INTRODUCTORY COURSE LECTURE

During the following step by step presentation of how to patent your invention you will be advised at certain steps of the availability of your patent mentor. A patent mentor consultation is completely optional, but can be helpful in general discussions about your invention, helping you draft various parts of the patent application, such as claims, review search results and review the entire application when you are near completion. The different services are billed accordingly, from as low as $19.95 to ask and have answered a question via email, or a 10 minute consultation for $29.95, to an entire review of the application with editing for as low as $299.95. Again, we wish to emphasize that the mentor consultations are at your option.

Courses are typically divided into recorded lectures, general information and course material specific to the course you have enrolled in.

  

Below is a partial syllabus of a typical Patent Mentor course.

  

Some of the written material is made available at this time for you to read, but the balance is made available for students once they enroll in the program.

 

During the progression of the course you will have an opportunity to submit your work and get feedback via telephone and email from your attorney mentor.

  

Finally there will be general announcements of live Go to Meeting lectures.

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Let's get started by looking at a checklist of items that you need to consider as you progress along the path to filing your patent application.

CHECKLIST

 

 

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When you see the player below simply click play to hear the point the mentor desires to make in reference to the material that follows.

 

 

To learn the difference between invention and a patent start the audio player now:

 

 

 

 

To learn more about your exclusive patent rights start the audio player now:

  

 

 

 

To learn the basic requirements for a patent to issue start the audio player now:

 

 

 

 

 

To learn the basic requirement for inventiveness start the audio player now: 

 

 

 

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The following reference material will orient your entry into the world of patents. You need not read all the material before you get started, but you will find these to be helpful references as you develop your skills in patenting your own invention.

 

 

ALLOWANCE AND ISSUANCE OF PATENT

AMENDMENTS TO APPLICATIONS OVERVIEW

APPEALS

APPLICATION SPECIFICATION

ASSIGNMENTS

CORRECTION OF PATENTS

EXAMINATION OF PATENTS

FORMS OVERVIEW

INFRINGEMENT

INTERFERENCE PROCEEDINGS

JOINT OWNERSHIP

MAINTENANCE FEES

NONPROVISIONAL UTILITY APPLICATION

OBTAINING RECEIPTS OF MAILED DOCUMENTS

OFFICE ACTIONS

PATENT DRAWING REQUIREMENTS

PATENT MARKING

PATENT RIGHTS

PATENT TERM EXTENSION

RECORDING ASSIGNMENTS

RESTRICTION TO ONE INVENTION

SPECIFICATION CONTENT

 

 

If you have already enrolled for a Patent Mentor course you may proceed to your Assigned Classroom. If you have not enrolled and are still considering whether to enroll, you may wish to view several sample lectures provided below.

 

COURSE LECTURES 

 

Several of the following lectures are in the form of self-study. Most will require a password before opening. Passwords will be provided by your mentor or the registrar as required for your successful completion of the course.

 

In some instances upon opening a course module you will be asked to OPEN or SAVE. You should SAVE the file to your computer since it generally means that a form is available that you can reuse each time you desire to draft a patent application now and in the future. This allows you to create your own How To Patent handbook.

 

MODULE 1

 

 

Prior to beginning the next set of lessons please consider emailing your assigned mentor and arranging to have a telephone discussion about your invention and where you go from here.

  

SIMPLIFIED ARCHITECTURAL PLAN FOR THE COURSE

 

PROTECTING YOUR IDEAS AND INVENTIONS

 

 YOUR PATENT LIBRARY

  

DOING A PATENT SEARCH FOR NOVELTY

 

MODULE 2

 

  

 

BUILDING YOUR INVENTION FROM THE GROUND UP

 

 

 

 

DRAW A SIMPLIFIED PICTURE, CHART OR DIAGRAM OF THE INVENTION

 

A MORE COMPLETE TABLE OF ELEMENTS FOR DRAFTING THE PATENT 

 

INSERT THE BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS INTO THE TEMPLATE

 

 

 

 

DRAFT THE BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

 

MODULE 3

 

HOW TO BEGIN TO CLAIM YOUR INVENTION

LOOK AT SAMPLES OF DIFFERENT CLAIMS

 

DRAFT THE CLAIM

 

At the end of this set of lessons please upload a draft for review by your assigned mentor.

  

MODULE 4

 

INSERT THE CLAIM DRAFTED BY YOUR MENTOR INTO THE TEMPLATE USING THE CLAIM DRAFT THE ABSTRACT IN 150 WORDS OF LESS DRAFT THE SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION.  

 

ARRANGING AND DRAFTING THE DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

  

At the end of this set of lessons please upload a draft for review by your assigned mentor.

  

MODULE 5

 

BRINGING PARTS OF THE PATENT TOGETHER

  

  

Prior to beginning the next set of lessons please email your assigned mentor and arrange to have a telephone discussion about your invention and where you go from here.

 

  

 MODULE 6

 

PREPARING THE APPLICATION FORMS AND MAILING

 

PREPARING THE APPLICATION FORMS SENDING ELECTRONICALLY

 

 

At the end of this set of lessons please upload a draft for final review by your assigned mentor.