Overview

COURSE OUTLINE: Patents are legal documents which provide the basis of an invention and the extent to which rights are covered in relation to an invention. One of the indicators for a country’s innovative ability is patenting index and patents are considered to be the highest in the innovative index. Search for patent information is undertaken for various purposes. Understanding technology trends, gaining an insight into lead technologies, forming a part of literature search before embarking on R&D, determining patentability of an invention, freedom to operate searches before product entry into market are some of the predominant reasons for patent search. The need for customised products, rapid production and global marketing necessitates scouting for technologies worldwide. Skilled patent professionals are a requirement for any successful organisation. The past decade has also witnessed the growth of IP filing from academia as well. Patent search is an important component of literature search for identification of new areas of innovation.

Objectives of the course: This course will focus on providing the students/participants • To develop skills to conduct patent search and analysis • To develop practical insights into specific types of patent search • To enable understanding of the techno-legal aspects of patent search and analysis.

Syllabus

NPTEL: Patent Search for Engineers and Lawyers.
Lecture 01: Introduction to IPR.
Lecture 02: IP-Economic Rationale.
Lecture 03: Patentability- Novelty- I.
Lecture 04: Patentability- Novelty- II.
Lecture 05: Non-Obviousness.
Lecture 06: How to read a patent document- Patent Anatomy.
Lecture 07: How to read a patent document.
Lecture 08: Introduction to patent search.
Lecture 09: Introduction to patent search (Contd.).
Lecture 10: Fundamentals of patent search.
Lecture 11: Fundamentals of patent search (Contd.).
Lecture 12: Hands on Patent Search.
Lecture 13: Hands on Patent Search.
Lecture 14: Hands on Patent Search - Sequence Search.
Lecture 15: Hands on Patent Search , emerging areas of technology.
Lecture 16: Types of patent Search.
Lecture 17: Types of patent Search (Contd.).
Lecture 18: Types of patent Search (Contd.).
Lecture 19: Types of patent Search, Validity Search.
Lecture 20: Invalidity Search.
Lecture 21: Types of Patent Search FTO.
Lecture 22: Types of Patent Search.
Lecture 23: Introduction to patent landscape.
Lecture 24: Introduction to patent landscape (Contd.).
Lecture 25: Introduction to patent landscape (Contd.).
Lecture 26: Hands on Patent Landscape.
Lecture 27: Hands on Patent Landscape (Contd.).
Lecture 28: Hands on Patent Landscape (Contd.).
Lecture 29: Hands on Patent Landscape (Contd.).
Lecture 30: Hands on Patent Landscape (Contd.).
Lecture 31: Analytical tools for Patent search and analysis.
Lecture 32: Analytical tools for Patent search and analysis (Contd.).
Lecture 33: Analytical tools for Patent search and analysis (Contd.).
Lecture 34: Analytical tools for Patent search and analysis (Contd.).
Lecture 35: Analytical tools for Patent search and analysis (Contd.).
Lecture 36: Analytical tools for Patent search and analysis (Contd.).
Lecture 37: Administrative Enforcement.
Lecture 38: Judicial Enforcement.
Lecture 39: DOE.
Lecture 40: Patent Infringement.