Patentability and State of the Art Searching

Topics

• Differences between state-of-the-art, patentability and landscaping
• Background and motivations to patentability searching
• Understanding the background to a search
• Choosing a data collection
• Tools and methods for searching and analysis
• Fundamentals of search scope
• Evaluating search results

Who should Attend

• R&D scientists and engineers
• Attendees working in IP or patent information or patent engineer roles either in industry or legal businesses
• Attendees with some limited experience or self-taught in patent searching
• Customer service and training representatives in the commercial information provider community