ch. 1. The basics of patenting / Nadya Reingand -- ch. 2. Is your invention novel? : the issue of prior art / Farhad Shir -- ch. 3. Practical framework for intellectual property valuation / Mikhail Maiorov and Stefan Spinler -- ch. 4. Drafting and prosecuting a patent application / Oliver Edwards -- ch. 5. Electronic systems for U.S. and European patents / Sarfaraz K . Niazi -- ch. 6. Commercializing inventions through an office of technology transfer / Alexey Titov -- ch. 7. University patent case studies : some patents hang on the wall, others go to work / Ethel Machi and Peter Machi -- ch. 8. What's mine is yours : navigating ownership rights and Bayh-Dole / Peter Machi -- ch. 9. Copyright / Melissa Levine and Billie Munro Audia.