Patent and Patent Information Events in December 2025 (Updated 12/21/2025)

 Patent and Patent Information Events in December 2025 (Updated 12/21/2025) 

 A post below is a copy of the post originally published Nov 29, 2025 and updated Nov. 30 and Dec.1, 2, 4, 5 8, 17 & 21, 2025 at the PIUG Community Discussion Forum.

 Summary: 12/1 WIPO PCT Lectures #3 RO/US vs RO/IB; 12/2 Patsnap Eureka: Technology Monitoring; IPWarchdog/IP Author [Dolcera] Patent Prosecution in 2026: Impact of GenAI; PCT Lecture #4 Selecting an ISA, Applicant of Convenience; 12/3 EPO Litigation Matters 2025: UP/UPC, Claim interpretation; HLK Claiming materials inventions; PCT Lecture #5 Preparing a PCT Request; 12/4 EPO Litigation Matters 2025: Patent litigation learning package; Assessment of inventive step; British Library Patents and Patent Searching; WIPO Global Brand Database; USPTO Overview PCT &Hague System, Paris Route; 12/9-10 &15-16, 2025 INPIT (Japan) Advanced patent search training (new); 12/5 Tohoku University Patent Search and Analysis, Including FTO Utilizing Gen AI (new, [added 12/21]);12/9 Wilson Gunn Patenting biofuels and fertilizers; Patsnap Sequence Searching with Patsnap Bio; Questel Orbit Intelligence – Analytics; Questel Orbit Insight - the basics; 12/10 WIPO IP Databases Insider; D Young & Co UPC Case Law; WIPO Smart Searching using Hague Databases; PIUG Community Engagement Hour: Embracing AI (new); BARDEHLE-PAGENBERG IP Academy The EPO's Enlarged Board of Appeal; USPTO CPC, harmonization efforts (new); 12/11 Managing IP/CAS Strategic patent search design; 12/12 PCT Lecture #8 After ISR/WO; 112/15 Technical Information Institute (Japan)  Efficiency of patent practice and prompt design by generative AI  (+ 12/16-29 on demand) (new);  PCT Lecture #8 ePCT “actions; 12/16-17 USPTO Patent searching & novelty assessment (2 days); 12/16 DeepIP Unified AI Patent Analysis (new); Questel Basic Training Orbit Intelligence; WIPO NPL in PATENTSCOPE; PCT Lecture #10 Filing a Demand; USPTO Non-traditional trademarks (3D, etc.) (new); 12/17 EPO/OECD Quantum Technologies Study (new);  BARDEHLE-PAGENBERG IP Academy Claim drafting workshop; PCT Lecture #11 PCT declarations; 12/18 Patsnap Analytics Mastering Technology Landscapes; PCT Lecture #12 National-phase entry; 12/19 PCT Lecture #13 US NP entry vs. bypass continuation; USPTO Federal trademark searching; 12/22 PCT Lecture #14 US national-phase entry; 12/23 PCT Lecture #15 USPTO: PCT-PPH, vs.Track I; 12/29 Questel Basic Training Orbit Intelligence; 12/30 Questel Orbit Intelligence – Analytics; Questel Advanced Training Orbit Intelligence

 

 

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Mon. Dec. 1, 2025

1:00 – 2:00 PM ET | 19.00 – 20.00 CET

WIPO PCT Lecture series L3 Selecting a Receiving Office, RO/US versus RO/IB (Registration)

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

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

See Presentation slides (2025) (56 p.)

Add. Info. See a recording (56:56) and slides (66 slides) of the Session 3 of The 2022 Virtual PCT Training (SLW Institute, Feb. 14, 2022): PCT Request (Form PCT/RO/101) as a source of biblio data; Threshold for picking an RO (applicants’ citizenship or domicile); p.25: Countries bound by Paris Convention not members of PCT (Afghanistan (AF), Argentina (AR), Bangladesh (BD), Bolivia (BO), Iraq (IQ), Jamaica (JM), Lebanon (LB), Nepal (NP), Pakistan (PK), Paraguay (PY), Uruguay (UY), Venezuela (VE), Yemen (YE), etc.); “applicant of convenience”(p.28-30, see also 2022 SLW S.5 slides, 9-17); ISA’s and IPEA‘ based on ROs choice (p.31-33 & 44); “lacks of competence”:RO/US=> RO/IB (p.35); Foreign Filing License status (p.37); “address for correspondence” vs. agent status (p.53-54); The Only RO/IB for: UAE (AE), Angola (AO), Dominica (DM), Guatemala (GT), Kuwait (KW), Laos (LA), Sri Lanka (LK), Madagascar (MG), Nigeria (NG), etc. (p.59)

 

Tue. Dec. 2, 2025

10:00 - 11:00 AM ET | 16:00 - 17:00 CET

Patsnap Eureka: Turning Technology Monitoring into Competitive Advantage (Registration)

Speaker: Rebeka Ramsey, Patsnap

Use efficient search techniques; Track competitors over time; Monitor emerging technologies //Benchmarking, trend analysis

Add. Info: See also PatSnap Eureka Help files: Searching in Eureka; Patent DNA; Technology Roadmap Playbook; Eureka Analysis; Cascading Filter for Technical Output; Application Domain Exploration, See additional competitive analysis & technology monitoring tools in Patsnap Analytics & Patsnap Discovery in notes to May 27, 2025 webinar below.

