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The Art of European Claim Drafting
This seminar combines one day of claim drafting fundamentals with a further day of focused workshops.
Course overview
This seminar combines one day of claim drafting fundamentals with a further day of focused workshops. Attendees have the choice of either a mechanical or chemical workshop.
Key topics to be covered:
- Patentable inventions
- Prior art and inventive step
- Sufficiency of disclosure
- The importance of achieving adequate protection
- The description and drawings
- Selection inventions (chemical workshop)
- Functional claiming (mechanical workshop)
- Differences and compromises between European and US practice
PLEASE NOTE
Attendees will benefit from bringing a copy of the European Patent Convention with them.
Why you should attend
It is crucial to understand the fundamentals and the intricacies of European claim drafting so you are equipped to prove patent infringement and patent validity, especially in multi-jurisdictional patent litigation.
These intensive two days will help you refine your drafting skills and master the art of successfully preparing and defending claims according to European practice. You will learn the techniques to achieve adequate protection while meeting official requirements and analyse the crucial aspects of good description, amendments and interpretation to give you the edge in claims drafting.
The in-depth chemical and mechanical workshops will give you the opportunity to apply the knowledge learnt on day one and practise the skills acquired in the safe environment of the training room. There will also be ample opportunity for you to ask the experts your particular questions and find solutions to your specific claim drafting issues.
Who should attend?
- Patent attorneys in private practice
- Corporate patent attorneys and lawyers
- Patent consultants and managers
- Trainee patent attorneys – preparing short or long-term to qualify
Programme – day one
Led by Joeri Beetz and Leytham Wall
Know the invention
- Know the client
- Understand the invention
- Novelty
- The invention and the prior art
- Inventive step
Claim drafting fundamentals
- Clarity and clarity issues
- Claim scope
- Dos and don’ts
The importance of a good description
- Structure of the description
- Amendments and clarity
- Sufficiency of disclosure
Amendments
- Legal background
- In the priority year
- After filing
- Limitation
- Opposition
- Inescapable trap
Claim interpretation
- Art. 69 EPC
- Before and after grant
- EP vs US
International considerations
- US
- PCT
- Asia
- Drafting a global application
- PCT applications and priority pitfalls
Day two – chemical workshop
CHEMICAL WORKSHOP
Led by Leythem Wall
Introduction
- Warm-up exercises
- Chemical claim types
Further considerations for chemical drafting
- Exclusion from patentability
- Exceptions to patentability
- Parameters
- Selection inventions
- Disclaimers
- Inventive step vs sufficiency
- Sufficiency vs clarity
- Drafting to allow for future amendments
Claim drafting exercise
- Invention description
- Essential features
- Optional features
- Examples
- Technical effects
- Prior art
- Drafting independent claims
- Drafting dependent claims
- Drafting the description
Day two – mechanical workshop
MECHANICAL WORKSHOP
Led by Joeri Beetz
Preparation phase
- Closest prior art selection
- Novel and inventive features
- Claim categories, technical fields
Claim sketching
- Requirements of a patent
- Novelty
- Inventive step
- Clarity
- Essential features
Claim drafting
- Functional claiming
- Mere juxtaposition of features
- One- and two-part claims
- Scope of protection. How broad?
Dependent claims
- Claim trees
- Claim dependencies
Drafting the description
- Support inventive step
- Create fall-back positions
Exercises
- The problem-solution approach
- Closest prior art selection
- Claim categories
- Novelty and inventive features
Presenters
Joeri Beetz
Joeri Beetz, Patent Attorney, Keltie LLP, specialises in patents in the fields of mechanical engineering, physics and control software. Amongst all the different technologies he has been extensively involved in are optical recording, medical devices, agricultural equipment, lighting, displays and automotive. He regularly represents clients in opposition procedures at the EPO, both to defend and to attack patents. Joeri spent nine years in a Dutch patent firm based in Eindhoven, after five years of working at the in-house patent department of CNH Industrial. He joined Keltie in 2017. During his in-house period he managed a large patent portfolio for a broad range of different combine harvesters. At CNH Industrial, he built an extensive expertise in freedom to operate and patent infringement analysis and gained a keen insight in the commercial implications of different IP strategies. In 2002, Joeri obtained his masters degree in physics at the University of Utrecht. In his final year at University, he built and tested equipment for testing particle detectors for the ALICE experiment at the Large Hadron Collider at CERN.
