Legal Patent Searching Training Course

Course overview

This Legal Patent Searching course explains the four different types of patent search you may need to carry out whilst building a successful IP portfolio for your company.   

Legal patent searching is a crucial step in the patenting process. It helps businesses make informed decisions to ensure their inventions are novel and eligible for patent protection. By using the searching methods to their full potential, a business can avoid infringement on existing patents and potential legal issues, and make strategic decisions about the best way forward.

The first half of this course focuses on aspects of search theory, the patenting process and patent information theory. This knowledge forms the basis for your search and patent analysis.

The second half of the course provides strategies for executing each type of search and gives guidelines on how to report your results for each type.  

The expert trainer will give you insights into when and how to undertake the patent searches and how they can build into successful portfolio management. There will be ample time for you to ask your particular questions and gain insights from the trainer’s expert knowledge.

This course is part of our collection of IP & Patents Training Courses.

Benefits of attending

By attending this course you will:

• Learn about the different types of patent search
• Understand how these relate to building your IP portfolio
• Get to grips with search theory and the patenting process
• Master the strategies for executing each type of search
• Identify the best ways of reporting your results

Who should attend?

This course has been specially designed for all those working in IP or patent information, or patent engineer roles either in industry or legal businesses. It’s specifically for those wanting to improve and / or update their search knowledge and skills.

The course will be of particular interest to:

• IP managers
• Patent research specialists and analysts
• Patent information professionals
• Technology transfer officers
• R&D leads and technical product managers
• R&D scientists and engineers wanting to ensure they are not ‘re-inventing the wheel’
• Sales and support professionals of commercial information providers

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