Patent documents and their accessibility

Basic Patent Information Course (BPIC)

Module 1A: Patent documents and their accessibility

Learning Goals

At the end of module 1A, the students have knowledge of the contents, structure and accessibility of patent documents, so that they:

• can make a contents analysis of a document
• have knowledge of general classification techniques
• have knowledge of different retrieval techniques

Course Content

• Contents Analysis of Patent Documents
• Basic Structure of Patent Documents
• Retrieval Techniques

Instructor

Frank Verbeke

To get the best results out of the course its advisable to bring your own laptop.