Main purposes of this module
- to explain different patent drafting and filing tactics to cover the strategic markets of the innovator
- to explain how continuations and divisional applications can be used to tweak the scope of the patent claims during prosecution
- to evaluate the use of outside counsel vs. in-house counsel
Topics covered in this module:
- Drafting applications - geographic reach: national, regional or international
- Filing strategies - continuations and divisionals
- Using outside counsel vs. in-house counsel
More information
Various tactics are available to a company to protect an invention with international scope through the use of different filing options for different patents. The different requirements for national, regional and international filings are discussed.
Continuations and CIPs in the US and divisionals before the EPO can be used to tweak claims and keep applications alive in order to be able to adjust them to competitor solutions which have entered the market while the application is still pending.
Depending on circumstances, the use of either outside or in-house counsel can be advantageous.