Patents and Biotechnology

This compressed course provides students with an understanding of biotechnology as an industry and discusses the differences between US and international biotech patent law. It also analyzes issues related to two areas of patenting and biotech: monoclonal antibodies and CRISPR. Although helpful, students need not to have taken patent law to enroll in this course. The instructor will provide an overview of the essential components of patent law that pertain to this course on the first day.