 

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

IPWarchdog/IP Author: Patent Prosecution in 2026 – The Real-World Impact of GenAI in Patent Practice (Registration)

Panelists: Samir Riyani, CEO of IP Author, John Laurence, Cole-Frieman, and Elizabeth Shipsides, The Bazile Group, and Gene Quinn, IPWatchdog (moderator)

Join us …for a discussion about what AI can do for patent practitioners, and how Generative AI is literally transforming every stage of patent prosecution — from drafting and prior art search to office action responses.

Add. Info on IPAuthor AI Prior Art Search in comments to IP Author presentation at 15th IP Service World, Munich, Germany, Nov 24, 2025, 14:00 CET

 

1:00 – 2:00 PM ET | 19.00 – 20.00 CET

WIPO PCT Lecture series L4 Selecting an International Searching Authority, Applicant of Convenience (Registration)

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

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

See Presentation slides (2025) (57 p.)

Add. Info. See a recording (54:43) and slides (54 slides) of the Session 4 of The 2022 Virtual PCT Training (SLW Institute, Feb. 16, 2022): [Background for selection of ISAs,Applicant of convenience to extend ISA choices, factors for an ISA choice]. Current ISAs: AT, AU, BR, CA, CL, CN, EA, EG, EP, ES, FI, IL, IN, JP, KR, PH, RU, SA, SE, SG, TR, UA, US, XN (Nordic Patent Institute [DK+IS+NO]) and XV (Visegrad Patent Institute [CZ+HU+PL+SK]) (p.2 of 2025 slides); Factors for selection: quality, cost for1st invention, suitability for PPH, provision of cited refs.[p.24]; ISAs (AU, IL, JP, KR, RU, SG, and US) and ISA/EP search results =>Global PPH (AT, AU, CA, DE, DK, EE, ES, FI, GB. HU, IL, IS, JP, KR, NO, PT, RU, SE, SG, US); IP5 PPH; Language [Searchers] Competency (p.18 SG –+Chinese, KR –+Japanese, IL +Hebrew, Russian…); Excluded and not required to search subject matter (p.19); EP limit 2 independent claims in same category (p.22); Outsoursing (USA/ISA); Later choice of IPEA (p.27); Applicant of Convenience (p.34-53, incl. AOC reassignment for MW for AR applicant, p. 38-49, also a recording of 2022 SLW Session 5, 8:09-35:10); For more details The PCT Applicant's Guide, ISA: Intr to int. phase, Ch.7, Annex D for each country (linked to the Guide Index); see WIPO ISA and IPEA Agreements (Art. 2 Basic Obligations, Art. 4 Not required to search; Annexes (A States & Languages; B SIS; C Not excluded; E Classification; G Int. type SR) (if any)); Osabe, Y., Dec. 2024. Factors affecting patent applicant choice of International Searching Authority. World Pat. Info, 79, 102323. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.wpi.2024.102323

 

Wed.-Thu. Dec. 3- 4, 2025

4:00-6.55 AM ET | 10.00-12.55 CET

EPO Litigation Matters 2025 (Registration)

Highlights the Program for Wed.-Thu. Dec. 3- 4, 2025, see below

 

Wed. Dec. 3, 2025

4:10-4:40 AM ET | 10.10-10.40 CET

EPO Litigation Matters 2025 Day 1 (Registration)

The status of the Unitary Patent and new dashboard. Updates on the UPC CMS. Heli Pihlajamaa, Patent Law and Procedures, EPO, Alexander Ramsay, UPC Registrar

4:40-5:40 AM ET | 10.40-11.40 CET

Panel 1: Claim interpretation (based on G1/24). Ingo Beckedorf, BoA, EPO (Moderator)Ingeborg Simonsson, Judge, UPC CoA; Ángel Galgo Peco, CoA of Madrid; Rt Hon Lord Justice Arnold, Judge, UK CoA

 

9:30 – 10:30 AM ET | 15:30 – 16:30 CET

HLK Claiming materials inventions (Registration)

Speakers: Michael Euan Ford, Harriet Crawford, and Luke Dent, HLK

Our expert speakers will share practical guidance for drafting claims and addressing objections from recent EPO case law and our experience in this field. We will touch on use claims, essential features and result-to-be-achieved objections, and what to do when the manufacturing process is a key aspect of the invention. Topics: Crafting second non-medical use claims for materials inventions. When is a claim feature essential and when is it a result to be achieved? Characterising materials by manufacturing processes: product-by-process claims, process features and parameters

 

1:00 – 2:00 PM ET | 19.00 – 20.00 CET

WIPO PCT Lecture series L5 Preparing a PCT Request – Making use of ePCT and getting benefit of validations (Registration)

