Freedom to Operate Searching

Understanding the background, defining terms and objectives; fundamentals of FTO search scope, methods for searching for claimed features, using basic legal status tools to assist valuation, and understanding and reporting the results from an FTO perspective.

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10 Oct 2019

& 28 Feb 2020 , 8 Oct 2020

GBP 699
EUR 979
USD 1,090

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Course Overview

Understanding the background, defining terms and objectives; fundamentals of FTO search scope, methods for searching for claimed features, using basic legal status tools to assist valuation, and understanding and reporting the results from an FTO perspective.

A comprehensive one day seminar covering topics such as:-

  • Background and motivations to freedom-to-operate searching
  • Understanding the background, defining terms and objectives
  • Fundamentals of FTO search scope
  • Methods for searching for claimed features
  • Using basic legal status tools to assist evaluation
  • Understanding and reporting the results from an FTO perspective

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This meeting runs back-to-back with Patentability and State-of-the-art Searching and there is a further £150/€210 discount when booked together.

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To find out more call Customer Services on +44 (0)20 7749 4730 or e-mail info@management-forum.co.uk

Who should attend

  • All those working in IP or patent information or patent engineer roles either in industry or legal businesses
  • R&D scientists and engineers wanting to ensure they are not ‘re-inventing the wheel’
  • Customer service and training representatives in the commercial information provider community who want to know more about what their customers do with patent data
  • These seminars are ideal for those with some limited experience or self- taught in patent searching wanting to consolidate their skills

Programme

Background and motivations to freedom-to-operate searching; extent, timing, caveats

  • Understanding the background to a search
  • Terminology variation and search objectives

Fundamentals of FTO search scope

  • In-force patents
  • Other IP rights
  • Pending applications
  • Recently lapsed rights
  • Expired rights
  • Non-patent literature
  • Analysing the search question; multiple aspects or features
  • Understanding the results from an FTO perspective; multiple aspects or features
Methods for searching for claimed features; full text and text segments, extended classifications
  • Using basic legal status tools to assist evaluation; finding amended claims
  • After the subject search; verifying status of patents

Reporting aspects for an FTO search

Presenter

Stephen Adams

Stephen Adams is Director of Magister Ltd, a patents documentation consultancy and training service. He worked in technical information for over 20 years, latterly for nearly 9 years with Zeneca Agrochemicals (now Syngenta) as their principal patent searcher. He is Director-at-Large for PIUG Inc.

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8 Oct 2020
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  • BIC VIolex S.A
  • Boots UK Ltd
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  • De Beers UK Ltd
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  • Gulde & Partner
  • Industrie De Nora S.p.A
  • MAS Innovation
  • MTG
  • Patrade A/S
  • Pilkington Technology Management Limited
  • Pirelli Tyre
  • Proctor & Gamble Technical Centres Ltd
  • Terma A/S
  • Torner Juncosa i Associats SL
  • Umicore AG & Co. KG
  • Umicore Research & Development
  • William Blythe Limited
  • Wolviston Group Ltd

“The speaker was clearly extremely knowledgable, delivered the material in a fun way. ”

Kapil Agashi, Patent Advisor, Boots UK Ltd

“Enjoyed the course and found very useful. Would recommend. ”

Alan Hazzard, Head of Intellectual Property, Pilkington Technology Management Limited

“It delivered what I had expected in a clear and concise manner. So I am happy. ”

Peter O'Donoghue, Technology Partner, De Beers UK Ltd

“Very well structured course with interesting subject matter ”

Dionysios Athanassiou, IP Enforcement Engineer, BIC VIolex S.A

“Content was well covered and was enough. Speaker addressed questions in a very clear way.”

Montserrat Vasquez, Senior Scientist, Proctor & Gamble Technical Centres Ltd

“Everything was up to my highest satisfaction!”

Kaushalya Perera, IP Analyst, MAS Innovation