Advanced Patent Research Intensive

Service Description

Live Intensive | Starts Thursday, August 13, 2026 | 7:00 PM – 9:00 PM ET 4-Week Program | Price: $497 Dates: August 13, August 20, August 27 & September 3 Patent research is one of the most specialized and valuable areas of intellectual property support. It requires more than basic searching—it requires structure, source awareness, issue spotting, documentation, and the ability to organize complex technical and legal information for attorney review. Advanced Patent Research Intensive is a practice-focused program designed for paralegals, legal assistants, litigation support professionals, and legal professionals who want to strengthen their ability to support patent-related research, prior art review, patent ownership analysis, licensing matters, and patent disputes. This intensive builds on foundational patent search skills and moves into more advanced research workflows used in real IP practice. What You’ll Learn ✔ How to approach advanced patent research assignments with structure ✔ How to support prior art research and organize search findings ✔ How to research inventors, assignees, ownership records, and assignments ✔ How to understand patent families and related patent documents ✔ How to support patent landscape and portfolio research ✔ How to organize findings for licensing, enforcement, and dispute support ✔ How to identify gaps, limitations, and issues for attorney review ✔ How to prepare attorney-ready patent research summaries and tracking tools Program Modules Week 1: Advanced Patent Research Foundations Patent strategy, patent records, databases, classifications, and search planning. Week 2: Prior Art & Patent Landscape Research Prior art tracking, keyword strategies, classification searching, and landscape mapping. Week 3: Ownership, Assignments & Patent Portfolio Research Inventor research, assignee tracking, patent families, assignments, and portfolio organization. Week 4: Patent Disputes, Licensing & Attorney-Ready Work Product Research support for infringement, licensing, enforcement, claim chart preparation, and final reporting. What’s Included ✔ 4 live training sessions ✔ Replay access ✔ Patent research templates ✔ Prior art tracking worksheet ✔ Patent ownership and assignment checklist ✔ Patent landscape research framework ✔ Certificate of completion The Outcome By the end of this intensive, you’ll have a stronger, more organized approach to patent research and the confidence to support higher-value patent-related legal work.