Course Coverage

Patent Drafting Procedures and Practices

This coursework shall be focussing on the following aspects:

• Introduction to Patent Drafting, Need and Importance of Patent Drafting in Patent Grant and Commercialization Procedure


• Characteristics of a Desired Patent Application


• Prerequisites to Drafting a Patent Application


• Drafting Patent Specifications: With Focus on Drafting each section of Patent Application for each field of Technology with concentration on Chemical, Mechanical, and Computer-implemented/Electronic case studies Checklists to verify correctness of a Patent Application, Best Practices to be followed while drafting each section,


• Preparing Drawings for Patent Applications from multiple fields of technology


• Claim Drafting: Objectives, Legal Impact, Structure, Types, Procedure, Interpretation and Best Practices of Drafting Patent Claims for multiple Fields of Technology


• Reviewing Patent Specifications


• Strategy while Drafting Patent Applications


• Comparison of Drafting Practices across Patent Regimes