Presenting Your Invention to Venture Capitalists for Investment

Understanding Patent Law and Why Your Invention is Patentable

You and your group members have been working on a new invention, and you are now ready to explore commercialising it.  

You have fortuitously managed to secure an interview with some venture capitalists. They have requested that you deliver a 20-minute presentation on your proposals to help them decide whether they should invest.  

In particular, assess the following:  

(a)Apply patent law to examine the product/process you have invented, and explain why it is patentable. 

(b)Evaluate and state your registration strategy. 

(c)Appraise and identify your commercialisation strategy. 

Prepare a Singapore patent application (in Form PF1/8) for your invention and develop a description of the invention, the patent claims, the abstract, and any diagrams you would like to include.