2025-03-25 2025-03-25 , online online, 1,780 € plus tax Dr. Katja Berg https://forum-institut.com/seminar/25071131-european-patent-drafting-camp-chemistry-pharma-and-biotech/referenten/25/25_07/25071131-course-ep-drafting-camp-chemistry,-pharma,-and-biotech_berg-katja.jpg European Patent Drafting Camp: Chemistry, Pharma, and Biotech

Our speakers will give you tips and tricks on EP claim drafting and will show you which pitfalls to avoid.

Topics
  • Identifying invention(s) and technical effect(s) thereof
  • EP claim drafting: basics, tips and tricks; pitfalls to avoid
  • Drafting claims special for the chemical and medical fi eld, also for international prosecution, incl. amendments
  • Drafting exercises and case studies
  • Enforcement of European Patents in chemistry and life sciences
  • Outlook freedom-to-operate (FTO)


Who should attend
The course is intended for in-house or private practice IP practitioners. The technology and patenting in the fi eld both are moving fast, and it is mandatory to keep up when drafting claims and patents and enforcing them. Knowledge of patents is required for attending, nevertheless, the level of the course will be adjusted as needed for the participants. Please note that claims outside the pharmaceutical, biological and chemical fields will not be covered.
Aims and objectives
The drafting of patent claims in Life Sciences and Chemistry is probably one of the most advanced skills of an IP practitioner. Mistakes can be costly and even jeopardize the business strategy of an innovative company. The present course shall provide the most recent skills and tools for all those who want to draft strong patent claims and will also deepen the knowledge acquired in your daily practice. Our speakers will provide tips and tricks on European and international claim drafting, while avoiding potential pitfalls. Prosecution and Life Sciences claim analysis in infringement, opposition, SPCs and FTO will also be included.
Your benefit

  • You will have acquired drafting practice of European Patent claims and applications in the pharmaceutical, biological and chemical fields
  • You will be better prepared for your next pharmaceutical, biological or chemical EP application
  • You will know how more about enforcement and FTO in chemistry and life sciences

Course - EP Drafting Camp: Chemistry, Pharma, and Biotech

European Patent Drafting Camp:
Chemistry, Pharma, and Biotech

Benefits
  • Intensive learning in small groups
  • Diversified learning with alternating lectures, deep dives and drafting workshops
  • Numerous drafting workshops where attendees need to draft a patent claim

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Appointment

01-02/07/2025

01-02/07/2025

Period

Day 1: starts at 09:00 CET I ends at 17:00 CET
Day 2: starts at 08:45 CET I ends at 17:00 CET

Day 1: starts at 09:00 CET I ends at 17:00 CET
Day 2: starts at 08:45 CET I ends at 17:00 CET
Venue

online

online

Fee
Your contact

Jean-Claude Alexandre Ho, LL.M.
Lawyer, Conference Manager

+49 6221 500-675
jc.alexandreho@forum-institut.de

Details

Our speakers will give you tips and tricks on EP claim drafting and will show you which pitfalls to avoid.

Topics

  • Identifying invention(s) and technical effect(s) thereof
  • EP claim drafting: basics, tips and tricks; pitfalls to avoid
  • Drafting claims special for the chemical and medical fi eld, also for international prosecution, incl. amendments
  • Drafting exercises and case studies
  • Enforcement of European Patents in chemistry and life sciences
  • Outlook freedom-to-operate (FTO)


Who should attend
The course is intended for in-house or private practice IP practitioners. The technology and patenting in the fi eld both are moving fast, and it is mandatory to keep up when drafting claims and patents and enforcing them. Knowledge of patents is required for attending, nevertheless, the level of the course will be adjusted as needed for the participants. Please note that claims outside the pharmaceutical, biological and chemical fields will not be covered.

Aims and objectives

The drafting of patent claims in Life Sciences and Chemistry is probably one of the most advanced skills of an IP practitioner. Mistakes can be costly and even jeopardize the business strategy of an innovative company. The present course shall provide the most recent skills and tools for all those who want to draft strong patent claims and will also deepen the knowledge acquired in your daily practice. Our speakers will provide tips and tricks on European and international claim drafting, while avoiding potential pitfalls. Prosecution and Life Sciences claim analysis in infringement, opposition, SPCs and FTO will also be included.

Your benefit

  • You will have acquired drafting practice of European Patent claims and applications in the pharmaceutical, biological and chemical fields
  • You will be better prepared for your next pharmaceutical, biological or chemical EP application
  • You will know how more about enforcement and FTO in chemistry and life sciences

Detailed programme

Day 1: starts at 09:00 CET I ends at 17:00 CET
Day 2: starts at 08:45 CET I ends at 17:00 CET

09:00

Start day one

09:10 - 09:15

Introductory round (identification of level of experience and definitions of expectations for the course)

09:15 - 09:45

Recap: Form and content of claims, kinds of claims, number of claims, dependent claims

09:45 - 10:15

Introduction: Particularities in Life Sciences and Biotech

10:15 - 10:30

Coffee break

10:30 - 11:00

Deep Dive I: Therapeutic methods and medical use claims

11:00 - 12:00

Workshop I: Draft a patent claim in the field of medical uses

12:00 - 12:30

Discussion of the outcome from the workshop

12:30 - 13:30

Lunch break

13:30 - 14:00

Deep Dive II: Diagnostic methods

14:00 - 15:00

Workshop II: Draft a patent claim in the field of biotech - diagnostics

15:00 - 15:30

Discussion of the outcome from the workshop

15:30 - 15:45

Coffee break

15:45 - 16:45

Lecture: Structural and functional terms (parameter, mode of action), formal requirements (clarity, support, amendments, unity)

16:45 - 17:00

Recap first day; outlook second day

17:00

End of the first training camp day

08:45 - 09:00

Start day 2 - recap day 1

09:00 - 10:00

Practical exercise - "mini cases"

10:00 - 10:30

Deep Dive III: antibody patents - particularities to consider

10:45 - 11:00

Coffee break

11:00 - 11:45

Workshop III: Draft a patent claim in the field of biotech - antibodies

11:45 - 12:15

Discussion of the outcome from the workshop

12:15 - 13:15

Lunch break

13:15 - 13:45

Deep Dive IV: chemistry patents - particularities to consider

13:45 - 14:45

Workshop IV: Draft a patent claim in chemistry (enantiomers/crystals/ Markush structures)

14:30 - 15:15

Discussion of the outcome from the workshop

15:15 - 15:30

Coffee break

15:30 - 16:30

Lecture: Scope of protection (national/ international), SPCs, Claim Interpretation, Enforcement national - UPC a/o FTO (dependent on participants' interest)

16:30 - 17:00

Summary of seminar - tips and tricks - pitfalls to avoid

17:00

End of the European Patent Drafting Camp

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