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

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

Live Demo of ePCT filing

Add. Info. WIPO. Mastering ePCT webinar series: ePCT Filing (Apr. 17, 2025, video on demand (1:33:09, tutorial 19:29-1:02:02), slides (26 p.), Q&A Report (12 p.)); ePCT User Guide FAQs: ePCT-Filing, Example of ePCT Filing [at RO/IB] (+ video 42:36), ePCT Filing with RO/US, ePCT Filing section by section (New IA, Priority, Designations, Names, International Search, Declarations, Biology, etc.) etc.; ePCT Demo Environment for Test Filings; (Cf. PCT Applicant's Guide, Intro to the Int. Phase, Ch. 5: Filing an Int. Application: The Request); WIPO. Learn the PCT (2013): Episode 3 - Filing Applications (17:56)

 

Thu. Dec. 4, 2025

EPO Litigation Matters 2025 Day 2 (Registration)

5:15-5:30 AM ET | 11.15-11.30 CET

Presentation of the EPO patent litigation learning package. Lina Patel, Litigation Training Lead, European Patent Academy, EPO

6:15-6:55 AM ET | 12.15-12.55 CET

Panel 6: Assessment of inventive step Sergio Arrojo, EPO BoA (moderator), Mojca Mlakar, Judge, UPC Ljubljana LD and High Court Judge, Administrative Court of the Republic of Slovenia; Anna-Lena Klein, Judge, UPC Milan CD, Kai Härmand, Judge, UPC Nordic Baltic RD/Harju County Court, Estonia

This panel will explore the state of harmonisation of inventive step assessment in patent litigation by the national courts, UPC and EPO. The discussion will identify the commonalities and any divergences in practices.

 

7:00 -8:30AM EST | 13.00 -14:30 CET

British Library An Introduction to Patents and Patent Searching (Registration)

Presenter: Ziaad Khan, British Library, Business & IP Centre

This online webinar will explain the basics behind patents, patent protection and registration, and how to use internet databases and resources to search for patents. The session will include a live demonstration of a patent search to guide delegates through the process.

 

11:00 AM- 12:00 PM ET |17:00 - 18:00 CET

WIPO Overview of the Global Brand Database (Registration)

See copies of selected previous presentations Overview of the GBD (45 p., Jan. 28, 2025), GBD: the basics (38 p., Mar.6, 2025), GBD: the searches (110 p., Mar.13, 2025), GBD Autumn Session 1 - Brand name search + Data coverage (25 p., Nov. 5, 2025); S2 - Brand logo search + Vienna Assistant (25 p., Nov. 12, 2025); S3 - Advanced searches + Creating report (25 p., Nov. 19, 2025); S4 - Explore tab + G &S Explorer (32 p.. Nov. 26, 2024), S5 - Practical exercises (30 p., Dec. 3, 2024), GBD Summer Session 5 – Practical exercises (17 p., Sep.. 4, 2024)

 

14:00 - 15:30 PM ET | 20:00 - 21:30 CET

USPTO The Path to a Patent, Part VI: Pursuing patent protection abroad (Registration)

Experts from the USPTO International Patent Legal Administration will discuss considerations and options for filing foreign patent applications. The discussion will include an overview of the PCT and The Hague System for the International Registration of Industrial Designs and the use of the Paris Convention for non-PCT countries.

Add. info. See a copy of presentation one of previous sessions “Pursuing patent protection abroad:Including the Patent Cooperation Treaty and the Hague System for Industrial Designs” (USPTO, Aug 2023, 71 p.)

 

 

Fri. Dec. 5, 2025

1:00 -3:00 AM ET | 15.00 – 17.00 JST

60th Tohoku University IP Seminar: "Patent Search and Analysis Necessary for Business, Including FTO Searches Utilizing Generative AI" (Engl. Transl) (added 12/21/2025)

Speakers: Yoshihide Tsunobuchi  (角渕 由英), Ph.D, QPIP, and Akihisa Tsuchimoto (土本晃久), Ph.D, Patent Attorneys, Lexeed Law Firm

This lecture will explain patent search and analysis necessary for business, focusing on FTO searches, including the utilization of generative AI.

Presentation slides (97 p.) (Engl. Transl.) (See also slides transcript/Engl. Transl atn the bottom of the page)

Examples of using GenAI: (1) ChatGPT 5.1.https://chatgpt.com/share/691c3f01-0eb0-8009-b009-24fcef96b19a, (Slides # 57, 61, ‘MOF used for treatment and adsorption of carbon dioxide and exhaust gas, preliminary search/search strategy), referenced to How to make a patent search strategy (witha prompt) at #58); (2) First screening (classification allocation of search results in 10 classes using Gemini in Google Spreadsheets), Slide #62; (3) ChatGPT 5.1 https://chatgpt.com/share/691d241d-43dc-8009-a757-b7e0394c2f26 (Slide 65, relevance ranking for secondary screening, (4) ChatGPT 5.1 https://chatgpt.com/share/691d2d3a-ea28-8009-aed7-6ae5e012ec50 (Slide 67-68, Claim Chart); (5) ChatGPT 5.1Thinking https://chatgpt.com/share/69201cc9-d3b8-8009-9252-6c10a47e32c6 (Hypothetical case MOFs CALF-20 for CO2 adsorption, Slides 74-93) (Note: Shared ChatGPT sessions could be translated, for example, in Firefox or Chrome browsers)

