his experience in industry and in the training courses he gave as part of the American Chemical Society effort in continual professional development really shine through. In the book there are some great insights made byWaller. At page 97, 4 to 6 lines up: ‘Scientists ask questions and then find answers by performing creative research. On the other hand, inventors look for problems and then find solutions by combining their creative ability with research.’ At page 52 ‘ . . . an invention must be a new and useful process, machine, manufactured article or composition ofmatter or any new and useful improvement to any of those four’. At page 175 ‘One way to overcome the obviousness rejection by a patent examiner is to be sure your invention gives new and unexpected results not predicted by the prior art and that the results are superior to previous inventions.’ For good measure the book also has a chapter on copyright (more familiar territory for an academic) and trademarks. There is also a very helpful chapter on the various educational resources on intellectual property where the reader can go and learn more. This book should definitely be read by a modern academic. The book has quite a number of typographical or syntax errors, almost as if the proofs were not read properly by the author or publisher. However none interruptedmy reading verymuch anddid not create anymisunderstanding forme.As the reviewer atAmazon remarked, quoted above, patent law apparently does change but realistically I think any academic would consult their University’s IP office for assistance in a real case. This book for me is more about becoming much wiser about the whole process and even the fundamentals of how we approach our curiosity driven science or the technical challenges that do arise. The book has one prevailing assumption: page 142

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电化学系统的 X 射线研究：能源材料的同步加速器方法

他在工业领域和作为美国化学学会持续专业发展努力的一部分所提供的培训课程中的经验确实大放异彩。在这本书中，Waller 提出了一些很棒的见解。在第 97 页，4 到 6 行：“科学家提出问题，然后通过创造性研究找到答案。另一方面，发明家寻找问题，然后通过将他们的创造能力与研究相结合来找到解决方案。在第 52 页'。. . 一项发明必须是一种新的和有用的过程、机器、制成品或物质的组合，或对这四者中的任何一个的任何新的和有用的改进。在第 175 页，“克服专利审查员显而易见性驳回的一种方法是确保您的发明提供了现有技术无法预测的新的和意想不到的结果，并且这些结果优于以前的发明。” 为了更好地衡量，这本书还有一章关于版权（学术界更熟悉的领域）和商标。还有一个非常有用的章节，介绍了有关知识产权的各种教育资源，读者可以在其中了解更多信息。这本书绝对应该由现代学者阅读。这本书有相当多的排版或语法错误，几乎就像作者或出版商没有正确阅读校样一样。然而，没有人打断我的阅读，也没有造成任何误解。正如亚马逊的评论家所说，上面引用的，专利法显然确实发生了变化，但实际上我认为任何学者都会在真实案例中咨询他们大学的知识产权局寻求帮助。对我来说，这本书更多地是关于对整个过程甚至我们如何处理好奇心驱动的科学或确实出现的技术挑战的基本原理变得更加明智。这本书有一个普遍的假设：第 142 页