Patent and Patent Information Events in November 2025

 Patent and Patent Information Events in November 2025

 A post below is a copy of the post originally published Nov 1, 2025 and updated Nov. 3, 10, 15, 23, 25 and 26, 2025 at the PIUG Community Discussion Forum 

Summary: 11/3-7 WIPO SCP/37; 11/3 EPO Patenting semiconductor technologies (Part 2); 11/4 Patsnap Eureka Novelty Searching ; DeepIP/Dilworth IP AI that works for patents: [patentability assessments]; 11/5 EU IP Helpdesk Freedom to Operate; LES DC Chapter Design Patent invalidation; CAS STNext Specific substances in combinatorial libraries; USPTO Hour Updates 35 U.S.C. 101 Subject Matter Eligibility; 11/6 WIPO 100 Years of Design Protection Symposium; Questel AI and the Future of Patent Research; Moat Competitive Intelligence GenAI Module; USPTO Patent searching; 11/10-14 WIPO CWS/13; 11/11 AI & IP Europe 2025, London; Patsnap Chemical Structure Searching; J A Kemp Plant innovations protection in EU and the UK; WIPO Advanced searches in PATENTSCOPE (+11/13); LexisNexisIP Patent analytics for Strategic Portfolio Pruning; SLW Institute Inventorship & Assignment (new); 11/12 BARDEHLE-PAGENBERG IP Academy Validation, Opt-Out, Unitary Patent; USPTO Patent Public Search; MoFo Medical Devices, Diagnostics, AI; 11/13 WIPO Japan/JETRO ASEAN IP; Murgitroyd Design Protection in the UK & Europe (new); USPTO Patent application drafting; 11/17-21 WIPO CDIP/35; 11/18 EPO/EU IP Helpdesk Biotechnology Patent protection; D Young & Co European Biotech Patent Case Law (new)); Clarivate Innography AI Classifier for Portfolio Benchmarking (new); Deep IP Using AI for Chemical & Biotech Patent Work; 11/19 Shiga IPHC case on patent infringement by a doctor (new); European IP Helpdesk: Finding Patents (w/ Nigel Clarke); Questel FTO Strategies; WIPO Hague System Updates; B-P IP Academy Time limits, further processing, etc.; 11/20-21 EPO Case Law Conf. 2025; 11/20 EPO Patenting semiconductor technologies (Part 3); USPTO Patent Claims; 11/24-25 IP Service World, Munich, Germany; 11/25 EPO INPADOC legal event codes and categories visualization; WIPO PCT Lectures #1 What is PCT (new); 11/26 IP Helpdesk Designs protection the Hague System (CN, MX, SG, etc.); GetFocus Emerging Technologies Forecasting (new);  WIPO PCT Lectures #2 Atr.4 of Paris Conv. (new); 11/27 Knowmade Patent Analysis of Li-Ion Batteries Cathode Active Materials Recycling (new)

 

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Mon.-Fri. , Nov 3-7, 2025

4:00 – 7:00 AM and 9:00 AM – 12:00 PM EST | 10.00 - 13.00. and 15.00 - 18.00 CET

WIPO Standing Committee on the Law of Patents : Thirty-Seventh Session (SCP/37) (Webcast)

See highlights of the Annotated Draft Agenda in the Footnote 1 below.

 

Mon., Nov 3, 2025

3:30 – 5:30 AM ET | 9:30 – 11:30 CET

EPO Patenting semiconductor technologies Part 2 (Registration closed; also Part 3, Nov. 20, 2025 below)

The second seminar relates to design aspects (assembling, packaging, power management and technologies supporting intense memory operations). (1st Seminar, Oct. 9. 2025, patenting topics of general interest: classification (CPC), assessing inventive step, key decisions of the Boards of Appeal, see the previous post)

 

Tue. , Nov 4, 2025

10:00 - 11:00 AM ET | 16.00 – 17.00 CET

Patsnap Eureka Essentials: Novelty Searching (Registration)

Speaker: Rebeka Ramsey, Senior Project Manager, PatSnap

In this session you'll learn how to: Quickly pinpoint what makes your innovation unique; Accelerate searches and surface sharper insights with intelligent tools reviewing patents; Apply filters; collaborate within project spaces.

 

11:00 - 11:45 AM ET | 17.00 – 17.45 CET

DeepIP AI that works for patents: Practical Takeaways from Dilworth IP (Registration)

Fireside chat with fireside chat with Michael P. Dilworth, Dilworth IP

What You’ll Learn: Tangible Efficiency Gains: …2. Smarter patentability assessments. With DeepIP’s new Patentability module, the team can pre-screen invention disclosures using a global prior art database. This helps them assess novelty early and prioritize filings more strategically, saving time and resources down the line.

Add. Info; DeepIP AI Patentability; DeepIP How Agentic Search Revolutionizes Prior Art and Patentability Searches, DeepIP Blog & Lexology Blog, Sep.11, 2015. Cf. Ma, J., Baker, M., (Perplexity AI) Agentic AI Meets Patent Search: A New Paradigm for Innovation. IPWatchdog.com Blog, Oct. 30, 2025

 

Wed. , Nov 5, 2025

4:30 – 6:00 AM ET | 10:30 – 12:00 CET

EU IP Helpdesk Freedom to Operate (Registration)

Speaker: Dr Christian Hackl, European IP Helpdesk / TUM Tech GmbH

After the training, participants should have a better understanding: What is FTO, what are the different FTO types, what level of accuracy can be chosen in the data analysis?... When should SMEs choose to invest in FTO analysis and how much should they budget for that?

