2026-06-24 2026-06-24 , online online, 1,340 € zzgl. MwSt. Dr. Martin Müller https://forum-institut.de/seminar/26111137-ai-patent-application-drafting-for-europe-and-for-the-us/referenten/26/26_11/26111137-online-course-ai-patent-application-drafting_mueller-martin.jpg AI Patent Application Drafting for Europe and for the US

Learn how to write AI patent applications which get granted and are infringed upon! This online course will give you the best practical tips to improve your skills in drafting applications for AI patents. Apply your knowledge in a practical test including feedback from our expert speakers.

The contents of your online course
  • Patent protection for AI aspects in different jurisdictions
  • Claim drafting tips for AI inventions: claim structure and claim categories
  • First-hand presentation of EPO BoA decisions on AI patents
  • How to get AI patents granted in the US
  • Pitfalls in drafting AI patent applications
  • Interactive workshop: hands-on exercises on AI patent protection


Who should attend
Do you work in the IP or patent department of a company, as a patent attorney in a law firm would like to draft better AI patentapplications?

Then this course is intended for you.
The objektives of your online course
There are some particularities to consider when drafting patent applications for inventions involving artificial intelligence (AI).

The AI Patent Application Drafting course will allow attendees to deepen their knowledge and improve their skills in application drafting with a focus on AI patents. In order to reach this goal our program offers practical training and interactive exercises over the course. This includes identifying technical subject matter which can be protected by AI patents and in-depth discussion of claim categories usable for providing the maximum scope of protection.
Your benefit

  • You will understand which AI aspects can be patent protected in the most important jurisdictions
  • You will know about supplementary protection for AI inventions
  • You will be able to draft AI patent applications, also with a view to subsequent filings in different jurisdictions (Europe, US and Japan)

AI Patent Application Drafting

AI Patent Application Drafting

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  • With perspectives from one of the EPO's BoAs dealing with AI and from one
of Europe's leading corporate AI patent filers
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Termin

19/11/2026

19/11/2026

Zeitraum

09:00 - 17:00 CET

09:00 - 17:00 CET
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Learn how to write AI patent applications which get granted and are infringed upon! This online course will give you the best practical tips to improve your skills in drafting applications for AI patents. Apply your knowledge in a practical test including feedback from our expert speakers.

The contents of your online course

  • Patent protection for AI aspects in different jurisdictions
  • Claim drafting tips for AI inventions: claim structure and claim categories
  • First-hand presentation of EPO BoA decisions on AI patents
  • How to get AI patents granted in the US
  • Pitfalls in drafting AI patent applications
  • Interactive workshop: hands-on exercises on AI patent protection


Who should attend
Do you work in the IP or patent department of a company, as a patent attorney in a law firm would like to draft better AI patentapplications?

Then this course is intended for you.

The objektives of your online course

There are some particularities to consider when drafting patent applications for inventions involving artificial intelligence (AI).

The AI Patent Application Drafting course will allow attendees to deepen their knowledge and improve their skills in application drafting with a focus on AI patents. In order to reach this goal our program offers practical training and interactive exercises over the course. This includes identifying technical subject matter which can be protected by AI patents and in-depth discussion of claim categories usable for providing the maximum scope of protection.

Your benefit

  • You will understand which AI aspects can be patent protected in the most important jurisdictions
  • You will know about supplementary protection for AI inventions
  • You will be able to draft AI patent applications, also with a view to subsequent filings in different jurisdictions (Europe, US and Japan)

Detailed programme

09:00 - 17:00 CET

Preliminary Program

Key aspects of patenting AI
  • Development of AI patent application filings
  • Fields of application for AI
  • 1st brainstorm session: AI-based scale to estimate body weight based on face outline angle
  • Aspects of AI innovation worthy of protection

Which AI aspects can be patent protected (with examples)
  • Protection of neural network
  • Protection of training method
  • Protection of training data
  • Protection of weights
  • Protection for the product
  • Trained machine

Claim categories in AI patent applications
  • Claim categories and enforcement
  • Products v. processes
  • Method
  • Apparatus/device/system
  • Computer program (product)
  • Data structure
  • Product-by-process
  • Claim set structure

Framework for assessing patentability of CIIs at the EPO
  • The 'Comvik' approach
  • The importance of being technical
  • EPO case-law first-hand digest

Framework for assessing patentability of CIIs at the JPO
  • "Blackbox AI"
  • "AI more powerful"
  • "AI upstream processes"

Requirements for disclosure and claims
  • 2nd brainstorm session: AI-based scale to estimate body weight based on face outline angle
  • Sufficiency of disclosure:EPO case-law first-hand digest
    • How to avoid a rejection under Art 83 EPC
  • Plausibility:
    • EPO case-law first-hand digest
    • How to make it plausible that claimed invention actually produces the alleged technical effect
  • Technical effect over the full scope

General claim drafting tips for AI inventions
  • Claims whose infringement can be proven
  • Clarity issues
  • Divided infringement - how to avoid it
  • Drafting applications with a view to subsequent filings in different jurisdictions

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CPD: 6.5 hours

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