IP Education and Training Services

IP Education and Training Services:

Certificate in IP Management:

  • Fundamentals of IP,
  • Patent Information Search,
  • IP Development and Filing,
  • IP Business Strategy, and
  • IP Commercializing Innovation

Certificate in Patent Development for Engineers:

  • Fundamentals of IP,
  • Patent Information Search,
  • IP Development and Filing Process,
  • How to become an inventor, how to invent, what is invention?
  • Invention disclosure to writing a patent
  • Examples of utility, design, and plant patents
  • Background section, brief listing of figures, detailed description of the invention, claims, abstract to artwork
  • Using patent search engines
  • Writing independent and dependent claims
  • Analyzing office actions of the US and European patent offices
  • How to write an office action response and amending claims
  • Examples of Office Action responses, preliminary amendments, and notice of allowance response

Certificate in Patent Development for Software Engineers/Information Technologists:

  • Fundamentals of IP,
  • Patent Information Search,
  • IP Development and Filing Process,
  • How to become an inventor, how to invent, what is invention?
  • Invention disclosure to writing a patent for Software Engineers?information Technologist
  • Examples of utility, design, and plant patents
  • Background section, brief listing of figures, detailed description of the invention, claims, abstract to artwork
  • Using patent search engines
  • Writing independent and dependent claims
  • Analyzing office actions of the US and European patent offices
  • How to write an office action response and amending claims
  • Examples of Office Action responses, preliminary amendments, and notice of allowance response

Certificate in Patent Development for Bioscientists & Agriculturists:

  • Fundamentals of IP,
  • Patent Information Search,
  • IP Development and Filing Process,
  • How to become an inventor, how to invent, what is invention?
  • Invention disclosure to writing a patent Agriculturist and Bioscientists
  • Examples of utility, design, and plant patents
  • Background section, brief listing of figures, detailed description of the invention, claims, abstract to artwork
  • Using patent search engines
  • Writing independent and dependent claims
  • Analyzing office actions of the US and European patent offices
  • How to write an office action response and amending claims
  • Examples of Office Action responses, preliminary amendments, and notice of allowance response

Certificate in IP Technology Transfer: 

  • Assessing Organisation’s IP Portfolio
  • Evaluation of Organisation’s Internal and External IP Situation
  • IP Commercialisation Plans
  • Types of IP Exploitation Strategies
  • Components of IP Commercialisation Plans
  • Management of IP Commercialisation Plans
  • Legal Issues
  • Communication with stakeholders
  • KPIs for IP Commercialisation Plans
  • Critical Success Factors

Who should attend 

  • Executives, Managers, Practice Specialists, Engineers and Specialists with Interest in Intellectual Property and Management from Governments, Ministries: Commerce, Education, Foreign Affairs, Technology, and Trade Policy, Research organizations, Specialists from research and development institutes, Corporations, Information and Knowledge Centers and Academia.