See A recording of the Oct. 29, 2024 webinar on the subject (1:24:29, from 04:43)

 

7:30 – 9:00 AM ET

LES DC Chapter “How to Non-Violently Kill a Design Patent” (Potomac, MD, in-person) (Registration)

Speaker: Michael Greenberg, Greenberg & Lieberman, LLC

“We’ll delve into the exciting world of design patents – patents that protect the look of things. Not only will we show you a few of the more interesting ones, but most importantly, we will show you one that was invalidated. Design patents seem pretty straightforward, but they are not, and we’ll take you on a quick tour of what they cannot be used to protect.”

Add. Info: MPEP 1504.02 Novelty [R-07.2022] & 1504.03 Nonobviousness [R-01.2024] (design patents); “Federal Circuit Overrules Obviousness Test for Design Patents.” Morrison Foerster 23 May 2024; Fernandez, B. & Selwyn M. (WilmerHale) “Design Patent Post-Grant: Is Anticipation Easier to Prove Than Obviousness?” BNA’s Patent, Trademark & Copyright Journal 92 (October 2016): 1870 (4 p.).; Brown, Marshall J. “Federal Circuit Clarifies the Test for Anticipation in Design Patent Cases.”IP Litigation Winter 2010 Newsletter (Foley & Lardner LLP), Mar. 15, 2010, p.4-5;An Overview of Design Patent Litigation (Panitch Schwarze Training Academy, Feb.7, 2024, video, 59:00, slides, 42 p.);

 

10:00 – 10:30 AM ET | 16:00 – 16:30 CET

CAS STNext® Coffee Lecture: Specific substances in combinatorial libraries (Registration)

Expert: Natalia Kiseleva, Technical Product Consultant, CAS

Why combinatorial libraries are important for Prior Art searches; How entire compound libraries can be represented in patents, i.e., as Markush structures, How to search for substances from these libraries in CAS STNext, particularly in the CAS REGISTRY and MARPAT databases.

See: Recording (17:22).

 

12:00 PM ET - 1:00 PM. ET | 18.00 – 19.00 ET

USPTO Hour: Updates on Subject Matter Eligibility Under 35 U.S.C. 101 (Registration)

Hosted by USPTO Office of the Commissioner for Patents.

Speakers: Charles Kim, Deputy Commissioner for Patents, Michael Kim, Vice Chief Administrative Patent Judge, PTAB, Carolyn Kosowski, Senior Legal Advisor, OPLA. USPTO

The discussion will focus on:The USPTO’s current subject matter eligibility guidance, training and resources. a memorandum issued in August 2035, Appeal Review Panel decision (Ex parte Desjardins, 2024-00567) reversing a new ground of rejection under 35 U.S.C. 101.

 

Thu. , Nov 6, 2025

3:00 – 11:00 AM ET | 9.00 – 17.00 CET

WIPO 100 Years of Design Protection – A Symposium on the Hague Agreement Concerning the International Registration of Industrial Designs (Registration)

From Provisional program:

9.30 – 10.45 CET From International in Theory to International in Practice: the Maturing of the Hague Agreement. Catherine Chammartin, Swiss Federal IPI (moderator), João Negrão, EUIPO, Kitamura Hiroki, JPO, Wu Hongxiu, CNIPA, Representative from USPTO (TBD)

15.30 – 16.45 CET (9:30 -10:45 AM ET) Where to Now? Ideas for the Development of the Hague System. Grégoire Bisson, The Hague RegistryWIPO, Philipe Kutschke, ECTA, Tracy-Gene Durkin, INTA, Yuiko Matsumura, JPAA, Shaohui Yuan, CCPIT, Beijing, Representative from AIPPI (TBD)

 

11:00 – 11:45 AM ET | 17:00 – 17:45 CET

Questel Reinventing Patent Intelligence: How AI Is Shaping the Future of Patent Research (Registration)

This session will explore how AI is reshaping the way we search, analyze, and transform patent data into strategic knowledge. Join us to discover how AI — within Orbit Intelligence — is revolutionizing the way we access, understand, and act on patent data.

 

1:00 – 1:30 PM ET | 19:00 – 19:30 CET

Moat Metrics MCI The First IP-Specific GenAI Module (Registration)

We’re hosting a virtual webinar where you can see MCI in action, explore its capabilities, and ask your questions live.

Add. Info Moat Metrics Moat Competitive Intelligence (MCI); LinkedIn Post (Sep.2025) [MCI enhances foundational GenAI models using our proprietary MICS (Moat Industrial Classification System) data that links companies, products innovation, IP, risk, and value. This allows us to solve the struggles that current GenAI models have with the precision and consistency required for IP and innovation-related analysis. Querying a chat engine using GenAI without MICS extension vs. with MICS extension

 

2:00 – 3:00 PM ET | 20:00 – 21:00 CET

USPTO The Path to a Patent, Part III: Patent searching (Registration)

In this part USPTO experts will discuss preliminary searching, using the suggested Seven-Step Strategy, and more.

