Course overview
Learn more about four types of patent search for patent portfolio building - patentability, opposition, invalidity and validity.
Legal patent searching is a crucial step in the patenting process. Patentability searching is important for building your portfolio, helping to ensure an invention is novel and eligible for patent protection. Whereas opposition, invalidity and validity searches are important for defending your portfolio, by finding vital prior art for proceedings against an opponent or potential opponent. By using the searching methods to their full potential a business can avoid infringement on existing patents and potential legal issues and make strategic decisions about the best way forward.
The first half of this training course focuses on aspects of search theory, the patenting process and patent information theory. This knowledge forms the basis for your search and patent analysis. The expert trainer will review available AI tools and when to use AI tools to aid the search and review processes.
Thesecond half of the training course provides strategies for executing each type of search and gives guidelines on how to report your results for each type.
The expert trainer will give you insights into when and how to undertake the patent searches and how they can build into successful portfolio management. There will also be ample time for you to ask your particular questions and gain insights from the trainer’s expert knowledge.
CPD Hours: 6
Course Content
- Day 1
- Patent terminology and the patenting process
- Patent terminology and the patenting process continued
- Search theory and search types for IP portfolio building
- Search theory and search types for IP portfolio building continued
- Course review, final questions, further reading
Speakers
Jane List
Jane List founded Extract Information Limited, Cambridgeshire, UK, in 2013. Extract Information provides legal and industry focussed patent searching and reporting, IP management support for small companies, and product development consultancy for the information industry.
Jane previously worked in IP and Information analyst roles at The Technology Partnership (TTP) plc, Xaar plc and the European Molecular Biology Laboratory. She also worked in the information industry where she held commercial, content, and product development roles at Lighthouse IP, ProQuest, and DataStar. Throughout her career she has provided training in the retrieval and analysis of scientific, technical, medical, commercial and patent information, most recently through CIIPM where she developed the courses in IP and Commercialisation. Jane has qualifications in Chemistry, Information Science, and IP Law.
