Patent Office Action (IPM525)

IPM525 Patent Office Action prepares students to sit for the Singapore Patent Agent Qualifying Examination Paper B: Amendment of a Patent Specification. The course delves into evaluating the patentability of patent applications and drafting responses to written opinions / office actions. Students will also practice amending claims and specifications as well as following up with the relevant stakeholders.

• Patent Applications
• Qualifying Criteria for Patentability
• Components of a Written Opinion / Office Action
• Responding to Novelty Objections
• Responding to Inventive Step Objections
• Addressing Unpatentable Subject Matter / Industrial Applicability Objections
• Support, Clarity and Enablement
• Unity of Invention
• Types of Disclosure and Effect as Prior Art
• Responses to Written Opinion / Office Actions
• Considerations When Responding to a Written Opinion / Office Actions
• Amendment of Patent Claims and Specifications
• Consequences Associated with Improper Management of Written Opinions / Office Actions
• Follow-up with Relevant Stakeholders.

• Examine the components of a written opinion / office action
• Assess the considerations when responding to a written opinion / office action
• Appraise the consequences associated with improper management of written opinions / office actions
• Evaluate the patentability of patent applications in accordance with the qualifying criteria for patentability in view of prior art
• Examine the viability of clients' instructions and business interests
• Revise claims and specifications to overcome rejections / objections
• Organise and follow up with relevant stakeholders on proposed response to written opinions / office actions and its implications to clients’ objectives