Modules

Module 1A: Patent documents and their accessibility (M1A)

Data

10-09-2012 and 11-09-2012 (2 days) + 24-09-2012 (exam and EPO visit)

Instructor

Aalt van de Kuilen

Course contents

  • contents analysis of patent documents
  • basic structure of patent documents
  • retrieval techniques

Training fee

€ 985 (no VAT will be added)

Module 1B: Patent classification (M1B)

Data

25-09-2012 and 26-09-2012 (2 days)

Instructor

Stephen Adams

Course contents

  • IPC
  • ECLA
  • MC-Derwent
  • US-Classification

Training fee

€ 985 (no VAT will be added)

Module 2: Patent legal aspects and patent legislation (M2)

Data

12-09-2012 and 16-09-2012 (2 days) + 24-09-2012 (exam and visit EPO)

Instructor

Bart van Wezenbeek

Course contents

  • protection
  • patent legislation
  • the most important general patent systems
  • important national patent systems
  • utility models

Training fee

€ 985 (no VAT will be added)

Module 3A: Searching the internet: web search strategies (M3A)

Data

18-09-2012 (1 day)

Instructor

Eric Sieverts

Course contents

  • the Reference Librarian approach
  • search engines
  • search strategies for search engines
  • recall and precision
  • keeping up

Training fee

€ 550 (no VAT will be added)

Module 3B: Free text searching and citation searching (M3B)

Data

27-09-2012 (1 day)

Instructor

Stephen Adams

Course contents

  • free text searching
  • citation searching

Training fee

€ 550 (no VAT will be added)

Module 3C: Retrieval and distribution of patent literature (M3C)

Data

19-09-2012 (Basic training STN and Questel), 01-10-2012, 02-10-2012 and 03-10-2011 (4 days)

Instructor

Gerben Gieling

Course contents

  • introduction to the types of patent searches
  • sources accessible by means of hosts
  • other sources
  • sample search strategies

Training fee

€ 1675 (no VAT will be added)

Module 4: Approaches for several kinds of patent searches

Data

08-10-2012 (Host presentations), 09-10-2012, 10-10-2012 and 11-10-2012 (4 days)

Instructor

Lucy Teixeira Akers

Course contents

  • kinds of searches: technical patent searches (patentability, infringement, validity, etc.); bibliographic searches; competitor information searches
  • relation between patent searches and sources
  • reporting search results (techniques)
  • typical needs of the patent information customer

Training fee

€ 1675 (no VAT will be added)