 

Mon.-Fri. , Nov 10-14, 2025

WIPO Committee on WIPO Standards (CWS) : Thirteenth session (CWS/13)

See highlights of Annotated Draft Agenda: in a Footnote 2 below

 

Tue. , Nov 11, 2025

8:00 AM-5:15 PM GMT

AI & IP Europe 2025 , London

From Agenda: 12:15 PM - 1:00 PM GMT AI for IP: Tools and Workflows for Real, Measurable Impact , Toni Nijm, Anaqua, Inc., Tara Harris, Naspers and Prosus, Sami Saru, Nokia (…Transform FTO analysis by scanning global IP databases, detecting conflicts, and streamlining searches and drafting with gen AI tools; Use AI to track competitor filings, optimise IP portfolios, and gain insights to drive strategic decision-making…); 2:00 PM - 3:30 PM GMT Roundtable Developing an effective patent searching strategy using AI/ML. Hosts: Diana Portoles, Jan Schulte zer Heide, Patent Experts, IP Search

 

10:00 - 11:00 AM ET | 16.00 – 17.00 CET

Patsnap Life Science Essentials: Chemical Structure Searching (Registration)

Speaker: Jason Xi, Project Manager, PatSnap

Use of Patsnap Chemical to perform comprehensive small molecule patent searches: Begin your patent search workflow using a chemical structure as your starting point; Explore structure results and refine by the relevant application and keywords; Identify patents associated with structures of interest; Locate your searched structures within the patent documents; monitor your target structures and patents

 

11:00 AM - 12:00 PM ET | 17.00 – 18.00 CET

J A Kemp A practical guide to protecting plant innovations in Europe and the UK (Registration)

Speakers: Daniel Shaw and Carsten Reinhard, J A Kemp

Navigating the European and British Plant Variety Right (PVR) Systems; patent-eligibility requirements for plant-related inventions in the EPO, including implications of new legislative proposals on patents for gene-edited (NGT) plants; strategic use both patents and plant variety rights.

Lynch, Erin. “Plant Innovation in Europe: Patents and GMO Regulation.” Petrie-Flom Center, Harvard Law School, June 11, 2025. ; Schönig, Wolfgang, and Deborah A. Pohlmann. “April 2025 Update on Regulation of New Genomic Techniques in the EU.” Morrison Foerster, April 25, 2025

 

11:30 AM - 12:15 PM ET | 17.30 – 18.15 CET (also 11/13 at 8:30am CEST)

WIPO Advanced searches in PATENTSCOPE (Registration)

Speaker: Sandrine Ammann, WIPO

 

12:00 PM ET - 1:00 PM. ET | 18.00 – 19.00 ET

LexisNexis/IP Watchdog The New Gold Standard – How Smart Pruning Redefines Patent Strategy (Registration)

Speakers: Marko Richter, LexisNexis IP Solutions, Gene Quinn, IPWatchdog

In this webinar, you will discover new insights from a recent LexisNexis study showing how leading innovators such as Honda, Fujitsu, and IBM use analytics and predictive intelligence to make faster and more effective portfolio decisions

See also Smart Portfolio Pruning: Unlocking Innovation Value. LexisNexis IP Solutions. Blog, Oct. 14, 2025; Software Companies That Refine Portfolios With Patent Pruning. ibid, Oct. 29, 2025; See also refs in comments [in Reply 1] for Oct. 30, 2025 LexisNexis IP presentation

 

1:00 – 2:00 PM ET | 19.00 -20.00 CET

SLW Institute: Inventorship & Assignment (Registration) (new)

We invite you to attend an educational presentation exploring inventorship and assignment, two fundamental principles of patent law….who qualifies as an inventor under U.S. patent law, the legal standards for inventorship, and developments regarding AI inventorship across different jurisdictions. We'll also explore the critical aspects of patent assignment, including ownership rights, the importance of proper assignment documentation, and best practices for maintaining clean chains of title.

Speaker Ryan Connell, M.S., J.D. & moderator Nicholas Lanzatella, J.D., Ph.D., Schwegman Lundberg & Woessner

Add. Info: Slides (48 p.) and a recording (58:5) of Mar. 25, 2025 SLW webinaron the same subject; MPEP 2109 Inventorship, 2109.01 Joint Inventorship; 301 Ownership/Assignability of Patents and Applications; 302 Recording of Assignment Documents; Chain of Title (18 p., Priscilla Dodson, Covington, Jul. 14, 2025)

 

Wed. , Nov 12, 2025

12:00 PM – 1:00 PM ET | 18.00 -19.00 CET

BARDEHLE-PAGENBERG IP Academy Validation, Opt-Out, Unitary Patent (Registration) (iCal)

Speaker: Dr. Johannes Möller, BARDEHLE-PAGENBERG

 

1:00 PM – 2:00 PM ET | 19.00 -20.00 CET

USPTO Using the Patent Public Search tool to search like an examiner (Registration)

SOaR (Stakeholder Offerings and Resources) will provide virtual training on how to use PPUBS. This training will cover: A demonstration of how to use the Patent Public Search tool; An explanation of how examiners search; Live search examples

 

4:00 PM-6:00 PM ET | 22.00 -24.00 CET

Morrison Foerster 2025 Fall Patent Law Course with Morrison Foerster and GSAS Harvard Biotech Club (Registration).

