Stephen Key emphasised that understanding business objectives should precede patenting, urging inventors to align their patent claims with their commercial goals. Key stressed the importance of testing market demand for an invention's benefit before heavily investing in IP protection. He also highlighted the collaborative role of inventors and IP experts, where inventors should actively contribute their business acumen to the patenting process, ensuring the protection truly serves their needs. Key enthusiastically endorsed provisional patent applications as an accessible starting point for securing intellectual property rights while further developing an invention.

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