While bringing one invention to market is a crucial skill, developing a system and processes for long-term invention management is necessary for the success of your team's innovative ventures.

In this course, you will examine how to establish a system for invention management at your organization. By leading ideas through an official documentation process, you will discover strategies for helping ideas to become inventions. You will also develop a plan to stimulate ideas and finalize details around the invention or innovation. You will then refine a practice for guiding inventions through the development process. To support the invention management process, you will explore best practices for working with lawyers, giving you a key skill set for invention and intellectual property (IP) management. By the end of this course, you will have a plan in place to create and manage an invention system in your organization and facilitate a mindset geared toward unlocking the commercial potential of inventions.

You are required to have completed the following courses or have equivalent experience before taking this course:

• Understanding the Invention
• Developing a Unique Value Proposition
• Securing Inventions, IP, and Bioproperty
• Preparing for Commercialization and Implementation
• Partnerships and Contracts