Leythem Wall
Leythem Wall is a partner in The Hague office of European IP specialist firm HGF. He is a European and UK patent attorney with extensive experience in patent drafting, prosecution and oppositions before the European Patent Office. Having worked in private practice and industry for European and US companies, he also has significant knowledge of the US patent system, and how this compares with Europe.
Continuing professional development
This course qualifies for the following CPD programmes:
- CPD certificate of attendance: 5.50 hours
- General Council of the Bar: 5.50 hours
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| 12-13 Nov 2020 | |||
| 12-13 Nov 2020 | Rembrandt Hotel, London | GBP 1,299.00 EUR 1,819.00 USD 2,026.00 + VAT @ 20.00% |
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Previous customers include...
- Acapo AS
- Autoneum Management AS
- Chas. Hude
- Chas.Hude
- F. Hoffmann-La Roche Ltd
- Haldor Topsoe A/S
- Huntsman (Europe) BVBA
- Høiberg
- INGENIAS CREACIONES, SIGNOS E INVENCIONES, S.L.P.
- JOTUN A/S
- Mettler Toledo India (GBSI)
- Nestlé
- NLO
- NLO - Nederlandsch Octrooibureau
- Novo Nordisk A/S
- Onsagers AS
- Patentgruppen A/S
- Pharmathen SA
- Research and Markets
- Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner
- Sonn & Partner Patentanwälte
- Strom & Gulliksson
- TEVA Runcorn
- The Cooperation Council for the Arab States of the Gulf _ GCCPO
- The Navigator Company
- Valea AB
- VO Patents & Trademarks
- Yara SA/NV
- Ypsomed AG
- Zacco Norway AS
“Excellent.”
Ali Almulla, Director of Innovation & Invention Support Directorate, The Cooperation Council for the Arab States of the Gulf _ GCCPO, Nov 19
“The speakers were both very passionate and knowledgeable about the subject and provided some good insights and personal reflections on the course material. The content of the course was excellent, and the second day (mechanical workshop) was particularly good because learning by doing is more beneficial for my learning process.”
Emil Tostrup, Patent Consultant, Ström & Gulliksson, Nov 19
“Professional speakers coming from two different technical fields gave valuable insights on how to structure claims. The best part of the course was practising claim drafting and learning how to better build suitable claims.”
Nastasia Andersson, Patent Consultant, Ström & Gulliksson, Nov 19
“The course was excellent: the content and the speakers. I will be sure to recommend it.”
Mariana Oliveira, Technological Scouting / Patent Attorney, The Navigator Company, Nov 19
“The course is really well prepared and presented and the speaker makes it easy to understand everything.”
Cristina Rojo Matey, Patent Attorney Trainee, NLO, Nov 18
“I thought it was a brilliant course that I would recommend to others. It was really good that there were so few people so one could ask all the "stupid" beginners' questions in a closed forum.”
Vibeke Bay, Patent Attorney, Høiberg, Nov 18
“The course is well organised, the speaker (Joeri) is excellent, competent, clear, patient and available to answer all our questions. The practical workshop was really useful. Overall opinion: excellent course.”
Daniele Montanari, Trainee Patent Attorney, NLO - Nederlandsch Octrooibureau , Nov 18
“Excellent course. ”
Elen Margrethe Brendeford, Patent Attorney, Zacco Norway AS, May 18
“A great course, great content, with competent speakers. ”
Niels Peder Moeller, Patent Attorney, Chas. Hude A/S, May 18
“Well planned, nice overview. Nice to have only two speakers. ”
Eline Van Kappel, Trainee Patent Attorney, VO Patents and Trademarks, May 18
“Extremely well-prepared setup – I particularly liked the interactive approach and the discussions.”
Filip Skarp, Patent Consultant, Ström & Gulliksson AB, Nov 17
“Great!”
Andreas Dietzel, IP Manager, Leogriff, Nov 17
“I enjoyed the course and felt encouraged and valued in having decided to train as a Patent Attorney. I was given good suggestions and tips on how to approach the EQE exam and, eventually, be successful at it.”
Marie Lacombe, Junior Patent Attorney, Yara International ASA, Nov 17
“Course was well organised and the content and speakers were good.”
Heikki Salomaki, Salomaki, Nov 16
“Kept attendees always active - perfect training”
Agnieszka Zebrowska - Kucharzyk, PATPOL, Nov 16