The Art of Patent Preparation & Prosecution: Foundational Workbook

The PIT Foundational Workbook is designed to allow students to gain the most from their class experience. Therefore, after each module there is a Working Example for the students to apply the methods they learned in class. Ultimately, the flow of the workbook is as follows: 1) the student plays the role of a patent practitioner who has a consultation with an inventor to formulate an invention disclosure, 2) Drafts a patent application based on the invention disclosure and submits (hypothetically) to the USPTO, 3) Utilizes a given set of prior art against the application as an examiner would to formulate 102 and 103 rejections and sends (hypothetically) the Office Action back to the patent practitioner , and 4) Finally the students apply their knowledge base by drafting and sending (hypothetically) an Office Action Response back to the USPTO.