HCA 827 Regulatory changes often prompt workflow changes or the addition of bureaucratic levels to manage the implementation of the regulation

1) Conception

Every invention begins with an idea, one that is borne of the mission to solve some problem in the world or within an organization. When building an innovation workflow, it’s important to acknowledge this first step, as it will partially determine the success of the remainder of the process. You can empower your employees by giving them creative freedom and encouragement to contribute to challenges in the workplace, with your products, or in your industry as a whole — just make sure they’re aware of how they should share their solutions once they have them. Point out who they should present concepts to, how they should be reported, and why it’s valuable to log their approved concepts into IP management software, if possible.

2) Documentation

After developing the figurative “outline” of an invention, you’ll need to fill in the details and give it a proper shape. Supporting assets like figures and schematic drawings, procedural manuals, and additional descriptions of the intended uses do more than just facilitate the invention disclosure process. In most cases, these details are required to get your invention patented. Your documentation should demonstrate how it is different from other IP that came before it, and give others reason to believe it’s actually possible to create in the end.

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3) Arrange and Issue NDAs

If nondisclosure and invention assignment agreements did not occur at the inception of an employee, contractor or partner relationship, this step occurs somewhat in tandem with documentation, since any written evidence of the invention can give others a way to replicate it. Anyone involved on the project — the person who developed the concept, managers in charge of approval, and any collaborators working on making the invention a reality should execute a nondisclosure agreement (NDA) to protect the IP prior to its official protection by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO). Legal personnel, particularly patent attorneys, can help you create these NDAs. It may seem like a hassle, but if you include NDAs as just another part of the innovation workflow, it will speed up the process and reduce some of the risks of misappropriation.

4) Perform Due Diligence & Patent Searching

By this point your team has already gathered or created some documentation that effectively describes your invention’s purpose and defining features. To ultimately get your invention approved, you must show that your idea is original, or at least an original improvement on a past invention. Looking back into patent archives for prior art and other related inventions will help you support that originality and get your new invention past the approval process. A patent attorney can help you with the patent search process. Once any related material is found, it should be attached in your invention’s portfolio.

5) Submit Patent Application

As far as legal protection of your new IP goes, this is one of the final steps. With all of the information describing and differentiating your invention, you can submit your patent application. Application costs will vary based on application type and if any rush processing is required. Regardless of whether the application has a rush order, review by the USPTO takes multiple weeks or months. Once you check off this crucial step in the innovation workflow, however, you’re ready to turn what was once an idea into a protected asset.

6) Manufacturing

While this manufacturing step can of course refer to the development of your market-ready product, manufacturing may also play a role earlier in the IP development process. Having a working prototype will assist you in in developing a more accurate description along with your patent application, so there are fewer questions about the originality of its design and function. Fewer questions make for an expedient review, i.e. a shorter time to market launch and sales.

7) Explore Options for Revenue

While your patent is placed under review, or once it is granted patent protection, you have a few options in front of you for turning a profit from your investment in the innovation process. Product development and sale are likely at the top of your list, but as time goes on, you may find yourself holding onto outdated patents that are only adding to the net cost of your portfolio. You also may have developed a patent for a technology that isn’t directly related to your organization’s ultimate product strategy. For those cases, you can either sell off your patent to another organization, or license it to a third party.

When you nail down your innovation workflow process, developing new IP and making it profitable becomes second nature to your team. Preparing that process and turning it into something tangible can take a lot of time, but IP management software like Decipher^® already has the framework in place to implement an efficient workflow.  Decipher also facilitates rapid communication to further streamline your innovation steps. To learn more about why IP management software is integrated into enterprise businesses around the globe, click here to download the Decipher product sheet now.

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For assignments that need to be submitted to Lopes Write, please be sure you have received your report and Similarity Index (SI) percentage BEFORE you do a “final submit” to me.

Once you have received your report, please review it. This report will show you grammatical, punctuation, and spelling errors that can easily be fixed. Take the extra few minutes to review instead of getting counted off for these mistakes.

Review your similarities. Did you forget to cite something? Did you not paraphrase well enough? Is your paper made up of someone else’s thoughts more than your own?

Visit the Writing Center in the Student Success Center, under the Resources tab in LoudCloud for tips on improving your paper and SI score.

Late Policy

The university’s policy on late assignments is 10% penalty PER DAY LATE. This also applies to late DQ replies.

Please communicate with me if you anticipate having to submit an assignment late. I am happy to be flexible, with advance notice. We may be able to work out an extension based on extenuating circumstances.

If you do not communicate with me before submitting an assignment late, the GCU late policy will be in effect.

I do not accept assignments that are two or more weeks late unless we have worked out an extension.

