Form and Content of a US Utility Patent Application
This online engineering PDH course is designed for engineers and inventors who want to learn more about the process of writing and filing patent applications with the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO). The course content covers the essential elements of preparing and submitting patent applications to help attendees navigate the USPTO system effectively.
This course covers the acceptable formats and required contents for a complete utility patent application. Additionally, the course highlights the key factors for patentability, explains how applications are processed and examined once received by the patent office, and outlines the specific filing requirements for both electronic and physical patent application submissions.
This 7 PDH online course is applicable to inventors and engineers who may be interested in writing and filing a US utility application pro se, understanding what patent professionals do, and for those interested in saving outside costs by taking on some or most of the application drafting work on their own.
This PE continuing education course is intended to provide you with the following specific knowledge and skills:
- Familiarizing with the basic structure of a US utility patent application
- Understanding relationships between provisional, non-provisional, continuation, and continuation-in-part filings
- Learning the basic do's and don'ts for writing a US utility patent application specification and its claims
- Knowing how to compile a complete U.S. utility patent application package, including its supporting documents and petitions to be filed with a new application
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