Patent Agent Examination Training Course: Paper 2 – Patent Drafting
This course is structured keeping in mind the Paper-2 of the Patent Agent Examination conducted by the Intellectual Property Office, Government of India. Like a good craftsman who understands his tool better, learn the nuances of drafting with simple norms and rules to keep in mind while drafting a patent.
We have designed this course on the fundamental premise that if law allows anyone to invent and to file a patent on their own, it should also follow that the person who invents and files the patent can also draft the patent. Historically, patent drafting was done by the inventors till patent agents appeared on the scene to assist the inventors.
So, in short, if you can come up with your own invention, you can draft and file it as well. Of course, completing this course will not make you an expert in patent drafting. This course will introduce the important principles in patent drafting. More importantly, it will explain the fundamental concepts in patent law in the context of patent drafting.
This course contains drafting exercises. The Patent Drafting Workbook can be downloaded once you enroll for the course. You will find workbook under Lesson 1. You are expected to complete the exercises as the course progresses. On competition of the course, the answer key will be shared.
These are the lessons and topics we cover in our Paper 2 of the Patent Agent Exam online training course: 7 lessons, 52 topics & 7 quizzes.
Invention
- What are Inventions
- Background
- Field of Invention
- Prior Art
- Patent Classification
- Technical Advance
- What are not Inventions
- Why People Invent
Disclosure
- How Inventions Look
- Where to look for Inventions
- How to Catch an Invention
- Getting a Working Disclosure
- Searching with the disclosure
- Outcome of Search
Patentability Search
- What Is Patentability Search
- Reasons for Ordering Patentability Search
- When A Patentability Search is Not Needed
- How To Order A Patentability Search
- Limits of Patentability Search
- Patentability Search Report
Problem-Solution Statement
- How to Pitch an Invention
- Identifying the Inventive Concept
- Problem Solution Statement
Claims
- Problem Solution to Claim
- How to Search for a Granted Patent
- Provisions Relating to Claim
- Some Exceptions to Patentability
- Structure of Claims
- Preamble
- Transition
- Body
- Form and Punctuation
- Omnibus Claims
- Structural and Functional Definitions
- Cooperation
Types of Claims
- Types of Claims
- Dependent Claims
- Apparatus Claims
- Method or Process Claims
- Claim Drafting Best Practice
- Claim Drafting What to Avoid
- How to Download Copy of Patent Specification
- Amendment to Claim
- Claim Analysis
Specifications
- Introduction to Specification Drafting
- Enabling Disclosure
- Best Method
- Parts of the Specification
- Background & Summary
- Detailed Description
- Parts of the Application
- Evolution of Patent Specification