Skills and tools for search services for PATLIB centres

the European Patent Academy has opened on-line registration for a distance learning course on "Skills and tools for search services for PATLIB centres" (OD23-2011). 

 

Date

Start: 15.07.2011
End: 16.12.2011

Location

Distance learning, Germany

Organised by

• European Patent Academy

Working language(s)

English

Description

Distance learning - self-paced learning
Developed alongside the co-operation pilot project on reorientation of patent information centres in blended form, a substantial part of the training is delivered in form of distance learning. E-learning modules and regular virtual classroom sessions will allow participants to acquire new skills, consolidate and broaden existing know-how in prior-art search and enable them to advise more comprehensively their clients. The first distance learning part of the course offers participants tutored exercises as well as practical hands-on sessions that will be conducted by experienced PATLIB and EPO experts.

Target groups

PATLIB centres

Level of expertise

Entry level

Medium

Online training

Content

Comprehensive e-learning modules on

• identifying the technical problem
• classification basics
• patent applications
• freedom to operate

Regular virtual classroom sessions on

• gist of invention
• invention and classification
• Espacenet
• patent classification
• TACSY and IPCCAT
• Depatisnet, NPL
• interpretation of search results
• practical case-studies
• data export from Espacenet, visualisation of results

Materials

Optional training material will be made available in the form of e-learning modules and pdfs on the Academy's Learning Management System. There participants will also find all documentation and have a forum at their disposal for the exchange of information and experiences with participants and tutors.

Objectives

After completion of the course you will

• know how to find the gist of invention, how to associate invention with classification
• have understood the functionalities of Espacenet, TACSY and IPCCAT and be able to apply appropriate strategies
• be able to search in Depatisnet, non-patent-literature and be familiar with respective retrieval language
• know the scope of "freedom to operate" searches
• be familiar with the basic requirements for patentability
• be able to draft an informative search report, based on the jointly agreed structure

Venue details

Distance learning course

Contact

European Patent Academy
European Patent Office
Landsberger Str. 30
80339 Munich
Germany
Tel. +49-89-2399 5454
academy@epo.org

Reference

OD23-2011

Registration deadline

15.07.2011

• Online registration form