Launch of "Bulletproof Patents" Newsletter – Elevate Your Patent Drafting Skills

Dear Learners,

We are excited to announce the launch of "Bulletproof Patents", a new newsletter by Prof. Feroz Ali designed to help innovators and patent professionals craft patent claims that are robust, valuable, and strategically sound.

With the rapid advancements in AI and evolving patent landscapes, mastering the art of patent drafting has never been more critical. This newsletter aims to revisit essential patent drafting techniques, equipping you with insights to preempt office objections and satisfy all legal requirements for bulletproof protection.


If you're a patent professional, inventor, or simply passionate about innovation, we invite you to join this journey.


Warm regards,
Prof. Feroz Ali

A brand new lecture series from NPTEL by experts! Today's Topic - FILM SENSE

Dear Learners

Join us for a brand new lecture series from NPTEL!

Today's session:

Topic : Film Sense
Speaker : Mr. Badri Venkatesh
Profession : Film Director
Time : 6:00pm
Link to watch : https://youtu.be/loBJPhlh4vA



NPTEL TEAM

A brand new lecture series from NPTEL by experts! Today's Topic - FILM SENSE

Dear Learners

Join us for a brand new lecture series from NPTEL!

Today's session:

Topic : Film Sense
Speaker : Mr. Badri Venkatesh
Profession : Film Director
Time : 6:00pm
Link to watch : https://youtu.be/loBJPhlh4vA



NPTEL TEAM

Feedback for Patent Drafting for Beginners

Dear student

We are glad that you have attended the NPTEL online certification course.

We hope you found the NPTEL Online course useful and have started using NPTEL extensively.

In this regard, we would like to have a feedback from you regarding our course and whether there are any improvements, you would like to suggest.
 
We are enclosing an online feedback form and would request you to spare some of your valuable time to input your observations. Your esteemed input will help us in serving you better.

The link to give your feedback is : https://goo.gl/forms/jbK9AS2AM6KbZvbM2


We thank you for your valuable time and feedback.

Thanks & Regards,
NPTEL Team

Patent Drafting for Beginners: Examination Pattern

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Hope all of you are up to speed with the lectures and assignments. Most of you had queries regarding the pattern of the exam.

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  • Section I will be of 10 Marks and consists of 10 Multiple Choice Questions.
  • Section II will be 20 Marks and consists of 5 True and False Questions (One option correct) and 5 Multiple Select Questions (more than one correct option). In the case where multiple answers are correct, no mark shall be awarded if all the correct options are not marked.   
  • Section III is of 20 Marks and consists of 2 subjective questions.
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Please note that the examination will have questions that will be a reflect concepts from the course, questions from the assignments and new questions but based on the contents. So we will suggest going through the lectures, assignments to score well in the certification examination.

Wish you the best! 

With warm regards,

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Patent Drafting for Beginners : Hall ticket for April 28/29 NPTEL Online Certification exams is now available for download

Dear Candidate:

If you have registered and paid successfully for the April28/29 NPTEL Online certification exams, your Admit Card/Hall ticket is now available at http://nptelonlinecourses.iitm.ac.in/

Login with your registered Google-enabled account email id (used to access the course on the portal and used for registering for the exam) and its password to access the link. Click on April exam to download the hall ticket(s) for the April28/29 exams, from the link.

2. You can also download it from the alternate link given below:
https://cdn3.digialm.com//EForms/configuredHtml/885/54105/login.html  

Please try to access both the links to download your hall ticket: if you are not able to find your hall ticket in both the links, kindly write to us at nptelexam@nptel.iitm.ac.in
 
Note that you will be able to login here, only if you have a valid registration for exams on April 28/29, 2018. 

Please download hall ticket, take a print out and along with a original ID card, carry it with you to the exam venue (The exam centre address is displayed in the hall ticket). Read all instructions given in the admit card/ hall ticket carefully and follow them.
Download hall tickets for all the exams you have registered for - in case you don't get the hall tickets for any particular course, please write to  nptelexam@nptel.iitm.ac.in .

IMPORTANT:

1. Change of shift, course, exam center, exam city is NOT POSSIBLE.
2. You WILL NOT BE ALLOWED to write the exam if you are showing up at the exam center which is not allocated to you by mistake or by intention.
3. Candidates will not be allowed to write the exam without Hall ticket and proper id proof. Proof on the mobile phones or soft copy of hall ticket is NOT PERMITTED.