As per policy, no assignments are accepted after the last day of class. Any assignment submitted after midnight on the last day of class will not be accepted for grading.

Communication

Communication is so very important. There are multiple ways to communicate with me:

Questions to Instructor Forum: This is a great place to ask course content or assignment questions. If you have a question, there is a good chance one of your peers does as well. This is a public forum for the class.

Individual Forum: This is a private forum to ask me questions or send me messages. This will be checked at least once every 24 hours.

Important information for writing discussion questions and participation

Welcome to class

Hello class and welcome to the class and I will be your instructor for this course. This is a -week course and requires a lot of time commitment, organization, and a high level of dedication. Please use the class syllabus to guide you through all the assignments required for the course. I have also attached the classroom policies to this announcement to know your expectations for this course. Please review this document carefully and ask me any questions if you do. You could email me at any time or send me a message via the “message” icon in halo if you need to contact me. I check my email regularly, so you should get a response within 24 hours. If you have not heard from me within 24 hours and need to contact me urgently, please send a follow up text to

I strongly encourage that you do not wait until the very last minute to complete your assignments. Your assignments in weeks 4 and 5 require early planning as you would need to present a teaching plan and interview a community health provider. I advise you look at the requirements for these assignments at the beginning of the course and plan accordingly. I have posted the YouTube link that explains all the class assignments in detail. It is required that you watch this 32-minute video as the assignments from week 3 through 5 require that you follow the instructions to the letter to succeed. Failure to complete these assignments according to instructions might lead to a zero. After watching the video, please schedule a one-on-one with me to discuss your topic for your project by the second week of class. Use this link to schedule a 15-minute session. Please, call me at the time of your appointment on my number. Please note that I will NOT call you.

Please, be advised I do NOT accept any assignments by email. If you are having technical issues with uploading an assignment, contact the technical department and inform me of the issue. If you have any issues that would prevent you from getting your assignments to me by the deadline, please inform me to request a possible extension. Note that working fulltime or overtime is no excuse for late assignments. There is a 5%-point deduction for every day your assignment is late. This only applies to approved extensions. Late assignments will not be accepted.

If you think you would be needing accommodations due to any reasons, please contact the appropriate department to request accommodations.

Plagiarism is highly prohibited. Please ensure you are citing your sources correctly using APA 7th edition. All assignments including discussion posts should be formatted in APA with the appropriate spacing, font, margin, and indents. Any papers not well formatted would be returned back to you, hence, I advise you review APA formatting style. I have attached a sample paper in APA format and will also post sample discussion responses in subsequent announcements.

Your initial discussion post should be a minimum of 200 words and response posts should be a minimum of 150 words. Be advised that I grade based on quality and not necessarily the number of words you post. A minimum of TWO references should be used for your initial post. For your response post, you do not need references as personal experiences would count as response posts. If you however cite anything from the literature for your response post, it is required that you cite your reference. You should include a minimum of THREE references for papers in this course. Please note that references should be no more than 5 years old except recommended as a resource for the class. Furthermore, for each discussion board question, you need ONE initial substantive response and TWO substantive responses to either your classmates or your instructor for a total of THREE responses. There are TWO discussion questions each week, hence, you need a total minimum of SIX discussion posts for each week. I usually post a discussion question each week. You could also respond to these as it would count towards your required SIX discussion posts for the week.

I understand this is a lot of information to cover in 5 weeks, however, the Bible says in Philippians 4:13 that we can do all things through Christ that strengthens us. Even in times like this, we are encouraged by God’s word that we have that ability in us to succeed with His strength. I pray that each and every one of you receives strength for this course and life generally as we navigate through this pandemic that is shaking our world today. Relax and enjoy the course!

Hi Class,

Please read through the following information on writing a Discussion question response and participation posts.

Contact me if you have any questions.

Important information on Writing a Discussion Question

• Your response needs to be a minimum of 150 words (not including your list of references)
• There needs to be at least TWO references with ONE being a peer reviewed professional journal article.
• Include in-text citations in your response
• Do not include quotes—instead summarize and paraphrase the information
• Follow APA-7th edition
• Points will be deducted if the above is not followed

Participation –replies to your classmates or instructor

• A minimum of 6 responses per week, on at least 3 days of the week.
• Each response needs at least ONE reference with citations—best if it is a peer reviewed journal article
• Each response needs to be at least 75 words in length (does not include your list of references)
• Responses need to be substantive by bringing information to the discussion or further enhance the discussion. Responses of “I agree” or “great post” does not count for the word count.
• Follow APA 7th edition
• Points will be deducted if the above is not followed
• Remember to use and follow APA-7th edition for all weekly assignments, discussion questions, and participation points.
• Here are some helpful links
• Student paper example
• Citing Sources
• The Writing Center is a great resource