Session 5 New Technologies in Life Sciences: Medical Devices, Diagnostics, AI

Speakers: Chris Gloria, Meghan Poon, and Josh Crawford, Morrison Foerster

 

Thu. Nov, 13, 2025

1:30 – 3:00 AM ET | 7.30 – 9.00 CET | 15:30 - 17:00 JST

WIPO Japan Overview of Intellectual Property in ASEAN (Registration) (in Japanese)

Speakers: Mr. Motohiro Nishio (西尾 元宏), JETRO Singapore Office, and Mr. Yasuaki Naito (内藤 康彰) JETRO Bangkok Office (TH)

[In ASEAN (Association of Southeast Asian Nations], the intellectual property and innovation landscapes vary significantly from country to country. …In this webinar, the two speakers, who are based in the region, will share recent topics, including IP application trends in ASEAN countries, initiatives by IP offices, and IP law reforms.

Add. Info: Copy of the Oct, 9, 2024 presentation (95 p, Eng. transl.; original); ASEAN Countries: Brunei (BN), Cambodia (KH), Indonesia (ID), Laos (LA), Malaysia (MY), Myanmar (MM), Philippines (PH), Singapore (SG), Thailand (TH), Timor-Leste (TL), Vietnam (VN); WIPO IP Office Business Solutions Division. “Update on ASEAN IP Register.” 9th ASEAN IP Register Regional Coordinators Online Meeting, September 23, 2025. 17 p..; [JETRO] ASEAN Intellectual Property News (2013-2025, 456 news, in Japanese); Patents in Patenscope/ASEAN IP Register BN (1979-2023,1654/1521) KH (2009-2024,1,417/1566, EP?), ID (1987-06.10, 2025, 189,535/188,010); LA (2013-2023,160/256); MM n/a, MY (1903-05.10.2025, 259,508/214,336); PH (1909-29.09.2025, 97,530/80,046), SG(1995-30.09.2025, 259,599/236,911), TH (1980-06.10.2025,189,500/156,154), TL n/a, VN (1984-25.08.2025, 149,158/126,647)

 

12:00 PM – 1:00 PM ET | 18.00 -19.00 CET

Murgitroyd Design Protection in the UK & Europe and How it Compares to the US (Registration) (new)

Speaker: Wendy Crosby, Head of the Designs Team at Murgitroyd

… in-depth look at how design protection operates in the UK and Europe, and how these systems differ from US design patent practice (registration, filing strategies, enforcement approaches, and common pitfalls)

Add Info: de Groot, L., van Weezel, M., EU Design reforms: what can now be protected as a design? Taylor Wessing. Mar. 2025; Popple, Louise and Fabio Lo Iacono.(Taylor Wessing) Dec.2023. A quick guide to… design protection in the UK and EU. Taylor Wessing, 12 p.; McLeod, Chris, 2019. Protecting and enforcing design rights:m ;United Kingdom, in: Designs: A Global Guide 2020. WTR.; Mewburn Ellis, n.d. UK & EU Unregistered Designs - The Basics.

 

2:00 PM – 3:30 PM ET | 20.00 -21.30 CET

USPTO The Path to a Patent, Part IV: Learn how to draft a patent application (Registration)

USPTO experts will discuss the formalities and requirements for drafting a patent application and how to avoid common mistakes.

 

Mon.-Fri., Nov. 17-21, 2025

4:00 AM-12:00 PM ET | 10:00 AM-18:00 CET (lunch break 13:00 - 15:00 CET)

WIPO Committee on Development and Intellectual Property (CDIP), Thirty-Fifth Session [CDIP/35] (webcast)

See Highlifgts of the Draft Agenda in the Footnote 3 below.

 

Tue. , Nov 18, 2025

03:30 -5:00 AM ET | 09.30 -11.00 CET

EPO/EU IP Helpdesk Patent protection for EU funding beneficiaries - biotechnology

From Program: 10:10-10 35 CET Patentability of new technological developments in biotechnology Nicolas Douarche, Examiner, EPO

 

11:00-11:30 AM ET | 17.00-17.30 CET

Clarivate Patent portfolio benchmarking with AI: faster classification, smarter decisions (Registration) (new)

Speakers: Daniel Surwit, Sr. Technical Solution Consultant at Clarivate and Luis Gerardo, IP and Patent Engineer at Ternium (MX).

You’ll learn how new Innography AI Classifier helps: Benchmark competitors using custom taxonomies; Spot innovation trends and whitespace; Accelerate licensing and commercialization decisions

Add. Info: How artificial intelligence is reshaping patent portfolio benchmarking, Clarivate IP Blog, Oct. 16, 2025 (Patent analytics; Patent landscape); Innography AI Classifier for Portfolio Benchmarking (Factsheet, 2 p, Sep. 2025); Clarivate Press Release (PR newswire, Oct. 1, 2025); Clarivate Innography

 

 

12:00 PM – 1:00 PM ET | 18:00 – 19:00 CET

Deep IP/IPWatchdog Using AI for Chemical & Biotech Patent Work – Separating Fact from Fiction (Registration)

Patelists: Carola Lempke, Patents, AstraZeneca; Monique Perdok, Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner; Sean Patrick Suiter, Suiter Swantz IP;and Edouard d’Archimbaud, CTO & Co-Founder of DeepIP, moderated by Gene Quinn, IPWatchdog

..Leading experts from the life sciences industry, private practice, and AI innovation will discuss the current state of AI adoption in chemistry and biotech patent work: What tasks AI can realistically support today; The scientific and linguistic hurdles unique to chemical and biological inventions; The progress AI tools have made on life sciences; ..What is next on the horizon for AI-assisted patent practice in life science. Short demo of the DeepIP platform, showing how AI can assist in chemistry and biotech fields

See: also SLW Institute webinar Practical Use of AI in Chemical Patent Drafting and Prosecution

