
Location: University of Denver
Invited: Everyone is welcome.
Cost: Free