Course curriculum

  • 1

    Complete Course Materials

    • Prerequisite Assignment

    • COMPLETE ON DEMAND COURSE MATERIALS Recorded Spring 2019
  • 2

    Chapter 1 - Sessions 1 - 3

    • Session 1 - Intro & 12 Things Every Patent Practitioner Should Know

    • Session 2 - Patent Searches & Opinion Letters

    • Session 3 - Claim Drafting
  • 3

    Chapter 2 - Session 4-6

    • Debriefing of Day 1 Claim Drafting Assignment

    • Session 4 - A Prelude to Writing the Application

    • Session 5 - Specification Drawing

    • Session 6 - Detailed Description
  • 4

    Chapter 3 - Sessions 7-9

    • Debriefing of Day 2 Claim Drafting Assignment

    • Session 7 - Filing & Fixing a Patent Application

    • Session 8 - Prosecution Basics

    • Session 9 - Prosecution & Patent Application Basics
  • 5

    Chapter 4 - Session 10-12

    • Session 10 - The Law: § 101

    • Session 11 - The Law: § 101, 102, 103

    • Session 12 - The Law: § 103, 112
  • 6

    Chapter 5 - Sessions 13-15

    • Session 13 - Effectively & Persuasively Arguing 101 Rejections

    • Session 14 - Effectively and Persuasively Arguing § 103 Rejections

    • Session 15 - Responding to § 112
  • 7

    Chapter 6 - Sessions 16-18

    • Session 16 - Filing in the Gaps with the One of Everything

    • Session 17 - Filing in the Gaps with the One of Everything

    • Session 18 - One of Everything & Homework #5
  • 8

    Post Course Resources

    • Strategic use of Design Patents - Best Practices Worldwide Protection (with Tracy Gene Durkin on January 29, 2018)

    • International Design Patents - Best Practices (with Tracy Gene Durkin on April 5, 2018)

    • Patent Prosecution Strategies for Building a Strong Patent Portfolio (with Bob Stoll and Meredith Addy on April 12, 2018)

    • Patent Drafting Best Practices - Latest Trends and Real World Realities (with Jennifer Bailey and Sal Bezos on Nov. 11, 2018)

    • How to Get Your Patent Approved by the EPO (with Rolf Claussen on September 12, 2019)

    • What the CAFC’s Recent 101 Decisions Mean for Software and Wireless Devices (with Bob Stoll and David Hall on Sept. 19, 2019)

    • Prep & Pros to Overcome 101 Rejections (with Sage Patent Group on September 26, 2019)

    • Effective Trade Secret and Patent Strategy (with Peter Toren and Tom Presson on November 14, 2019)

    • Patent Drafting Tips and Techniques to Get and Keep a U.S. Patent (with Kristin Murphy and David Stitzel on Feb. 4, 2020)