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The Capstone Course reviews the four patent analyst courses and prepares students for a comprehensive patent analyst certification examination. The four courses reviewed are Priority Law, Patentability 1 (i.e., The Spec Map Process), Patentability 2 (The Claim Chart Process (Anticipation and Obviousness Law)) and The Infringement Process Course. Students who satisfactorily complete the course including a final examination are awarded a Patent Analyst Certification based upon their level of performance. An issued certification does not entitle anyone to work directly with the non-lawyer public. A certified person must perform these processes under the direction and control of a properly licensed lawyer in order to avoid unauthorized practice of law.  The first step that lawyers often take when conducting a patent validity analysis is to prepare a specification map for the target patent. The lawyer uses the specification map to determine whether the target patent satisfies legal requirements such as written description, enablement, subject matter eligibility, claim definiteness, prosecution history estoppel, etc. The specification chart also helps the lawyer construe (determine) the legal meaning of the claims. The course walks the student step-by-step through the data fields of example specification charts and teaches how to complete each field. The course explores the legal basis of the issues that arise under statutory law, federal case law, federal regulations and the MPEP. The course teaches the law behind the specification chart process so students can better identify and present legal issues to the report requesting lawyer. The course includes issue checklists, example templates, example comments for spotted issues, the preparation process, practical and theoretical questions, graded assignments, a glossary of common terms, sample test questions, and a final examination. Students who satisfactorily complete the course are awarded a certification based upon their level of performance. An issued certification does not entitle anyone to work directly with the non-lawyer public. A certified person must perform these processes under the direction and control of a properly licensed lawyer in order to avoid unauthorized practice of law. This course is not a course in the conventional sense. It is a place holder where patent analysts can post questions, problems, and term meaning requests. This is an open forum. Please feel free to ask and answer questions. Multiple responses and conflicting responses are invited for each query. The course explores the law of Anticipation and Obviousness which is used to determine whether or not a target patent is valid in view of the prior art. The course walks the student step-by-step through the data fields of example claim charts and teaches how to complete each field. The course explores the legal basis of the issues that arise under statutory law, federal case law, federal regulations and the MPEP. The course teaches the law behind reference charts so students can better identify and present legal issues to the report requesting lawyer. The course includes issue checklists, example templates, example comments for spotted issues, the preparation process, practical and theoretical questions, graded assignments, a glossary of common terms, sample test questions, and a final examination. Students who satisfactorily complete the course are awarded a certification based upon their level of performance. An issued certification does not entitle anyone to work directly with the non-lawyer public. A certified person must perform these processes under the direction and control of a properly licensed lawyer in order to avoid unauthorized practice of law. The subject matter eligibility training focuses on issues that arise under 35 USC 101. The Patent Infringement Analysis Training teaches a patent analyst how to perform infringement analysis. The training tests and certifies a patent analyst on legal and practical issues that arise while conducting research for evidence of patent infringement. The Patent Infringement Analysis Training consists of various topics such as Direct Infringement, Indirect Infringement, Evidence of Use Charts, and associated process documents. The course includes a certification upon satisfactory completion of the assignments and a final examination. Students can go through the course at their own pace although many students decide to study in groups. Certifications are awarded for each course and for the comprehensive examination based upon levels of performance. An issued certification does not entitle anyone to work directly with the non-lawyer public. These processes must be performed under the direction and control of a properly licensed lawyer in order to comply with laws that prohibit the unauthorized practice of law. For security purposes, these certification tests should only be accessed from an approved workstation. Please do not access certification tests from any unapproved device. Accesses are automatically logged. This course is directed at senior level engineers who have completed the Invalidity Analysis Process Courses and the Infringement Analysis Process Course. The course is generally more theoretical in nature but will have applied questions in each assignment. The purpose of the course is to monitor changes in patent law and document any changes that are relevant to the patent invalidity and infringement processes. Senior engineers review the changing legal landscape and propose changes to the invalidity and infringement process documents. For example, the senior engineers review Federal Circuit cases as well as changes to the MPEP, the CFRs, and federal statutes relevant to the above processes. Each week, senior engineers review legal materials and write questions for other senior engineers to answer the following week. The students propose changes to the process documents based up the reviewed changes in patent law. The course has graded assignments, attendance, and a final examination on the updated process documents. The Priority Law course teaches one of the most important and fundamental subjects in Patent Law. These concepts may appear simple on a first glance, but they are actually some of the most complex and misunderstood topics: 1. How to properly set the multiple 35 USC 102 searches dates for a given target patent while considering proper support for each claim when there is a priority claim to earlier filed family members. 2. How to determine whether or not an identified reference qualifies as prior art under at least one of the sections of 35 USC 102 including considering whether or not invalidating language has continuous support to earlier filing dates under 102(e). There is almost nothing more aggravating to a Patent Lawyer than to realize that an analyst she assigned an invalidity analysis has failed to properly set the dates. These and hundreds of other important ideas are explored in this course. This course teaches analysts how to properly set these dates. The course explores the legal basis of the issues that arise under statutory law, federal case law, federal regulations and the MPEP. Students who satisfactorily complete the course including a final examination are awarded a certification based upon their level of performance. An issued certification does not entitle anyone to work directly with the non-lawyer public. A certified person must perform these processes under the direction and control of a properly licensed lawyer in order to avoid unauthorized practice of law.
| BellCertified.com teaches how to prepare specific documents for delivery to lawyers. The course materials teach how to identify and notate a defined set of issues. Courses include graded assignments, quizzes, and final exams. Those who score well are certified to perform a process and top scores are certified to perform review.
A certification does not entitle its recipient to practice law. A certified person must perform these processes under the direction and control of a properly licensed lawyer in order to avoid the unauthorized practice of law.
In the end, it is always the lawyer assigning the project who reviews the documents, makes legal observations, and presents the issues to their client. An issued certification does not entitle anyone to work directly with the non-lawyer public.
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