Course overview
This training course will teach you the essential skills for conducting comprehensive 'state of the art' patent searches.
Our expert trainer will guide you through selecting the right content, putting together and executing an effective search strategy, and analysing and reporting your findings.
While the focus is on patent searching, the training course also explores when and how to incorporate other technical literature into your state of the art review, depending on your specific field.
A state of the art search must be broader than a typical patentability search. You will learn about standard search protocols, and how to balance recall and precision, ensuring relevance for optimal results. The training course emphasises practical techniques, including the use of patent classifications, patent citations, and name searching, to build a robust collection for an initial state of the art review. The course will consider when and how to use AI search and analysis tools during the search and review process.
Given that the state of the art is always evolving, the course will also cover how to stay up to date by setting up effective technology patent monitoring processes. This will ensure you remain informed about the latest advancements in your field.
CPD Hours: 6
Course Content
- Day 1
- Content selection
- Search techniques
- Analysing the results
- Maintain awareness of the State of the Art
- References for further study
Speakers
Jane List
Jane List founded Extract Information Limited, Cambridgeshire, UK, in 2013 following a career in the information industry where she held commercial, content, and product development roles at Lighthouse IP, ProQuest, and DataStar. She has also held IP and Information analyst roles at The Technology Partnership plc, Xaar plc and the European Molecular Biology Laboratory. Jane has provided training in the retrieval and analysis of scientific, technical, medical, commercial and patent information throughout her career. At Extract Information Jane searches patents for her clients and provides IP management support. Jane has qualifications in Chemistry, Information Science, and IP Law.
Jane has other roles in patent information field:
- Editor in Chief of World Patent Information Journal, a leading journal in the field of patent information and IP management since 2014 https://www.journals.elsevier.com/world-patent-information.
- Secretary of PatCom, the group of commercial patent information providers (www.patcom.org) since 2014.
- In 2015 Jane List co-founded The Cambridge Information and Intellectual Property Meeting (www.CIIPM.co.uk) to provide a space for knowledge sharing for those involved with technology commercialisation and needing to understand more about IP and understand more about patent searching.