 

 

 

Tue –Wed.  Dec.9-10, and Mon.-Tue, 15-16, 2025

INPIT (Japan) Advanced Patent search training (Let's get closer to the examiner's point of view!) (Online & Tokyo) * 43,000 yen ~$276)

From Curriculum (Engl. Transl) (Original, in Jap.): Search Index (IPC, FI and F-terms, information necessary to improve the accuracy of prior art searches) (3h) [Kazuhiko Miyata (宮田 和), Clarivate, former JPO examiner],; Prior art search (knowledge section) (methods for identifying inventions, cited examples, and making comparisons and judgments in accordance with the  JPO examination guidelines; methods for conducting prior art searches incl.  consideration of  inventive step, incorporating the know-how of patent examiners) (5 h) Shunsuke Yamamoto (山本 俊介), Graduate School of Law, Hitotsubashi University; Selection exercises [to determine the patentability a hypothetical patent application] based on [multiple candidate cited] references (4h.); "Advanced search viewing equipment" (with some functional limitations) equivalent to the equipment used by patent examiners;  Prior art search (practice session) (4.5 h); Discussion of practical session results and to writing  a search report (4.5 h)

Add Info: Japanese FI/F-Term Classification (IP Australia Manual, 4.4.3.2.3, 24 Oct 2025); Outline of FI/F-term (JPO, 2013, 67 p.); FI and F-terms *JPO, 2022, 26 p,) JPO Classification webpage;  Prior Art Search  (Entry level) (JPO, 77 p,) Examination Guidelines for Patent and Utility Model in Japan, Pt. 1, Ch.2 Sec.2 Prior Art Search and Determination of Novelty, Inventive Step, etc. (11 p.) and  Pt. 3, Ch.2 Sec.3 Procedure of Determining Novelty and Inventive Step” (12 p.), Example of a [JPO] search report; “Advanced Search and Browsing Devices"(Image)(INPIT)

 

Tue. Dec. 9, 2025

6:00 - 6:45 AM ET | 12.00 – 12.45 CET

Wilson Gunn Patenting innovations in biofuels and fertilisers (Registration)

Speaker: Mohammed Khimji, Associate, Wilson Gunn

In this webinar, we’ll explore how innovations in biofuels and fertilisers can be protected through patents, what makes an invention in this space patentable, and why securing patent rights can provide a strategic advantage in such a fast-evolving and competitive industry.

 

10:00 - 11:00 AM ET | 16:00 - 17:00 CET

Patsnap Life Science Essentials: Mastering Sequence Searching with Patsnap Bio (Registration)

Speaker: Chloe Henry, Senior Project Manager, Patsnap

Uncover quick and comprehensive insights on biological sequences using Patsnap Bio. Search for biological sequences using search options and parameters; Explore and refine your sequence results; Identify associated patents; locate sequences within patent documents using Patsnap’s Sequence Assistant tool…

Add. Info: Patsnap Bio Statistics: 1.01B Sequences from patents, 2.38M Patents with sequences; 598M Sequences from literatures; 2.55M Literatures with sequences; 49.62M Degenerate sequences; 80 Jurisdictions covered; Features Overview (w/screenshots):01 Enter your sequence of interest; 02 Filter your results; 03 Analyze; 04 Dive into the detail; Searching in Bio (Sequences, Motif search, Fragment search, Degenerate, Modification, Combined search); Patsnap Bio Help; Sequence searching: Basic Searching , Motif Searching , Combined Search , Fragment Searching , Search by Subject Sequence; Chemical Modification Search;Workflows: A New Way of Searching and Identifying Protein or Nucleotide Sequences (+ on demand webinar) Cf. Bio Professional

 

10:00 – 11:30AM ET | 16.00 - 17.30 CET

Questel Orbit Intelligence - Analytics (Registration)

 

10:00 – 11:30AM ET | 16.00 - 17.30 CET

Questel Orbit Insight - the basics (Registration)

 

Wed. Dec. 10, 2025

7:00 AM – 12:00 PM ET | 13.00 -16.00 CET

WIPO IP Databases Insider (Registration)

“It's a half-day online workshop covering PATENTSCOPE, Global Brand Database, and Global Design Database. We'll walk through 3 practical cases, one for each database, showing you how to get the most out of these tools. You'll see systematic approaches for trademark conflict checking, methods to spot design trends and market opportunities, and advanced PATENTSCOPE techniques that actually work. This is for IP professionals who want reliable, repeatable search processes instead of random clicking around databases. The practical stuff” (Source: Magdalena Zelenkovska,WIPO @ LinkedIn)

 

8:00 – 9:00 AM ET | 14.00 -16.00 CET

D Young & Co UPC Case Law, Observations & Analysis (Registration)

Speakers: Rachel Bateman, David Al-Khalili and Laura Jennings, D Young & Co

…the most up to date UPC observations and analysis: UPC statistics and news; UPC procedural aspects v those of the EPO; Claim construction, Preliminary injunctions and long-arm injunction