NPTEL Team wishes you the very best for the certification exam.

Patent Drafting for Beginners - Study Material

Hello Everyone,

We understand a lot of you were facing trouble downloading the compressed file. So, we have regenerated the link to the PPT slides of the lecture. 

You can access them here https://goo.gl/iMBNHJ

The slides are saved in different folder week wise and are numbered according to the lectures. 

Good Luck!

With warm regards, 

Roshan

Last date for Exam registration extended till March 15, 2018 - 1 pm (Thursday) - Hurry up and register today!!

Dear Candidate

Due to technical issue there was some problem with the exam form since yesterday. Now the issue has been fixed.

Last date for exam registration has been extended till March 15, 2018 - 1 pm (Thursday)

Last date for making the payment individually - March 16, 2018 - 1:00 PM (Friday)

If you have not yet registered for the exam, login to the form and apply for the exam today! If you have filled the form but not done the payment, Please complete the payment before March 16 1:00 pm.

Register for the exam today at: http://nptelonlinecourses.iitm.ac.in/

For other details about exam registration, please check our previous announcement.

NOTE:  NO EXTENSIONS BEYOND THESE DATES WILL BE GIVEN.

-NPTEL Team

Patent Drafting for Beginners :Exam and Certificate Format

Dear student

The certification exam will be conducted at designated centres in the city chosen by you. You have to register for the exam by filling up the form, paying the exam fee, appear in person and score >= 40% to get the certificate.

Register for the exam today at: http://nptelonlinecourses.iitm.ac.in/

Exam registration form closes on March 14, 2018 - 5 pm (Wednesday).

For other details about exam registration, please check our previous announcement.

Type of exam: Computer based exam 

You will have to appear at the allotted exam centre and produce your Hall ticket and Government Photo Identification Card(Example: Driving License,Passport, PAN card, Voter ID, Aadhaar-ID with your Name, date of birth, photograph and signature) for verification and take the exam in person. You can find the allotted exam center details in the hall ticket.

The questions will be on the computer and the answers will have to be entered on the computer; type of questions may include multiple choice questions, fill in the blanks, essay type answers, etc

The hall ticket will be available for download tentatively around 10 - 16th April 2018. We will notify the same through email.
 
FINAL CERTIFICATE:

The final score = 25% assignment score + 75% final certification exam score.
The final score will determine if you will/will not receive a certificate.

1. Final score < 40%: NO certificate

2. Final score between 40% -59%: Certificate of type "Successfully completing the course"

3. Final score between 60% -89%: Certificate with tag "Elite" printed at the top

4. Final score of 90% and above: Certificate with "Elite" tag and the gold medal printed on it.

Please click the link here for certificate format: 
https://goo.gl/ZogyXm

-NPTEL Admin

Last date for Exam registration extended - Hurry up and register today!!

Dear Candidates

Last date for exam registration has been extended till March 14, 2018 - 5 pm (Wednesday)

Last date for making the payment individually - March 15, 2018 - 5 PM (Thursday)

The certification exam will be conducted at designated centers in the city chosen by you. You have to register for the exam by filling up the form, paying the exam fee and appear in person to get the certificate.

Hard and soft copy of Certificate will be awarded only to those candidates who register for the exam, attend the certificate examination and whose Final score > 40%

Register for the exam today at: http://nptelonlinecourses.iitm.ac.in/

For other details about exam registration, please check our previous announcement.

-NPTEL Team

Patent Drafting for Beginners - Reminder For Assignment

Dear Participants, 

We have received "236" submissions for "Assignment 4" so far. 

The due date for the assignment 4 is fast approaching. If you are yet to attempt it, do it at the earliest so as not to miss the submission deadline of "2013-03-07, 23:59 IST". please note that the marks of these assignments will be considered in evaluation of the final grade.

-NPTEL TEAM

Patent Drafting Workbook and Other forum links

Hello Everyone,

We are extremely sorry for the delay in posting this. As promised yesterday, you can access the patent drafting workbooks and other links as follows—

Patent Drafting Workbook— https://goo.gl/edtPPp

Facebook Page— https://www.facebook.com/LexCampus/

Whatsapp group— https://chat.whatsapp.com/HENfYpgyxlL585efV9CB5t

Hope you all enjoying solving the workbook!

