Patent Drafting
BUSA-X406.82
Learning to write a patent application, a complex legal document, is fundamental to securing a patent and being able to enforce your rights for years to come. This course covers the patent drafting process and includes methodology and technique used in the drafting of patent applications. We will analyze different patent drafting procedures and practice. Students will be expected to draft sample patent applications. Students are also expected to have a basic knowledge of patent law.
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This course is entirely web-based and to be completed asynchronously between the published course start and end dates. Synchronous attendance is NOT required.
You will have access to your online course on the published start date OR 1 business day after your enrollment is confirmed if you enroll on or after the published start date.
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All course materials are included unless otherwise stated.
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Phyllis Meng
Phyllis Meng spent 28 years at the Los Angeles Metropolitan Transportation Authority where she was the deputy executive Officer, General Services. She recently started her own educational and consulting company. At LA Metro, Meng and her management team were responsible for maintenance, operation and capital replacement for the agency's 1,800 occupant, 628,000 square foot high rise headquarters building, child care center and East Portal of Union Station in downtown Los Angeles. Her responsibilities included agency wide mail services, copy services, travel and ride share services.
Meng received her BS in business management in 1984 from Cal State Northridge. She became a Certified Facility Manager (CFM) in 1993, Sustainable Facility Professional (SFP) in 2012 and IFMA Fellow in 2002. Meng served on IFMA's board of directors as West Coast Regional vice president and two years as IFMA Foundation chair. She has served as president of the Los Angeles chapter and the Public Sector Facilities Council.
Meng is a BOMI Institute instructor and facilitates their FMA courses. She developed and teaches financial analysis for the UCI Facilities Management Certificate program. Meng is a member of the UCI Facility Management Certificate Advisory board. She has authored numerous articles for the benefit of the facility management profession and has made presentations on leadership, finance, emergency preparedness, contingency planning, real estate and outsourcing at the chapter level, at IFMA's World Workplace and at other conferences.
Meng specializes in providing education to facility professionals along with finance, leadership, project management, sustainability initiatives, operations and maintenance.
