{"id":5224,"date":"2019-04-04T14:25:58","date_gmt":"2019-04-04T20:25:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sites.coloradocollege.edu\/blockfeatures\/?p=5224"},"modified":"2019-04-04T16:35:18","modified_gmt":"2019-04-04T22:35:18","slug":"i-have-an-idea-to","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.coloradocollege.edu\/blockfeatures\/2019\/04\/04\/i-have-an-idea-to\/","title":{"rendered":"I Have An Idea To &#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We\u2019re leaving for our Boston field trip in just <strong>three <\/strong>days, and we couldn\u2019t be more excited! The networking, the company visits, the historical tours, and the CHOWDER all await! In addition to a plentiful supply of chowder, Boston will also provide the perfect locale for us to conduct research for our final innovation projects!<\/p>\n<p>Last week, Professor Johnson randomly assigned each of us an innovation topic \u2014 an issue or problem that we must analyze and research before proposing our own creative solutions. For example, my assigned topic is:<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>I have an idea<\/em><\/strong><em><strong> to<\/strong> solve the US Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) patent backlog.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>*(Patent Fun Fact of the Day: there are currently 540,000 patents currently awaiting evaluation!)<\/p>\n<p>My classmate, Molly, is working with the topic:<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>I have an idea<\/em><\/strong><em><strong> to<\/strong> promote innovation in the global south. <\/em><\/p>\n<p>Our other pal, Andrew, is currently exploring his topic:<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>I have an idea<\/em><\/strong><em><strong> to<\/strong> improve anti-racist initiatives at Colorado College. \u00a0\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p>With our topics all set, we\u2019ve been dedicating chunks of class time to collaborative brainstorming, asking each other preliminary questions such as:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>What aspect of our topic\u2019s problem do we want to address?<\/li>\n<li>Which populations are affected?<\/li>\n<li>How is this issue addressed in other industries?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>And the most important question that Professor Johnson has pushed us to consider is:<\/p>\n<p><em>What is the most <strong>absurd<\/strong>, <strong>outrageous<\/strong>, <strong>unprecedented<\/strong>, and <strong>out of the box<\/strong> approach to this problem?<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The best idea that my classmates came up with for my topic was: Dogs as Patent Officers!<\/p>\n<p>Perhaps Puppy Patent Officers are not the most feasible solution to the USPTO patent backlog, but they are a perfect place to start thinking about our projects through an unconventional and innovative lens \u2014 which is what this class is all about!<\/p>\n<p>Plus, when we\u2019re in Boston, we will have the incredible opportunity to ask industry professionals all sorts of questions relating to our topics! What is a typical patent pendency period for a healthcare start-up and how does that wait time affect business strategy, as well as the quality and affordability of client services?<\/p>\n<p>Not quite sure, but I can&#8217;t wait to find out!<\/p>\n<p>(Pictured Below: Our brainstorming madness!)<a href=\"https:\/\/sites.coloradocollege.edu\/blockfeatures\/files\/2019\/04\/Screen-Shot-2019-04-04-at-2.24.18-PM.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"5225\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/sites.coloradocollege.edu\/blockfeatures\/2019\/04\/04\/i-have-an-idea-to\/screen-shot-2019-04-04-at-2-24-18-pm\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/sites.coloradocollege.edu\/blockfeatures\/files\/2019\/04\/Screen-Shot-2019-04-04-at-2.24.18-PM.png\" data-orig-size=\"2162,784\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Screen Shot 2019-04-04 at 2.24.18 PM\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/sites.coloradocollege.edu\/blockfeatures\/files\/2019\/04\/Screen-Shot-2019-04-04-at-2.24.18-PM-300x109.png\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/sites.coloradocollege.edu\/blockfeatures\/files\/2019\/04\/Screen-Shot-2019-04-04-at-2.24.18-PM-1024x371.png\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-5225 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.coloradocollege.edu\/blockfeatures\/files\/2019\/04\/Screen-Shot-2019-04-04-at-2.24.18-PM-300x109.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"109\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.coloradocollege.edu\/blockfeatures\/files\/2019\/04\/Screen-Shot-2019-04-04-at-2.24.18-PM-300x109.png 300w, https:\/\/sites.coloradocollege.edu\/blockfeatures\/files\/2019\/04\/Screen-Shot-2019-04-04-at-2.24.18-PM-768x278.png 768w, https:\/\/sites.coloradocollege.edu\/blockfeatures\/files\/2019\/04\/Screen-Shot-2019-04-04-at-2.24.18-PM-1024x371.png 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em>\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We\u2019re leaving for our Boston field trip in just three days, and we couldn\u2019t be more excited! The networking, the company visits, the historical tours, and the CHOWDER all await! In addition to a plentiful supply of chowder, Boston will also provide the perfect locale for us to conduct research for our final innovation projects! &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.coloradocollege.edu\/blockfeatures\/2019\/04\/04\/i-have-an-idea-to\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;I Have An Idea To &#8230;&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1301,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[9,326],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5224","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-block7","category-ec348","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p1RtXj-1mg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.coloradocollege.edu\/blockfeatures\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5224","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.coloradocollege.edu\/blockfeatures\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.coloradocollege.edu\/blockfeatures\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.coloradocollege.edu\/blockfeatures\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1301"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.coloradocollege.edu\/blockfeatures\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5224"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/sites.coloradocollege.edu\/blockfeatures\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5224\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5232,"href":"https:\/\/sites.coloradocollege.edu\/blockfeatures\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5224\/revisions\/5232"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.coloradocollege.edu\/blockfeatures\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5224"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.coloradocollege.edu\/blockfeatures\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5224"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.coloradocollege.edu\/blockfeatures\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5224"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}