With warm regards,

Roshan


 


 

Patent Drafting for Beginners - Reminder For Assignment

Patent Drafting for Beginners - Reminder For Assignment 


Dear Participants, 

Due date for assignment 3 is closed.total submissions :661

We have received "88"submissions for Assignment 4 so far. 

The due date for the assignment 4 is fast approaching. If you are yet to attempt it, do it at the earliest so as not to miss the submission deadline of " 2018-03-07, 23:59 IST." also please note that the marks of the assignments will be considered in evaluation of the final grade.    

-NPTEL Team

LIVE Q&A Session: Patent Drafting for Beginners

Hello Everyone!

This is a quick reminder for today's LIVE session on patent drafting. Prof. will be addressing all your questions there.
He shall also take up some questions that were unanswered on the forum. 
The details of the live session are as below:


Please click on the following link and clarify your doubts.

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COURSE:  Patent Drafting for Beginners 
TIME:  March 1st, 4pm-5pm
PROFESSOR:  Prof. Feroz
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Do join us! We will meet you at 4 pm today!

With warm regards,

Roshan


Upcoming LIVE streaming of NPTEL Online Certification Course Session: Patent Drafting for Beginners

Dear Learners,


Kindly note that we are LIVE streaming one session of the course.
Details are shown below. 
Please click on the following link and clarify your doubts.

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COURSE:  Patent Drafting for Beginners 
TIME:  March 1st, 4pm-5pm
PROFESSOR:  Prof. Feroze
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Request you to share this news with students and faculty.
Suggestion - Students/faculty can perhaps assemble in one room/lab,
watch the session together and post their doubts.

Click on the above link to fill the Google form and share questions you may want to ask the  Professor. 

We would also like to hear from you after the session.
Request you to share your thoughts.

-NPTEL

Week 4 Feedback - Patent Drafting for Beginners

Dear learner

Thank you for continuing with the course and hope you are enjoying it.
We would like to know if the expectations with which you joined this course are being met and hence please do take 2 minutes to fill out our weekly feedback form.
Would help us tremendously in gauging learner experience.



Thank you.
-NPTEL team

Patent Drafting for Beginners - Reminder For Assignment

Dear Participants, 

We have received "210"submissions for Assignment 3 so far. 

The due date for the assignment 3 is fast approaching. If you are yet to attempt it, do it at the earliest so as not to miss the submission deadline of " 2018-02-28, 23:59 IST." also please note that the marks of the assignments will be considered in evaluation of the final grade.    

-NPTEL Team

Patent Drafting: Week 4 Assignments deadline- 7 March 2018

Hello, Week 4 lectures are LIVE now!!

This will be the last set of lectures for the 4-week course on patent drafting. The assignments for this course will have only 5 questions. The last date for submission of the assignment is 7 March 2018. 

In continuation of the course, we shall also conduct a live session this week to discuss patent drafting by using examples and will also answer your doubts and queries. We shall intimate you about the same shortly. Please do check your e-mails and the Ask a question tab on the course page regularly. We request all the students to attend this live session.

Hope you have enjoyed the course!

https://onlinecourses.nptel.ac.in/noc18_hs17/forum

With warm regards,

Roshan


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Patent Drafting for Beginners - Reminder For Assignment


Dear Participants, 

  We have received "844" submissions for "Assignment 1 and  "682" submissions for Assignment 2.Due date for assignment 1 and 2 are already closed.

Submission for Assignment 3: completed 124,so far

The due date for the assignment 3 is fast approaching. If you are yet to attempt it, do it at the earliest so as not to miss the submission deadline of "2018-02-28,23:59" also please note that the marks of the assignments will be considered in evaluation of the final grade.  

-NPTEL Team

Patent Drafting: Week 3 Assignments deadline- 28 February 2018

Hello,

Hope you guys are enjoying the course so far. 

The lectures and Assignment for Week 3 have been released on your portals. You can also access the course using this link-- https://onlinecourses.nptel.ac.in/noc18_hs17/unit?unit=52&lesson=53

The deadline for the assignment is 28 February. If you have any queries do write to us on the Ask a question tab. We will get back to you at the earliest.

Good Luck!

Roshan

Week 3 Feedback - Patent Drafting for Beginners

Dear learner

Thank you for continuing with the course and hope you are enjoying it.
We would like to know if the expectations with which you joined this course are being met and hence please do take 2 minutes to fill out our weekly feedback form.
Would help us tremendously in gauging learner experience.