( Oct. 14, 2025 by Dr. Nicholas P. Lanzatella, Schwegman Lundberg & Woessner, a recording (1:06:42) and slides (46 p.)); Hughes, D.R., n.d. Review of AI patent drafting software for life sciences: Qatent. The IPKat, Feb. 25, 2025; IP Author AI-Driven Patent Drafting for Chemistry & Life Sciences 2024. (2:07)

 

Wed. , Nov 19, 2025

3:00 – 3:30 AM ET | 9.00 – 9.30 CEST

Shiga IPHC Grand Panel Decision on 23 (Ne) 10040 Breast Augmentation Composition Case (Registration) (new)

Speaker: Masato Iida, Ph.D, SHIGA International Patent Office

This time, the Intellectual property High Court (IPHC) issued a landmark decision in a dispute over patent infringement related to a cosmetic breast augmentation procedure. In this presentation, we would like to explain this case law while confirming some exemptions for bio/pharma invention in the Japanese Patent Law.

Add. Info: “A case in which the court determined that a doctor's act of manufacturing a mixed pharmaceutical agent for breast augmentation operation using blood collected from the person to be treated as an ingredient constitutes working of a patented invention relating to a composition for breast augmentation”, see 2023 (Ne) 10040 (March 19, 2025 Eng. transl. 36 p. from the IPHC IP Judgments database); 2023 (Ne) 10040 Case Summaries (AIPPI (‘Doctor Liable for Patent Infringement’), Soei Patent & Law Firm and Aoyama & Partners);

 

4:30 – 6:00 AM ET | 10:30 – 12:00 CEST

European IP Helpdesk: Finding Patents (Registration)

Speaker: Dr Nigel Clarke, Vising Fellow IfM, University of Cambridge; Stanfield Clarke Associates

In this webinar we will explore the art and science of patent searches, equipping you with the knowledge and tools to navigate this intricate landscape with confidence.
The importance of patent searches in innovation and IP protection; Different types of patent searches and their applications; Key strategies and best practices for conducting comprehensive patent searches;Tools and resources to streamline your patent search process.

Level of Expertise: Advanced

 

10:00 – 10:45 AM ET | 16:00 – 16:45 CET

Questel Tips & Tricks - Essential FTO Strategies to Avoid Costly Infringement (Registration)

Learn how to leverage Orbit Intelligence's capabilities to execute these essential FTO assessments to stay out of hot water.

 

10:00 – 11:00 AM ET | 16.00 -17.00 CET

WIPO Hague System 2025 Updates (Registration)

We will cover recent changes to the legal framework, highlight new and improved services, and give you an exclusive preview of what’s planned for 2025.

 

12:00 PM – 1:00 PM ET | 18.00 -19.00 CET

BARDEHLE-PAGENBERG IP Academy EPO:Time limits, further processing, re-establishment of rights, fees (Registration) (iCal)

Speaker: Preston Richard, BARDEHLE-PAGENBERG

 

Thu.-Fri , Nov 20-21, 2025

8:00 - 10:45 AM ET | 14:00 - 16:45 CET

EPO Case Law Conference 2025 (Registration)

From the program

11/20 8:10 - 9.20 AM ET Highlights of recent BoA case law

11/21 8:05 - 9.10 AM ET Recent decisions of the Enlarged Board of Appeal; 9:20 – 10:35 AM ET Judges’ panel: inventive step

 

Thu., Nov 20, 2025

3:30 – 5:30 AM ET | 9:30 – 11:30 CET

EPO Patenting semiconductor technologies Part 3 (Registration closed; also Part 2, Nov. 3, 2025 above)

The third seminar: patent applications related to the material underlying the semiconductors technologies (advanced nano-scale silicon technologies, graphene and related two-dimensional (2-D) materials, integration of 2-D materials with silicon technology and compound semiconductors)

 

10:00 – 11:00 AM ET | 16.00 -17.00 CET

4iP Council Community Plant Variety Rights (Registration) (new)

Speakers: Andrea Pontecorvi, Community Plant Variety Office (CPVO), Angers, France & Martha Sierra Marco (4iP Council) (Host)

This webinar will provide an overview of the CPVR system and the role of the CPVO in administering plant variety protection within the EU. …discuss how the CPVR system operates, its legal and administrative framework, and how it contributes to …the development of new plant varieties. The session will also explain the procedures for obtaining protection, scope of the rights granted…

Add. Info: 4 Reasons for Plant Variety Protection” (4iP Cpuncil);: Introduction to CPVRs (1:29:05, Orsola Lambert & Ángela Martínez López, CPVO, Jun 21, 2022); The interface between plant variety rights and patents (1:30:43, Montse Garcia-Moncó Fuente and Ángela Martínez López, CPVO, 6 Sep. 2022); IPR in Agri food Sector conflicts and synergies among GIs, Trademarks, Patents & PVDs (59:44, Orsola Lambert, CPVO, Sep. 28, 2021)

 

CAS STNext® Optimize your structure search in CAS STNext (Registration) (new)

Speaker: Dr. Larissa Bergmann, Product Specialist IP, FIZ Karlsruhe

Best practices for creating structures using the STN Structure Editor; STN Variable nodes and Derwent generic nodes; node attributes.; leveraging integrated databases in CAS STNext, the Derwent Chemistry Resource (DCR), and the Derwent Markush Resource (DWPIM) for effective structure searching

