Prototype project

Integrate and exploit the technical knowledge acquired during the course in the fields of quality, health and safety, the environment and personal safety, and put it into practice within the framework of a management system, understanding the interactions between these different subjects and assessing their complexity (product groups).
-The RDI project defined in semester 6 and continued in semester 7 will be finalized in semester 8. The pedagogical objectives remain those set out in the PC6PJRDI sheet. The project assessment will take place in March or April, depending on the type of project (upstream-downstream or product)
The intellectual property lecture will focus on the following points:

The place of IP in scientific and economic life
Initiation and/or reminder of the basics for understanding the field of Intellectual/Industrial Property.
Patents: the basics in French, European, US and international law
Special cases in the life sciences/biotech/pharmaceutical fields
Outline of IP-related contracts

Project Management courses and seminars on Entrepreneurship, Marketing and Finance

I-Product realization (20h + 30h personal work)
Students will review their project. They will present possible developments and prospects. They will identify the added value of their work and promote its efficiency.

II-Quality file (10h project) for "product" groups
-Integration of quality management principles into future managerial functions,
-Use of the continuous improvement management method,
-Integration into a team of managers using a management system certified to one or more international standards,
-Application of awareness-raising and mobilization tools.

III-Conferences and presentations given by speakers from the socio-economic world:
-Intellectual property (2h40)
-Why register/hold IP assets/rights

Intro: Trademarks / Domain names / Copyright / Designs / Patents
The basics of French/European/American patents:

General principles
Form and content
Patentability (Novelty and inventive step)
Filing date/Priority right

Patentable and non-patentable inventions in the fields of medicine, pharma, biotech, plants, treatment/diagnostic methods...
The main contracts relating to IP: Confidentiality contract, collaboration contract, licensing contract


-distribution (2h40)
-packaging for "product" groups (project with a partner establishment)

Engineering sciences and techniques

Microbiological aspects of food safety and quality. Bourgeois C.M. Edit Tec et Doc, Modern Food Microbiology, Jay J.M Edit ASPEN Organizations: Afssa, Afnor, Food and Drug Administration ISO 9001, ISO 14001, ISO 22000, IFS, BRC and OHSAS 18001 standards (current versions), course documents relating to processes and products, quality, health hazards and risks, European hygiene package regulations, general regulations relating to environmental protection, general regulations relating to personnel safety, HACCP codex alimentarius guide, ISO 26000, ISO 9004, IIP guides.
INPI and EPO (European Patent Office) website