Every Word Counts: The Format and Language of a U.S. Patent Application

一字千金:美國專利申請文件的格式與用語

A self-paced unit of about six hours for anyone who works on U.S. patent applications: engineers, formalities and filing staff, paralegals, translators, and attorneys new to U.S. practice. You can take it with a one-week cohort or alone at any time.

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The seven parts

  1. Part 0 · Start Here 25 min
  2. Part 1 · Anatomy of an Application 60 min
  3. Part 2 · The Language of the Specification 50 min
  4. Part 3 · The Language of Claims 75 min
  5. Part 4 · Find It, Fix It (Assessment 1, practice) 60 min
  6. Part 5 · Filing-Ready (Assessment 2, graded) 75 min
  7. Part 6 · Wrap-Up 25 min

Total: about 6 hours (370 minutes).