Thank you.
-NPTEL team

Patent Drafting for Beginners - Reminder For Assignment

Dear Participants, 

  We have received "333" submissions for "Assignment 1 and " "99" submissions for Assignment 2 so far. 

The due date for the assignment 1 and 2 are fast approaching. If you are yet to attempt it, do it at the earliest so as not to miss the submission deadline of "2018-02-21, 23:59 IST" also please note that the marks of the assignments will be considered in evaluation of the final grade.  

-NPTEL Team

Week 2 - Feedback - Patent Drafting for Beginners

Week 2


Dear learner

Thank you for continuing with the course and hope you are enjoying it.
We would like to know if the expectations with which you joined this course are being met and hence please do take 2 minutes to fill out our weekly feedback form.
Would help us tremendously in gauging learner experience.



Thank you.
-NPTEL team

Patent Drafting For Beginners - Last day for registration!

Dear Students,

Today is the last day to enroll for the Patent Drafting course. Please share this post with your friends, who are interested in learning Patent Drafting. 

https://onlinecourses.nptel.ac.in/noc18_hs17

We have also shared a New Video on Facebook - LexCampus Page

For more extra contents, you may follow the posts on this Page - https://www.facebook.com/LexCampus/

Best Regards,

Mohamed

Patent Drafting: Week 2 Assignments deadline- 21 February 2018

Hello,

Hope you guys are enjoying the course so far. 

The lectures and Assignment for Week 2 have been released on your portals. You can also access the course using this link-- https://onlinecourses.nptel.ac.in/noc18_hs17/unit?unit=37&lesson=38  

The deadline for the assignment is 21 February. If you have any queries do write to us on the Ask a question tab. We will get back to you at the earliest.

Good Luck!

Roshan

Week 1:Feedback

Dear learner

Thank you for enrolling to this NPTEL course and we hope you have gone through the contents for this week and also attempted the assignment.
We value your feedback and wish to know how you found the videos and the questions asked - whether they were easy, difficult, as per your expectations, etc
We shall use this to make the course better and we can also know from the feedback which concepts need more explanation, etc.

Please do spare some time to give your feedback - comprises just 5 questions - should not take more than a minute, but makes a lot of difference for us as we know what the learners feel.



Thank you.
- NPTEL team

Week 1 - LIVE

Hello everyone!

Greetings from the NPTEL - Patent Drafting for Beginners - course team. 

The contents and assignment for week 1 are available now! 
Deadline for week 1 assignment is 21/2/2018 .

Reminder 1:REGISTER TODAY - CERTIFICATION EXAM FORM IS NOW OPEN!

Dear Student:

Here is the much-awaited announcement on registering for the April 2018 certification exam. The registration for the certification exam is open only to students who have enrolled in the course.

Registration is open from 09th January 2018 (Tuesday) until March 07, 2018 10:00 AM (Wednesday). 
The certification exam registration URL is: http://nptelonlinecourses.iitm.ac.in/

(If you want to register for the exam for this course, login here using the same email id used to enroll to the course)

Dates of exam: April 28 and April 29, 2018 
Session: [Afternoon] For this course there is no ”Forenoon” Session.
You can register for a maximum of 4 course exams (same day of exam – 2 sessions. Same center will be allocated for both the sessions).

Exam Session time: Forenoon: 9.00 AM -12.00 PM ; Afternoon: 2.00 PM - 5.00 PM
Examination Cities: The exam is to be conducted in several cities across India whose list is available on the registration form. 

Click here to access the list of exam cities: http://nptel.ac.in/pdf/examcities_final.pdf
Registration fees: Rs 1100/-
(Students belonging to the SC/ST category can avail a 50% fee waiver - please select Yes for the SC/ST option and upload the correct Community certificate)
Students belonging to the PwD category can avail a 50% fee waiver - please select Yes for the option and upload the relevant Disability certificate.

Mode of payment:  Online payment - debit card/credit card/net banking or via SPOC of college

HALL TICKET:
The hall ticket will be available for download tentatively between 10 - 16th April 2018. We will confirm the same through an announcement once it is published.

Final score on certificate: 25% of assignment score + 75% of certification exam score.
Award of certificate:  Hard and soft copy of Certificate will be awarded only to those candidates who register for the exam, attend the certificate examination and whose Final score >= 40%

The final score, assignment score and exam score will be printed on the certificate. The certificate will also have a link to the NPTEL website (http://nptel.ac.in/noc), where on logging in, your scores and e-certificate will be available for verification  (Appropriate announcements will be made). Please do regularly submit assignments to get a good final score.

