Wednesday, July 22, 2009

Lecture cum Practice on Patent Specification Drafting and Patent Prior Art Search

The Academy of Intellectual Property Studies (AIPS) has announced two new lecture series.

Lecture Series on Patent Specification Drafting
This course comprises five full day lecture cum practice sessions, and is designed for IP / Patent professionals wanting to improve specification writing and claim drafting skills. Expert faculty will guide the participants through both mechanical and chemical cases, and group and individual exercises will provide hands-on practice. One session is expected to be devoted especially to Pharmaceutical Drafting.

Commencement August 8, 2009
Timings 9.30 am - 5.30 pm .
Dates : August 8, August 22, August 29, September 5 and September 12, 2009 . (Saturdays only)

Lecture cum Practice Sessions on Patent Prior Art Search
The sessions will cover the basics of patent documentation, search tools and techniques, study of the search results and preparation of the search report. Participants will be taught to initiate search proceedings in the most appropriate manner, retrieve relevant documents and thereafter prepare the search reports. The Faculty will be covering both the web based free databases and a few paid sites.
Commencement August 8, 2009.
For details, contact AIPS at info@aips.ac.in

Certificate of participation will be issued for both the courses.