The purpose of this course is to train the students to perform patent survey and patent materials analysis. Furthermore, the students will learn to make full use of the patent survey and analysis to improve their process of management, to plan their research and development aiming to technically improve their products, and thus to enhance their corporation competency. The contents of this course include the strategy and analysis of writing a patent, the diagnosis of patent specification, the survey of patented designs, patent invasion analysis, patent avoidance design and patent, the application of patent analysis in the management strategy of the company, the management and sharing of intellectual property rights, the case study of patent protection, the study of technical management analysis charts, and so on.