Add. Info: STNext on-demand webinars by Best practices for advanced structure searching in CAS STNext (Feb. 25, 2025, 51:00, slides, 54 p., Paul Peters, CAS & Jim Brown, FIZ Karlsruhe); “Optimize your structure search in CAS STNext (Oct. 30, 2024, 1:03:10, slides, 83 p, Jim Brown); Boost your structure search with the Derwent Chemistry Resource (DCR) (Aug 28, 2024, 1:02:39, slides, 54 p, Jim Brown); Multi-file structure search (May 29, 2024, 57:21, slides, n/a, Jim Brown & Paul Peters); CAS STNext Training videos: Searching by chemical structure (13:42); Advanced structure searching (16:32); STNext help: Structure Search Scope; Structure Search Options; Drawing and Editing Structures; Derwent Chemistry Resource (Introduction, Jan. 2025, 18 p.; Current Issues, Jun. 2024, 9 p.); Derwent Markush Resource (DWPIM) (Reference Manual (112 p.) and Current Issues, Jun. 2024, 10 p.); MARPAT® User Guide, Nov. 2013, 93 p.); CASLINK (4 p.)

 

 

2:00 PM – 3:30 PM ET | 20.00 -21.30 CET

USPTO The Path to a Patent, Part V: Understanding the role of claims in a patent application (Registration)

USPTO experts will discuss the elements of the claim, show examples of claim illustrations from issued U.S. patents, and help participants develop a better appreciation of how a patent examiner views a claim.

 

Mon.-Tue. Nov 24-25, 2025

15th IP Service World, Munich, Germany (Registration, € 295+)

See Agenda. Highlights of the program to be added.

Selected companies: Day 1: Clarivate, Global; IPRally Technologies Oy, Helsinki; PatentPlusAI Inc.,Connecticut; interface projects GmbH, Dresden; infoapps, Munich; , Canatu Oy, Espoo & PatSeer, Pune; Danish Patent and Trademark Office, Aarhus; Amplified, San Francisco; Ensemble IP, Washington, DC; predori GmbH, Ulm; , IPnovation GmbH, Vienna; NLPatent, Toronto; LexisNexis, Bonn ; PatSeer, Pune; Minesoft GmbH, Neuss; XLSCOUT, Strasslach; Day 2: IamIP, Stockholm; LexisNexis, Bonn; RWS; Ensemble IP – quartet; INTERGATOR Questel ; xlscout; TTconsultants; Viessmann Climate Solutions, Allendorf/Desden; Uppdragshuset AB, Stockholm & Forresters, Birmingham; IP7 Technologies GmbH, Otterfing; ip-search, Bern; PRV Consulting and the Swedish IPO, Stockholm; Resonac, Tokyo

 

Tue., Nov 25, 2025

4:00 - 5:00 AM ET | 10:00 - 11:00 CET

EUIPO Birth of GIs for craft and industrial products in the EU. (Registration) (new)

Speakers: Octavio MONGE, Anton PETROV, Franciska SCHÖNHERR, EUIPO

EUIPO became the competent EU authority responsible for administering and promoting the EU geographical indications for craft and industrial products (CIGI) scheme applicable from Dec. 1, 2025

Add. Info: Regulation (EU) 2023/2411 … of 18 October 2023 on the protection of GI for craft and industrial products; Zappalaglio, A., Guerrieri, F., Carls, S., 2020. Sui Generis Geographical Indications for the Protection of Non-Agricultural Products in the EU: Can the Quality Schemes Fulfil the Task? IIC 51, 31–69; Council approves EU Regulation for Non-Agri Geographical Indications. The IPKat, Oct. 9, 2023; New EU GI Regulation for Craft and Industrial Products. Taylor Wessing. Dec. 12, 2023; Insight Consulting, REDD, OriGIn, 2013. Study on geographical indications protection for non-agricultural products in the internal market (w/annexes). European Commission. (See Annex III (pp.563-581) for a list of non-agricultural products with national protection: Textile, Ceramics, Granit, Clocks, Musical instruments, Cutlery, Glass and Crystal, Kaolin, Quartz sand, Limestone, Natural thermal spring salt, Therapeutic Mud, Knives, Kitchen tools, Natural oil, Paper, Cosmetic and cleaning product, Bicycles, Engines [Deutz(er) Motoren], Mechanics, Printing machine, Cylinder, Pharmaceutical preparations, Chemistry ["SKW Piesteritz"], Cosmetic products, Mineral, Packaging films, Machines, Vehicles, glasses, Raw material for manufacturing refractory pastes, Weapons, Iron products, Bricks, Steel, Wool product, etc.)

 

5:00 - 6:00 AM ET | 11:00 - 12:00 CET

EPO Show, don't tell: what can the visualisation of INPADOC legal event codes and categories teach us? (Registration by 11/24/2025)

In this lecture, case studies are used to examine what data visualisation [INPADOC categories] can show us, and how it can improve our knowledge of the availability of legal event data.

