Best+practices+for+laboratory+notebooks

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 Module 3. Best practices for laboratory notebooks.
**How to Start–and Keep–a Laboratory Notebook: Policy and Practical Guidelines** []

Documenting research at public and private institutions according to best practices is necessary procedure in research project and IP management in order to extract the greatest value from the organization’s stock of IP and specifically for preparing, filing and prosecuting patent applications. Governments have a responsibility to provide training in record keeping in public research organizations. Careful documentation is also essential in addressing challenges to patent validity. Laboratory notebooks which record the details of experiments and development and their results are one of the more important components of such record keeping.