Add. Info: D Young & Co articles:UP & UPC statistics and trends: a two-year check in , 12 June 2025, Permissibility of new arguments and facts during proceedings: comparing EPO and UPC practice, 31 Oct.2025, G1/24 practice points: clarity on claim interpretation principles, 19 Aug. 2025 First UPC injunction covering the UK: Fujifilm v Kodak, 31 Oct. 2025; Previous webinar 18 June 2025 (1:05:19)

 

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

WIPO Smart Searching using Hague Databases (Registration)

Speaker: Jonah Asher, WIPO

Get a sneak preview of the upcoming advanced search in the Hague System Bulletin, which enables deeper, more targeted queries to uncover more results than ever before. You’ll also see how to effectively use the Global Design Database and make the most of the Hague System Member Profiles to understand Office-specific procedures. Through practical examples and tips, this webinar will help you become an expert at using Hague databases to use the System with confidence

Add. Info:International Designs Bulletin, Global Design Database, Hague System Member Profiles

 

 

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

PIUG Community Engagement Hour: Embracing AI (RSVP) (Zoom Link) (new)

Theme: Patent Information Professionals: Embracing AI to Stay Ahead of the Curve - Chapter 2

AI in Action; Evaluate the Latest Tools  advanced LLMs, improved accuracy); Practical applications: Overcoming AI obstacles; Networking  with colleagues experimenting with AI tools

Add. Info: Please note Perplexity Patents, released Nov.30, 2025 and free during beta testing period.

 

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

BARDEHLE-PAGENBERG IP Academy The EPO's Enlarged Board of Appeal - Referrals and Petitions for Review (iCal)

Speaker: Dr. Albert Lindner, BARDEHLE-PAGENBERG (a former Chairman of an EPO Board of Appeal in the fields of life sciences and small organic molecules).

  

1:00 – 2:00 PM ET | 19.00 -29.00 CET

USPTO SOaR Cooperative Patent Classification - world classification systems and harmonization efforts (Registration) (new)

Are you interested in broadening your knowledge of the Cooperative Patent Classification (CPC) system, related to world classification systems, and harmonization efforts? If so, join our next Classification Cafe Foundational Knowledge session. Experts from our Classification Quality and International Coordination (CQIC) division will cover: Why we use classification; Relationships between classification systems; Benefits of harmonization

 

 

Thu., Dec. 11, 2025

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

Managing IP/CAS From bias to breakthrough: how to strengthen IP search outcomes (Registration)

Speakers: Matt McBride and Mike Axton, CAS

Critical references in prior art searches continued to be missed by even sophisticated search teams “due to underlying human, linguistic, or strategic blind spots”. The experts from CAS will examine: human bias; diminishing returns vs. remaining risks, “degrees of separation in prior art (the ‘Kevin Bacon effect'')”; Semantic gaps in patent searching. The session will discuss “poor query design, incomplete content sources, lack of subject-matter context, and over-reliance on automation”. Examples from drug discovery and complex technical fields will illustrate methods to minimize critical search errors.

 

Add. Info: Meet the CAS IP Services℠ team; Blasi, Peter, 2022. Avoiding Costly IP Missteps: Avoiding Costly IP Missteps: Insights for high-quality due diligence searches, CAS IP Search Insights. (Also at Managing IP, July 20 2022

 

Fri., Dec. 12, 2025

1:00 – 2:00 PM ET | 19.00 – 20.00 CET

WIPO PCT Lecture series L8 What to do when the International Search Report and Written Opinion arrive, do you file a Demand? (Registration)

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

This is the 8th-part of 15-part PCT lectures series, Nov. 25-Dec.23, 2025

Add. Info. See a recording (55:23) and slides (44 slides) of the Session 8 of The 2022 Virtual PCT Training (SLW Institute, Feb. 28, 2022). PCT Forms: Form PCT/ISA/210 (International Search Report, ISR), PCT/ISA/237 (Written Opinion, WO) (p.10 (2022 SLWsides)); PCT/ISA/220 Notification of Transmittal of the ISR and the WO of the ISA, or the Declaration; Capture copies of the cited references, for ISA/KR, from the ephemeral web page (p.16); X & Y Refs. In ISR (p.17); Strategic decisions (p.20): Article 19 amendment?(p.21); Filing [PCT Ch.2] Demand? (p.27-30); Informal Comments to the IB? (p.22); Enter national phase/PPH (p.25); Withdraw application to prevent publication? (p.22); Invitation to Pay Additional Fees [non-unity] (p.32-34); PCT/ISA/203 Declaration of Non-Establishment (p.35); PCT/ISA/225 Invitation to Furnish Sequence Listing (p.36); PCT/ISA/216 Invitation to Request Rectification (p.38); Request Supplementary International Search (SIS), SISAs: AT, EP, FI, RU, SE, SG (search in Chinese),TR, UA, XN, XV (p.39-40); WIPO. Learn the PCT (2013): Episode 15 - Supplementary International Search

 

Mon., Dec. 15, 2025

 8:30 PM (12/14) -2:30 AM (12/15) EST | 3.30 -8:30 CET | 10:30 – 16:30 JST (and on demand, Dec. 19-29, 20205

Technical Information Institute, Co. LTD. Efficiency of patent practice and prompt design by generative AI (Registration., 55,000yen/$353) (in Japanese) (new)

Speaker: Dr. Naritoshi Kawakami (川上 成年 ), Intellectual Property Design Co., Ltd.

