Acknowledgments

AuthorJoseph P. Kennedy/Wayne H. Watkins/Elyse N. Ball (With)
ProfessionDistinguished Professor of Polymer Science and Chemistry at The University of Akron/Associate Vice President for Research at The University of Akron/Project Manager for the University of Akron Research Foundation
Pages19-20
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
This book is the result of Cynthia Rose’s insistence and Ingrid Kennedy’s
nudging that their father and husband respectively, Dr. Joseph P. Kennedy,
capture in writing the essence of his experiences teaching a graduate-level
course on intellectual property for over 20 years. The course was designed to
teach science and engineering students how to invent and how to protect an
invention, as well as how to improve the human condition through science
related inventing and patenting. Cynthia Rose also originated the concept for
the cover of this book.
The authors are most grateful to the significant contributions of Susan
E. Dollinger and Dr. Rex W. Watkins. Susan is a valued colleague at The
University of Akron and has been instrumental is supporting Dr. Kennedy’s
innovation activities. She requested that Dr. Kennedy include his experience
and perspective on inventing in the book, which you will find as Chapter
3. Rex, with his perspective as a recent Ph.D. student in biochemistry and
now as a patent agent and soon to be patent attorney, provided important and
appreciated comments and edits.
Others to whom the authors are indebted and most grateful for their assis-
tance include Justin Ball, Aimee DeChambeau, Bernard Schneier, and Loreley
Woody, who each reviewed and commented on various portions of the book.
The authors also acknowledge Mark Murphy, whose original hand-drawn
illustrations greatly add to this book.
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