 

1:00 – 2:00 PM ET | 19.00 – 20.00 CET

WIPO PCT Lectures #1 What is PCT? Why we care? Paris path versus PCT (Registration) (new)

Speaker: Carl Oppedahl, Oppedahl Patent Law Firm LLC, WIPO’s US-based PCT consultant

This is the first of 15-part PCT lectures series, Nov. 25-Dec.23, 2025, The lectures covers both foundational and advanced PCT topics, Who should attend;…. Anyone wishing to gain a deeper understanding of the PCT System

Add. Info. See a recording (67:17) and slides (see pp.13-36, slides 26-70) of the previous edition of this lecture Feb. 8, 2022 as part of The 2022 Schwegman Advanced PCT Training,

 

Wed., Nov 26, 2025

5:00 - 5:15 AM ET | 10:00 - 11:15 CET

IP Helpdesk How to Internationally Protect Your Designs through the Hague System (INT-HDs) (Registration)

Speakers: Helika Jurgenson & Anqi Dong, China IP SME Helpdesk, Benoît Tardy, South-East Asia IP SME Helpdesk, Giovanna Girardi, Latin America IP SME Helpdesk

The session will explore how the Hague System can simplify the process of securing design protection in multiple markets through a single international application…. Country-specific aspects to consider when designating markets such as China, Singapore, Mexico, and other; Practical tips to avoid refusals and ensure smooth registration across jurisdictions.

Add. Info. See an export from Hague System Member Profiles for CN, MX and SG for country specific-requirements.

 

7:00 - 7:45 AM ET | 13.00 – 13.45 CET

GetFocus The Future is Measurable: AI, Patents & the Next Frontier of Innovation (Registration) (new)

This 45-minute interactive webinar goes deeper into how AI and patent citation analysis are changing technology forecasting — with real examples, live Q&A. What you'll get: The forecasting model behind GetFocus approach, explained; Real-world applications from enterprise R&D teams; New data and case studies (Session recording + summary deck for all registrants)

Add. Info: GetFocus forecasts disruptive technologies by patent data analysis of Technology Improvement Rate (TIR) built on two innovation-based signals Cycle time and Knowledge flow, see also Top Tools for R&D Teams to Forecast Emerging Technologies, GetFocus Blog, Jun. 2, 2025

 

1:00 – 2:00 PM ET | 19.00 – 20.00 CET

WIPO PCT Lectures #2 Planning for PCT and Paris, Article 4 of Paris, SAOSIT*, Making use of WIPO DAS (Registration) (new)

Speaker: Carl Oppedahl, Oppedahl Patent Law Firm LLC, WIPO’s US-based PCT consultant

This is the second of 15-part PCT lectures series, Nov. 25-Dec.23, 2025

*Second application filed in Office of Second Filing

Add. Info. See a recording (50:18) and slides (51 slides) of the previous edition of this lecture Feb. 10, 2022 as part of The 2022 Schwegman Advanced PCT Training

 

Thu., Nov 27, 2025

Knowmade Recycling of Cathode Active Materials for Li-Ion Batteries:Understanding the Competitive and Technological Landscape Thanks to Patent Analysis (Registration)

Speaker: Filippo Farina, Ph.D., Patent & Technology Analyst, KnowMade

… Based on the analysis of the patent landscape, we will reveal the main IP trends, key IP players, their IP strategies and IP strengths, with a focus on an example of IP player involved.

Add. Info: Li-ion Battery Cathode Active Material Recycling. Patent Landscape Analysis - Knowmade. Sep. 2025. Report Outline, 6 p.

 

 

 

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Footnotes (Transferred here from the post above)

Footnote 1 Highlights of the Agenda of WIPO Standing Committee on the Law of Patents : Thirty-Seventh Session, Mon.-Fri. , Nov 3-7, 2025

From Annotated Draft Agenda and Proposed Timetable: #3 Report on the international patent system: Certain aspects of national/regional patent laws, SCP/37/2 (An update of the SCP electronic forum website, Annex 2 (Prior Art (11 p.), Novelty (12 p.), Inventive Step (Obviousness) (11 p.), Grace Period (20 p.), Sufficiency of Disclosure (11 p.), Exclusions from Patentable Subject Matter (11 p.), Exceptions and Limitations of the Rights (36 p.), updated by info from Egypt (EG) and Syrian Arab Republic (SY)); #4 Exception regarding farmers’and/or breeders’ use of patented inventions, SCP/37/3 (Draft ref. doc, 39 p.) (Art. 30 TRIPS, EU Biotech Dir. 98/44/EC (Art. 10-12 and 2016 EC Notice), Art. 27 UPCA, Andean Comm Dec, No,486 (Art. 53e , 54), natl. implementation); # 5 Quality of patents: SCP/37/4 (54 p., voluntary divisionals, double patenting), SCP/37/5 (AI & Inventorship, update of SCP/35/7), SCP/37/6 (11 p. , AI tools in patent examination), …, discussion of Getting the Innovation Ecosystem Ready for AI: An IP policy toolkit (WIPO Pub, 2003, 2024, 41 p.); #6 Patents and health, …Update on publicly accessible databases of patent status information concerning medicines and vaccines (Related: SCP/16/7 (2011), par. 12, SA proposal to Develop a database on the patent status diagnostic tools and medicines for at least 10 diseases)

Footnote 2 Highlights of Annotated Draft Agenda: of the WIPO Committee on WIPO Standards (CWS) : Thirteenth session (CWS/13), Mon.-Fri. , Nov 10-14, 2025

