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Patent Drafting for Beginners

Prof. Feroz Ali · IIT Madras

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About

Patent specifications — the documents which encompass the patent right in a technological invention are techno-legal documents created at the interface of science and law. Unlike technical writing, patent law requires drafting patent specifications to satisfy certain requirements. This course is designed to enable beginners without any prior knowledge on patent drafting to draft patent specifications on their own. The course will cover the fundamental principles of patent drafting and discuss in detail the concepts in patent law in the context of patent drafting.

INTENDED AUDIENCE : Anyone interested in patent drafting

PRE-REQUISITES : No pre-requisites for this course. But students may benefit from the course "Patent Law For Engineers and Scientists"

INDUSTRY SUPPORT : Law Firms, LPOs, knowledge-based industries etc

Lectures

Week 1

  1. What are Inventions? YouTube
  2. Background YouTube
  3. Field of Invention YouTube
  4. Prior Art YouTube
  5. Patent Classification YouTube
  6. Technical Advance YouTube
  7. What are not inventions YouTube
  8. Why People Invent YouTube
  9. How Inventions Look YouTube
  10. Where to Look for Inventions YouTube
  11. How to Catch an Invention YouTube
  12. Getting a working disclosure YouTube
  13. Searching with the disclosure YouTube
  14. Outcome of search YouTube
  15. What is a Patentability Search YouTube
  16. Reasons for Ordering a Patentability Search YouTube
  17. When a Patentability Search is Not Required YouTube
  18. How to Order a Patentability Search YouTube
  19. Limits of Patentability Search YouTube
  20. Patentability Search Report YouTube
  21. How to pitch an invention YouTube
  22. Identifying the inventive concept YouTube

Week 2

  1. Problem Solution Statement YouTube
  2. Problem-Solution to Claim YouTube
  3. How to Search for a Granted Patent YouTube
  4. Provisions relating to claim YouTube
  5. Some Exceptions to patentability YouTube
  6. Structure of Claims YouTube
  7. Preamble YouTube
  8. Transition YouTube
  9. Body YouTube
  10. Form and Punctuation of Claims YouTube
  11. Omnibus Claims YouTube
  12. Structural and Functional Definitions YouTube
  13. Cooperation YouTube

Week 3

  1. Types of Claims.mp4 YouTube
  2. Dependent claims YouTube
  3. Apparatus Claims YouTube
  4. Methods or Process Claims YouTube
  5. Claim Drafting Best Practices YouTube
  6. Claims Drafting What to Avoid YouTube
  7. How to Download Copy of Patent Specification YouTube
  8. Amendment to Claims YouTube
  9. Claim Analysis Combo Pen with Marker YouTube

Week 4

  1. Introduction to Specification Drafting YouTube
  2. Enabling Disclosure YouTube
  3. Best method YouTube
  4. Parts of the specification YouTube
  5. Background & Summary YouTube
  6. Detailed description YouTube
  7. Parts of the Application YouTube
  8. Evolution of Patent Specifications YouTube

Syllabus and materials

At NPTEL, as the course publishes them.

Credits and licence

Institution
IIT Madras
Department
Humanities and Social Sciences
Teacher
Prof. Feroz Ali
Level
Undergraduate
Language
English
Subjects
Society and politics
Source
NPTEL
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA, as NPTEL states it. Non-commercial use only. NPTEL's terms
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