The following topics are covered


  • claim categories and claim interpretation

  • claim features – claiming by function or parameter

  • clarity

  • essential features for inventive step and enablement

  • selection inventions

  • Practicing the legal background with short cases

  • Finding the invention: eliminating options, finding commonalities and essential features, determining effects

  • Drafting the independent claim(s): finding the formulation for the claims

  • Drafting dependent claims

  • Drafting the introductory part of the description

  • Practice the A 2017 exam paper


Materials


  • A book with sheets on A Methodology

  • Short cases from both technical fields to get familiar with chemistry as well as electricity-mechanics aspects of the papers

  • Model solution for paper A 2017

  • Where relevant, we will use WISEflow, giving you the opportunity to get familiar with the system used during the e-EQE

Course fee


  • 2-day Paper A Methodology online: € 1.055

  • 2-day Paper A Methodology onsite in Europe: € 1.260


Discount


If you also register for the Paper B Methodology course, the fees are as follows:


  • 4-day Paper A&B Methodology online: € 1.820

  • 4-day Paper A&B Methodology onsite in Europe: € 2.155


Registration fee and VAT information


An administrative fee of € 125 is charged for every booking. If more than one course is booked at the same time, only one administrative fee will be charged

All fees are excluding 21% VAT