Course overview

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.

This seminar combines a full day of claim drafting fundamentals with a further day of focused workshops. Attendees have the choice to attend either a mechanical or chemical workshop on day two.

PLEASE NOTE:
Attendees will benefit from bringing a copy of the European Patent Convention with them.

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

Benefits of attending

By attending this highly practical course you will hone your claim drafting skills by learning more about:

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

Who should attend?

European patent attorneys
Patent attorneys in private practice
Corporate patent attorneys and lawyers
Patent consultants and agents
US attorneys working in Europe
Trainee patent attorneys
EQE candidates

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The The Art of European Claim Drafting course will cover:

Day 1
Day 2

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

Chemical workshop - Introduction

Warm-up exercises
Chemical claim types

Chemical workshop - 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

Chemical workshop - Claim drafting exercise

Invention description
Essential features
Optional features
Examples
Technical effects
Prior art
Drafting independent claims
Drafting dependent claims
Drafting the description

Mechanical workshop - Preparation phase

Closest prior art selection
Novel and inventive features
Claim categories, technical fields

Mechanical workshop - Claim sketching

Requirements of a patent
Novelty
Inventive step
Clarity
Essential features

Mechanical workshop - Claim drafting

Functional claiming
Mere juxtaposition of features
One- and two-part claims
Scope of protection. How broad?

Mechanical workshop - Dependent claims

Claim trees
Claim dependencies

Mechanical workshop - Drafting the description

Support inventive step
Create fall-back positions

Mechanical workshop - Exercises

The problem-solution approach
Closest prior art selection
Claim categories
Novelty and inventive features

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Leythem Wall
Oxon IP

Leythem Wall is a European and UK patent attorney and litigator specialising in the chemical, consumer products, energy, material, mechanical, medical and pharmaceutical sectors. Prior to founding Oxon IP, he was a Partner in major European and US Intellectual Property law firms, and before then in-house patent counsel for ExxonMobil and AkzoNobel. He has extensive experience in patent drafting, prosecution and particularly oppositions before the European Patent Office. Having worked in private practice and industry for European and US companies, he has significant knowledge of the US patent system, and how this compares with Europe.

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Joeri Beetz
Keltie LLP

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.

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NEW higher discounts for multiple bookings - bring your colleagues to make your training budget go further:

30% off the 2nd delegate*
40% off the 3rd delegate*
50% off the 4th delegate*

Please contact us for pricing if you are interested in booking 5 or more delegates

11-12 July 2024

Live online

09:00-17:00 UK (London) (UTC+01)
10:00-18:00 Paris (UTC+02)
04:00-12:00 New York (UTC-04)
Course code 13794

GBP 999 1,199
EUR 1,439 1,719
USD 1,647 1,959

Until 06 Jun

2 days live online training
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See presenters and interact with fellow attendees
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7-8 November 2024

Classroom
Rembrandt Hotel
London

09:00-17:00 UK (London)
Course code 14016
Optional £240/€312/$360 per night

GBP 1,199 1,399
EUR 1,729 2,009
USD 1,977 2,289

Until 03 Oct

2 days classroom-based training
Optional accommodation - 2 nights including breakfast, checking in the day before the course
Meet presenters and fellow attendees in person
Lunch and refreshments provided
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