Patent Claims (IPM527)

IPM527 Patent Claims prepares students to sit for the Singapore Patent Agent Qualifying Examination Paper A: Preparation of a Patent Specification. The course covers defining the inventive concept, drafting patent claims and following up with actions in relation to patent claims.

• Review Patentability-Related Legislation, Regulations and Case Law in Singapore
• Qualifying Criteria for Patentability
• Patentable Subject Matter & Industrial Applicability
• Novelty
• Inventive Step in Singapore and Other Key Jurisdictions
• Identifying Inventive Concept
• Determining and Addressing Commercial Considerations for Patent Claim-Sets
• Drafting Independent Claims
• Drafting Dependent Claims for Prosecution Fall-back Positions
• Patent Claim Drafting for Singapore and Other Key Jurisdictions
• Utilising Special Claim Formats for Different Technologies
• Follow-up with Relevant Stakeholders

• Examine patent claiming in Singapore and other key jurisdictions
• Evaluate commercial considerations for patent claims
• Analyse the qualifying criteria for patentability of claims
• Evaluate good practices when drafting patent claims
• Prepare independent patent claims to capture scope of the inventive concept
• Construct dependent claims in consideration of prosecution fall-back positions
• Draft patent claim-sets to address commercial considerations.