Patent application trainings

Trainings Audience Course Format *CLE Available? Recorded?
Stakeholder Application Readiness Training (StART)
Workshop that focuses on the fundamentals of the patent application process
Inventors Virtual No No

*CLE - continuing legal education

 

Patent examination trainings

Trainings Audience Course Format *CLE Available? Recorded?
Stakeholder Training on Examination Practice and Procedure (STEPP)
Derived from newly hired examiner training
Agent/Attorney
course
Virtual or In-person Yes No
Inventor course Virtual or In-person No No
Stakeholder Offerings and Resources (SOaR)
Series that provides Intellectual Property  training for all stakeholders
Inventors and Agent/Attorney Virtual Yes No

*CLE - continuing legal education

 

Inventor info chats

Trainings Audience Course Format *CLE Available? Recorded?
Inventor Info Chats
Webinar series on topics of interest to inventors
Open Webinar No

Yes

*CLE - continuing legal education

 

Patent quality chats

Trainings Audience Course Format *CLE Available? Recorded?
Patent Quality Chat
Webinar series on patent quality topics 
Open Webinar No

Yes

*CLE - continuing legal education

 

Examiner training materials

Trainings Audience Course format *CLE Available? Recorded?
Examiner Training Materials
Computer-based training (CBT) modules used to provide practice and procedure training for newly hired patent examiners
Open CBT No Yes

*CLE - continuing legal education