From Annotated Draft Agenda:: #4 Progress reports by CWS Task Forces: (b) Task No. 44 by the Sequence Listings Task Force, CWS/13/3 [support for WIPO ST. 26 v.2, including [a] representation of subset of nucleotide peptide analogs by the corresponding unmodified residue symbol and [b] allows listing of short sequences with <10 or < 4 specifically defined nucleotides or AA, see CWS/13/16 ; (c) Task No. 47 by the Legal Status Task Force, CWS/13/4 (WIPO ST.27 (patents),… ST.87 (ind. Designs), ; (c) Task No. 50 by the Part 7 [of the WIPO Handbook] Task Force [Examples and IPOs Practices], CWS/13/5; (e) Task No. 52 by the Public Access to Patent Information Task Force, CWS/13/6; (f) Report on Task No. 55 by the Name Standardization Task Force, CWS/13/7; (l) Task No. 66 by the Authority File Task Force, CWS/13/13; (m) Task No. 67 by the IP Data Exchange Task Force, CWS/13/14.; #5 Development of WIPO Standards: 5(a) new WIPO Standard ST.93 (data cleaning of names), see final draft at CWS/13/15, Annex; 5(b) WIPO ST. 26 Revision, CWS/13/13 (see also #4(b) above);5(c) WIPO ST. 37 v. 3.0 (Authority File of publ. pat. docs), CWS/13/17 Rev. 2; #7 (…global inf. systems) 7(d) WIPO ST.90 (API) and API Catalog for IP (w/ 113 patent IPOs APIs); #8 (IP data) 8(b) Revision of WIPO Handbook Part 6.1 Recommended Content for IPOs website, CWS/13/24; 8(c) Update of WIPO Handbook Part 4 PCT Minimum Documentation, CWS/13/25; 8(g) Global identifier for natural persons and legal entities, CWS/13/29; 8(h) 2024 Annual Technical Reports (ATRs), CWS/13/30 Corr.; #9 CWS Work Program, CWS/13/31 Rev.; #10 Summary by the Chair (tbd)

Footnote 3. Highlights of the Draft Agenda of the WIPO Committee on Development and Intellectual Property (CDIP), Thirty-Fifth Session [CDIP/35], Mon.-Fri., Nov. 17-21, 2025

#4 Implementation of 45 Development Agenda(DA) Recommendations, Progress Report CDIP/35/2. (R.2 – Donor Funding, FIT (Funds-In-Trust, see WO/PBC/38/3 REV, Annex VIII,JP (p.89) TISCs Training workshops on. Pat. Info. and Techn.DB; Pat. database Searches; Patent Analytics; ASEAN IP Valuation Toolkit; Produce patent FT by OCR for PatentScope; KR (p.92-93) : WIPO Guide to Trade Secrets and Innovation.; IP Panorama 2.0; R.3: IPAdvatage/PCT Stories; WIPO – Knowledge and Resources @LinkedIn; Global Innovation Index 2024; TISC Staff Certification Program (Foundation Course [patent searching] (2025), Patentability Search(2026));WIPO Int. Patent Drafting Training Program; R.4 WIPO IP Policy Toolkit; R.5 Catalogue of DA projects and outputs ; R.8 WIPO INSPIRE {Database Reports, Patent analytics/Patent Landscape Reports (PLRs) , Patent registers) Toolkit on New Product Development and Inventions in the Public Domain, incl. FTO Tool: Tool (.xlsx); Description (18 p.), Biofuel example); Access to NPL ARDI/Research4Life & pat. info ASPI; R.9: WIPO GREEN; R.10: WIPO Lex judgments database;.WIPO IP OFFICE SUITE(File,IPAS,Publish); IP Training Institutions (IPTIs); Int. Guide to Patent Case Management for Judges; WIPO Lex; WIPO CASE; R.11 IPDTP; Scale Up Your IP; R. 13,14 & 17 IP Flexibilities Database; R. 5, 21, & 44 (+18) (norm-setting) SCP/44 (Oct, 2024, See FN1) [AND SCP/45 above); Riyadh Design Law Treaty (Nov. 22, 2024); WIPO GRATK Treaty (May 24, 2024); R.16, 20: WIPO Patent Register Portal; R.23 A Primer on Tech Transfer in Biotechnology; R.24 IP and Frontier Technologies; R.30 (+31) WIPO Tech Trends Report Future of Transportation; PLRs: Agrifood; Occupational Health and Safety

 

 

Update 11/3/2025 Nov.11, 2025 WIPO Advanced searches in PATENTSCOPE (also 11/13)

Update 11/10/2025 Nov.11, 2025 SLW Institute Inventorship & Assignment; Nov.13, 2025 Murgitroyd Design Protection in the UK & Europe and How it Compares to the US; Nov.18, 2025 D Young & Co European Biotech Patent Case Law; Nov 19, 2025 Shiga IPHC Grand Panel Decision on 23 (Ne) 10040 Breast Augmentation Composition Case

Update 11/15/2025 Nov.18, 2025 Clarivate Patent portfolio benchmarking with AI: faster classification, smarter decisions; Nov.20, 2025 4iP Council Community Plant Variety Rights; CAS STNext® Optimize your structure search in CAS STNext; Nov.20, 2025 EUIPO Birth of GIs for craft and industrial products in the EU.

Update 11/23/2025 Nov. 26, 2025 GetFocus The Future is Measurable: AI, Patents & the Next Frontier of Innovation

Update 11/25/2025 Nov. 25, 2025 What is PCT? Why we care? Paris path versus PCT; Nov. 26, 2025 WIPO PCT Lectures #2 Planning for PCT and Paris, Article 4 of Paris, SAOSIT*, Making use of WIPO DAS

Update 11/26/2025 Nov. 27, 2025 Knowmade Recycling of Cathode Active Materials for Li-Ion Batteries:Understanding the Competitive and Technological Landscape Thanks to Patent Analysis