This lecture will explain practical methods for intellectual property work that utilize large-scale language models such as ChatGPT, Claude, and Gemini. From patent applications to specification drafting, prosecution, and patent data analysis, participants will learn the skillset and practical application methods required for intellectual property professionals in the AI  era through specific prompt design and tool usage methods. From the program: 1. Fundamentals of generative AI (LLMs); ChatGPT, Claude, Google AI, Notebook LM;  Essential skills: 1. Basics and applications of creating prompts. 2. Using APIs (integration with Google Spreadsheets); 2. … Support for prior art searches:(1) Creating patent search formulas; (2) Converting search formulas to logical formulas; (3) Primary screening (using GPT functions); (4) Secondary screening with Notebook LM; (5) Evaluating invention proposals with Gemini 2.5; 3. Patent Data Analysis: ChatGPT's Interactive Charts and Advanced Data Analysis Function; Patent Data Formatting (Applicant Name Matching, Applicant Screening) and Extraction; Classification (Google Spreadsheets,  GPT Functions ChatGPT Agent; Visualization: Ranking,  Time Series and Bar Graphs;  Comparative Analysis and Concept Generation; 4. Analysis and Creation of Diagrams and Images Using Generative AI (LLM's Multimodal Functions, Interpretation of Co-occurrence:Network Diagrams; Interpretation of Correspondence; Determining Similarity of Designs; Extraction of Technical Information from Invention Drawings, etc.

Add. Info: The New Era of Patent Information Analysis Opened by Generative AI: From Semantic Classification through Contextual Understanding of Patent Information to New Business Concept Development (Dr. Naritoshi Kawakami, Summaria Webinar, Oct. 3, 2025, on Japanese, Transcript (in English)): Kawakami, Naritoshi., 2024. Introduction to Patent Data Analysis with ChatGPT 4o.., 174 p. (on Amazon)

 

 

1:00 – 2:00 PM ET | 19.00 – 20.00 CET

WIPO PCT Lecture series L9 Using ePCT for “actions” such as 92bis requests (Registration)

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

This is the 9th-part of 15-part PCT lectures series, Nov. 25-Dec.23, 2025

Add. Info. See a recording (52:32) and slides (26 slides) of the Session 9 of The 2022 Virtual PCT Training (SLW Institute, Mar. 2, 2022). Examples of ePCT actions (p.7 of 2022 slides): Amendments under Art. 19, Declarations under Rule 4.17 (Lecture 11), Licensing availability request (p.8), Observations on close prior art (TPO), PCT/RO/134 Indications Relating to Deposited Microorganism or Other Biological Material; Request for early publication (Rule 48.4) (p.12), Rule 92bis change request (cf. PCT/RO/113) (p.13), Submit/Withdraw Chapter II Demand (p.16, Lecture 10), Withdraw designations/election(s)/International Application (p.17), /priority claim(s) (p.18) (cf. PCT/IB/372); WIPO.Learn the PCT (2013): Episode 24 - Amendments (15:22); E11 - Recording of Changes to Biblio Data under PCT Rule 92bis (10:49); E28 - Disclosure of Microorganisms and Biological Materials (9:31); E27 - Withdrawal (15:18); WIPO [Requesting Early Publication] (Practical Advice):, PCT Newsletter 10/2022; Oppedahl, Carl. Requesting early PCT publication. Ant-Like Persistence Blog, Jul. 20, 2020

 

Tue. –Wed. Dec. 16-17, 2025

9:00 AM - 4:00 p.m. ET | 15.00 - 23.59 CET

USPTO Learn to assess the strengths and weaknesses of your patent application (Interest Form)

In two-day virtual workshop …we’ll guide you through searching public patent databases to determine if your idea is completely new or has ever been used for the same purpose

 

Tue. Dec. 16, 2025

10:00 – 10:45AM ET | 16.00 - 16.45 CET

DeepIP Unified AI Patent Analysis: From Patentability to FTO and Invalidity (Registration) (Replay, 23:43))

Presenter: Tyra Laws, DeepIP

DeepIP’s New Modules for Patentability, FTO, and Invalidity: Patentability - Enhance disclosure preparation by breaking inventions into features and instantly surfacing relevant prior art; FTO Analysis - Identify blocking claims across jurisdictions with automated feature-to-claim mapping; Invalidity Search - patent and NPL search; Auto-generate obviousness combinations, chronologies, and reasoning

Add. Info: DeepIP, FTO Analysis; Invalidity Search; Patentability Search; The Corporate IP Guide to Agentic Patent Search: Applying Autonomous AI Across the Patent Lifecycle. Lexology, (Dec. 12, 2025), Agentic Search for Prior Art and Patentability Searches, DeepAI and Lexology Blogs, Sep. 9, 2025; Prip LLC, [DeepIP’s AI-enhanced semantic patent search  and claim-level analysis evaluation], Prip LLC Blog, Nov. 18, 2025

 

