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Patent Application Guide For Researchers

Dr. Jeremy Horne (Your Instructor)

Lesson 1: Introduction to patents

Lessons to be learned
Introduction and important caveats
Are you an inventor?
What is a patent?
Should you get a patent?
Quiz

Lesson 2: Myths and facts about patents

Lessons to be learned
Get that patent before calling yourself an inventor
Myth busting overall
Application, Patent, and Protection
I will make millions with my idea
The lawyer boogeyman
The world's there to help you
Prototypes and extent of development
Whether to proceed
Quiz

Lesson 3: Evaluating your idea

Lessons to be learned
Things that can be patented
Judging the idea, itself
Ethics
Novelty (originality, uniqueness, etc.)
Quiz

Lesson 4: The invention workbook rules

Lessons to be learned
The workbook and what it does
Physical characteristics of the workbook
How to use the workbook
Other considerations
Quiz

Lesson 5: PPA or PCT

Lessons to be learned
Caveats
Applications and their types
The international application
The provisional application (PPA)
Public disclosure
Patent application contents, style, and format
Post-provisional filing
Quiz

Lesson 6: Attorney or no attorney

Lessons to be learned
Big caveat
What skills are required in preparing an application?
Claims in applications
When do you seek legal help?
Patent attorneys and agents
Managing the PPA against legal considerations
Quiz

Lesson 7: How to write the PPA

Lessons to be learned
Pre-PPA preparations
Drawings of your idea
Method and templates
A template
Background of invention
Components
Afterword
Quiz

Lesson 8: Writing the International Application

Lessons to be learned
Orientation
The patent application
Claims
After the application
Quiz
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