PATENT EXAMINER TRAINING
Procedural Training
Mandatory for all first year examiners |
Patent Examiner Initial
Training and Introduction to Practice and Procedures
Standardized training is provided to new patent examiners to teach them the basic skills and
knowledge of the patent process, and practices and procedures such that they will be able to
successfully examine a patent application. The examiner will also be able to provide an initial
report to their supervisor on what is the claimed, as well as the disclosed invention contained
in the application so as to permit him or her to perform a prior art search. The number of courses
offered each year is based on the projected number of new examiners entering the patent business
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Legal Training
Mandatory for all first year examiners |
Practice and Procedures
Lectures covering the following topics:
- Types of applications and application requirements
- "Novelty" Requirements
- "Non-Obviousness"Requirements
- "Utility" Requirements
- Restriction Practice
- Unity of Invention
- Double Patenting
- Allowance and Issue
- Appeals
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Legal Training
Technology Center Focused |
- "Novelty" Requirements
- Docket Management
- Parts of Application
- USPTO Forms
- After Final Practice
- "Non-Obviousness" Requirements
- " Utility" Requirements
- Prior Art (special topics)
- Restriction Practice
- Response to Arguments
- Double Patenting
- Re-exam/Re-issue
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Legal Training
Legal Lectures |
Various topics offered
each year |
Legal Training
Legal Courses |
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Examiner Technical
Training
Technology Center Focused |
- Biotechnology
- Computer Software and Hardware
- Optics, Semiconductor, Electrical Engineering
- Communication Technology
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Non-Duty
Technical Training Program |
Examples:
- Mathematical Methods for Physics
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Automation Training |
Examples:
IFW Classes
- FW for Examiners (eDAN)
- IFW for Technical Support Staff (MADRAS)
- FW for Coordinating Committee
- IFW Messaging for Supervisory Patent Examiners
- IFW Refresher Course
Non-IFW Classes
- Classification Data System Desktop Training
- ChemDraw
- Examiner Automated Search System (EAST) 1.3: New Features
- EAST and Bibliographic Retrieval System: The Fundamentals
- Office Action Correspondence System (OACS) 1.3: New Features
- ACS Basics
- OACS for Non-Typists
- OACS: Creating Personal Forms
- Chemical Searching for Non-chemists
- West: Refresher
- Microsoft® PowerPoint
- Microsoft® Outlook
- PALMExpo Overview
TC-Focused Classes
- EAST Databases
- EAST: Automated Searching for Design Examiners
- EAST and Optical Character Recognition
- OACS Basics for Design Examiners
- Non-Patent Literature (NPL) Web Resources in Your Art Area
- Classification and Security Review
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