10:00 – 11:30AM ET | 16.00 - 17.30 CET

Questel Basic Training Orbit Intelligence (Registration)

 

11:30 – 12:15 AM ET | 17.30 -18.15 CET (also 12/18 at 8:30 CET)

WIPO Non-Patent Literature (NPL) in PATENTSCOPE (Registration)

Speaker: Sandrine Ammann, WIPO

See copy of a previous presentation (61 p., Sep. 24, 2024))

 

1:00 – 2:00 PM ET | 19.00 – 20.00 CET

WIPO PCT Lecture series L10 Filing a Demand (Registration)

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

This is the 10th-part of 15-part PCT lectures series, Nov. 25-Dec.23, 2025

Add. Info. See a recording (55:36) and slides (45 slides) of the Session 10 of The 2022 Virtual PCT Training (SLW Institute, Mar. 4, 2022). Filing a Demand and Article 34 Amendment (p.10 of 2022 slides); File a Demand? [quick EP patent?] (p.12-17); Picking an IPEA (p.15, 18); Picking How to Amend [Art. 19 [Pregrant Damages] vs. Art. 34] (p.19-20,22); Filing a Demand (cf. PCT/IPEA/401) (p.23-32); Maybe a Second WO (p.40), IPRP Chapter I or II? (p.42); Favorable IPRP from IPEA/EP (p.45); WIPO.Learn the PCT (2013): Episode 18 - International Preliminary Examination – Purpose (12:30); E16 - Whether to File a Demand (11:50); E24 - Amendments (15:22); Mewburn Ellis, PCT Applications - Chapter II Demand; WIPO, Guidance on how to file amendments under Articles 19 and 34

 

2:00 – 3:30 PM ET | 20.00 – 21.30 CET

USPTO Examination of non-traditional trademarks (Registration by 12/15)

Speakers: Jennifer Williston, Cory Boone, Carrie Genovese, and Jason Lott, USPTO

Slides (69 p., Searching for NTMs, p.58-69 + live demo in video); Video recording would be posted on Trademark videos on a later day)

Learn from our expert attorneys as they discuss case law and the importance of functionality and distinctiveness in the registrability of non-traditional trademarks (three-dimensional configurations or shapes, color, sound, marks, scent, taste, or touch marks) and how to search NTM.

 

 Wed., Dec. 17, 2025

 8:00 – 10:00 AM ET | 14.00 -16.00 CET

EPO/OECD Scaling up quantum innovation (Live Event) (new)

The EPO and OECD will host a hybrid event on quantum innovation to launch their landmark study examining the evolution of quantum technologies.

Presentation of key insights from the joint study. Pere Arque Castells, Observatory on Patents and Technology, EPO and Guy Lalanne, Productivity, Innovation and Entrepreneurship, OECD   [overview of patenting trends in quantum innovation,  landscaping of quantum companies, etc.]

Add. Info: EPO, OECD, Mapping the global quantum ecosystem: A comprehensive analysis based on innovation, firm, investment, skills, trade and policy data. European Patent Office, Dec. 2025, 163 pp. (see Ch. 3 Quantum patent landscaping, pp, 37-66, incl.  Box. 1  Methodology, data sources and final mapped dataset, p.37, Annex 1 Quantum patent cartography: supplementary material, p.136-139); EPO Quantum Technologies Platform (Subsections: Communication: Optical realisation; Quantum memories; Quantum key distribution; Information networks; Communication; Computing: Models; Physical realisation; Algorithms; Error corrections; Programming; Computing; Sensing; Gravitation, rotation and acceleration; Time; Magnetic fields; Chemical detection; Imaging (with Espacenet search strategies, search results and statistics); Deep Tech Finder (w/ new technical filed filters: Quantum Communication/Computing/Sensing)

  

12:00 PM – 1:30 PM ET | 18.00 -19.30 CET

BARDEHLE-PAGENBERG IP Academy Claim drafting workshop (iCal)

Speaker:Tobias Kaufmann, BARDEHLE-PAGENBERG

See upon registration for IP Academy) a recording (1:38:20) of Oct. 25, 2023 workshop and copy of slides, 38 p. (in the 2023-2025 course archive)

 

1:00 – 2:00 PM ET | 19.00 – 20.00 CET

WIPO PCT Lecture series L11 PCT declarations (Registration)

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

This is the 11th-part of 15-part PCT lectures series, Nov. 25-Dec.23, 2025

Add. Info. See a recording (58:47) and slides (45 slides) of the Session 10 of The 2022 Virtual PCT Training (SLW Institute, Mar. 8, 2022). Five Kinds of PCT Declarations (p.10-14 of 2022 slides); (1) Identity of the inventor (p.14-19) (2) Applicant’s entitlement for a granted patent (p.20-28); (3) Applicant’s Entitlement to claim priority; SAPSIT problem (p.29-38); (4) Declaration of inventorship (for US); (5) Non-prejudicial disclosures or exceptions to lack of novelty (p.42-46); WIPO, Learn the PCT (2013): Episode 4 - Declarations under Rule 4.17 (11:53)

 

