本課程網頁包括有關發明和專利的可下載教材，是該課授課者Robert Rines 博士的《創造或消滅》，他也是美國發明家名人堂的成員。

This course site features a downloadable textbook on inventions and patents, Create or Perish, written by the course instructor, Dr. Robert Rines, who has been inducted into the National Inventors Hall of Fame.

本課程探索目前專利法研究及其在快速變化的高科技社會中所扮演的角色。秋季課程主要是針對大學部學生(6.901)，春季課程則是針對研究生(6.931)。6.901和6.931在內容上大致相同，因此也利用同一網頁。

This course explores current research concerning patent law and its role in the rapidly changing world of high technology. It is offered in the fall semester as an undergraduate course (6.901) and in the spring semester as a graduate course (6.931). The content for both courses is largely overlapping, and is presented together on this site.