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Prosecution & Legal Patent Searching Webinar

Presented by CIIPM (Cambridge Information & Intellectual Property Meeting)

Instructors: Jane List & Stuart Newbold

Two-Part Webinar Series was offered Live at10 AM EDT on August 3 & August 10, 2022

The course will be recorded in its entirety for access as on-demand training.

Course Outline

Session 1: Patentability Searching  Session 2: Opposition Searching 
  • Patent terminology and the patenting process 
  • The patenting timeline and the legal search process
  • The importance of dates
  • Patent families
  • Preliminary work
  • Understanding claims
  • Search types
  • Pre-filing search
  • Patentability / novelty search
  • Practical Questions
      • Search types continued
      • Opposition search
      • Invalidity search
      • Validity search
      • Working methodologies
      • Reporting of results
      • Useful resources
      • Practical Answers
      • Q & A


Pricing for the entire course is $199 for PIUG Members and $249 for Non-members.


Jane List, Director Extract Information

Jane works with technology and information industry companies, with a core base in the Cambridge UK area. Extract Information uses its knowledge of patents and the patent information industry, with technology commercialization expertise to assist its clients by providing patent search, IP portfolio management, market and technology assessments, using IP information.

Stuart Newbold, PSIM (Patent Search & Information Management)

Stuart also based in Cambridge UK provides professional patent, literature and competitive intelligence searching, patent formalities management, and information management advice. PSIM has extensive knowledge of patents and patent searching in the areas of life sciences, chemistry and polymers, with PSIM principal Stuart being recognized in the industry as an expert in Markush chemical structure searching.

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