Thu., Dec. 18, 2025

10:00 - 11:00 AM ET | 16:00 - 17:00 CET

Patsnap Analytics Essentials: Mastering Technology Landscapes & Impactful Reporting (Registration)

Speaker: Carley Langleben, Project Manager, Patsnap

We’ll show you how to make the most of our suite of visualization features: effective reporting techniques; 3D landscapes for technology mapping and whitespace analysis;, customized graphs and customizable dashboards

Add. Info: Patent Analytics & IP Intelligence Platform; Patsnap Analytics Help Center

 

1:00 – 2:00 PM ET | 19.00 – 20.00 CET

WIPO PCT Lecture series L12 National-phase entry generally (Registration)

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

This is the 12th-part of 15-part PCT lectures series, Nov. 25-Dec.23, 2025

Add. Info. See a recording (59:22) and slides (27 slides) of the Session 15 of The 2022 Virtual PCT Training (SLW Institute, Mar. 10, 2022). WIPO, Learn the PCT: Episode 25 - Entry into the National Phase (26:17)

 

Fri., Dec. 19, 2025

1:00 – 2:00 PM ET | 19.00 – 20.00 CET

WIPO PCT Lecture series L13 US national-phase entry vs. bypass continuation (Registration)

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

This is the 13th-part of 15-part PCT lectures series, Nov. 25-Dec.23, 2025

Add. Info. See a recording (37:53) and slides (58 slides) of the Session 13 of The 2022 Virtual PCT Training (SLW Institute, Mar. 14, 2022). US protection from PCT application: (1)national phase entry, 35 USC § 371 or (2) Bypass continuation, 35 USC § 111a and 35 USC § 120

 

3:00 – 4:00 PM ET | 21.00 – 22.00 CET

USPTO Federal trademark searching: Overview (Registration)

This webinar will introduce you to the fundamental mechanics of using our trademark search system. … Basic search strategy, Common searches, Finding help

Add. Info: Trademark Search System; Federal trademark searching; Trademark search: Help. Cf. Trademark Status & Document Retrieval (TSDR)

 

Mon., Dec. 22, 2025

1:00 – 2:00 PM ET | 19.00 – 20.00 CET

WIPO PCT Lecture series L14 Best practices and procedure for US national-phase entry (Registration)

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

This is the 14th-part of 15-part PCT lectures series, Nov. 25-Dec.23, 2025

Add. Info. See a recording (59:40) and slides (32 slides) of the Session 14 of The 2022 Virtual PCT Training (SLW Institute, Mar. 16, 2022).

 

Tue., Dec. 23, 2025

1:00 – 2:00 PM ET | 19.00 – 20.00 CET

WIPO PCT Lecture series L15 USPTO: PCT-PPH, vs.Track I (Registration)

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

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

Add. Info. See a recording (59:21) and slides (57 slides) of the Session 15 of The 2022 Virtual PCT Training (SLW Institute, Mar. 18, 2022).

 

Mon. Dec, 29, 2025

10:00 – 11:30AM ET | 16.00 - 17.30 CET

Questel Basic Training Orbit Intelligence (Registration)

 

Tue., Dec. 30, 2025

9:00 – 10:00AM ET | 15.00 - 16.00 CET

Questel Orbit Intelligence - Analytics (Registration)

 

10:00 – 11:30AM ET | 16.00 - 17.30 CET

Questel Advanced Training Orbit Intelligence (Registration)

Updates:

Update 11/30/2025 Dec. 2, 2025 IPWarchdog/IP Author: Patent Prosecution in 2026 – The Real-World Impact of GenAI in Patent Practice; Dec. 3, 2025 HLK Claiming materials inventions, Dec. 9, 2025 Wilson Gunn Patenting innovations in biofuels and fertilisers; Dec. 10, 2025 D Young & Co UPC Case Law, Observations & Analysis; BARDEHLE-PAGENBERG IP Academy The EPO's Enlarged Board of Appeal - Referrals and Petitions for Review; Dec. 11, 2025 Managing IP/CAS From bias to breakthrough: how to strengthen IP search outcomes

Update  12/1 Dec. 10, 2025 PIUG Community Engagement Hour: Patent Information Professionals: Embracing AI to Stay Ahead of the Curve - Chapter 2

 Update 12/2 Dec. 16, 2025 USPTO Examination of non-traditional trademarks 

 Update 12/4/2025 Dec. 10, 2025 USPTO Cooperative Patent Classification on world classification systems and harmonization efforts

 Update 12/5/2025 Dec. 16, 2025 DeepIP Unified AI Patent Analysis: From Patentability to FTO and Invalidity 

Update 12/8/2025 Dec.9-10 & 15-16, 2025 INPIT (Japan) Advanced Patent search training (Let's get closer to the examiner's point of view!) (Online & Tokyo) (in Japanese); Dec. 15, 2025 Technical Information Institute, Co. LTD. Efficiency of patent practice and prompt design by generative AI (in Japanese)

 Update 12/17/2025 Dec. 17, 2025 EPO/OECD Scaling up quantum innovation

Update 12/21/2025 Dec. 5, 2025 60th Tohoku University IP Seminar: "Patent Search and Analysis Necessary for Business, Including FTO Searches Utilizing Generative AI"