Patenting semiconductor technologies
The patenting seminars on patenting semiconductor technologies consist of three seminars:
- The first seminar of this series will be on patenting topics of general interest: classification (CPC), assessing inventive step, key decisions of the Boards of Appeal.
- The second seminar will focus on design aspects: assembling, packaging, power management and technologies supporting intense memory operations.
- The third seminar will discuss 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.
The first session of each seminar is open to patent attorneys and patent examiners. The second session is for patent examiners only.
The live online sessions are scheduled as below:
Seminar 1: First session 09.10.2025 and second session 16.10.2025, at 09.30 hrs CEST (GMT +02:00) Central European Summer Time
Seminar 2: First session 03.11.2025 and second session 06.11.2025 at 09.30 hrs CET (GMT +01:00)
Seminar 3: First session 20.11.2025 and second session 27.11.2025 at 09.30 hrs CET (GMT +01:00)
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Organised by
European Patent Academy
Organised by
European Patent Academy
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Course prerequisites
The first session of each seminar is open to patent examiners and patent attorneys, while the second is reserved for patent examiners only.
Programme
The patenting seminars comprise short technical online courses about one specific aspect of substantive examination or search. Each includes up to three complementary seminars, and comprises two online sessions: a public online session followed by a restricted session (for examiners only). The two sessions are usually about one week apart.
Registration is open for complete series