Assessor Resource
BSBIPR402
Protect and use new inventions and innovations
Assessment tool
Version 1.0
Issue Date: June 2024
This unit describes the skills and knowledge required to protect and use new inventions and innovations as the exclusive intellectual property of an organisation or individual. It covers identifying the need for protection of new inventions or innovations, working with specialists to file a successful patent application, monitoring and protecting intellectual property rights, and using the patent for business growth.
It applies to individuals who are actively involved in work concerning the development or ownership of inventive and innovative products. They may work as individual inventors or innovators in a range of industries or organisational contexts, as part of a research and development team within an organisation or be commissioning or employing others to develop new inventions or innovations.
It will give individuals an understanding of patent law and how patents are assigned, to develop an understanding of the actions of patent specialists employed to patent the organisation’s new inventions or innovations.
No licensing, legislative or certification requirements apply to this unit at the time of publication.
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