IMPORTANT NOTES

1) FOR CANDIDATES WHO WOULD LIKE TO WRITE MORE THAN 1 COURSE EXAM:- you can add or delete courses and pay separately – till the date when the exam form closes. No changes will be entertained after that.  

2) FOR CANDIDATES WHO ARE PAYING VIA THE LOCAL CHAPTER OF YOUR COLLEGE:- 

1. In the exam form, you will fill all the details and also upload photo, signature.
2. Ensure that you had selected your college name correctly from the drop-down list in the form.
3. Payment of exam fees - click on the tab - 'PAY VIA SPOC'.
The SPOC has to now confirm to NPTEL that he/she will pay fees on your behalf.
If the SPOC says NO, you will be intimated via email.
Then it becomes your responsibility to come back to the exam form and make the payment.
If you do not pay the exam fees within the prescribed time, you will not be able to write the exam.

Please read the instructions carefully before submitting the form.
In case of any queries please write to us at noc@nptel.iitm.ac.in

Thanks & Regards,
NPTEL TEAM

Week 0 - Assignment

Dear Learner,

Assignment 0 has been released in the portal. you can find this assignment under the topic how to access the portal.
This assignment is for your practise purpose and will not be added to your grading. You can check your answers.

Thanks

Welcome to NPTEL Online Course: Patent Drafting for Beginners

Dear Student,

Welcome to NPTEL Online Courses and Certification!
 


        

Thank you for signing up for our online course  Patent Drafting for Beginners. We wish you an enjoyable and informative learning experience.

The course will begin on Feb 5,2018. When content is released on the portal, you will get an email alerting you. Please watch the lectures, follow the course regularly and submit all assessments and assignments before the due date. Your regular participation is vital for learning.
 
We will open registration for the exam soon after the course starts. A form has to be filled and the certification exam has a fee, which needs to be paid at the time of registration. Everyone who has signed-up for the course, including those who do not register for the exam, will continue to have access to the course contents.

There are two sections on the portal apart from the course content and assignment sections:

  • The announcement list which will only have messages from course instructors and teaching assistants - regarding the lessons, assignments, exam registration, hall tickets etc.    
  • The discussion forum which is for everyone to ask questions and interact - If you have any questions regarding the technical content in the lectures, any doubts in the assignments or any question related to the exam, registration, hall tickets, results, etc, kindly write about this in the forum and the course instructor/TA will respond to it. Please use this well and participate to benefit from the course.
     
Details regarding the course:
 
Name of the course: 
Patent Drafting for Beginners
Course url: https://onlinecourses.nptel.ac.in/noc18_hs17/

Course duration: 4 weeks
  • Date and Time of Exams: April 28(Saturday) and April 29 (Sunday) : Afternoon session: 2pm to 5pm
  • Exam for this course will be available in one session on both 28 and 29 April.
Final List of exam cities will be available in exam registration form.
Exam registration url - Will be announced shortly

 

Certificates from the IITs & IISc...

Once again, thank you for your interest in our online courses and certification. Happy learning - NPTEL team.


 

Duration for this course will be 4 weeks.

Dear Students,

The course "Patent Drafting for Beginners " will be 10 hour of content spanning for 4 weeks only and not as 12 weeks as informed earlier. since there was a competitive exam on the subject covered by the course in March. The course will begin from 05 February 2018. In the certificate, the course will be listed under 4 week course.

The credit equivalent is only 1 credit, as recommended by NPTEL.

-NPTEL Team

Welcome to NPTEL Online Course: Patent Drafting for Beginners

Dear student

Welcome to NPTEL Online Courses and Certification!

Thank you for signing up for our online course " Patent Drafting for Beginners". We wish you an enjoyable and informative learning experience.

The course will begin on 5 Feb 2018. When content is released on the portal, you will get an email alerting you. Please watch the lectures, follow the course regularly and submit all assessments and assignments before the due date. Your regular participation is vital for learning.

We will open registration for the exam soon after the course starts. A form has to be filled and the certification exam has a fee, which needs to be paid at the time of registration. Everyone who has signed-up for the course, including those who do not register for the exam, will continue to have access to the course contents.

There are two sections on the portal apart from the course content and assignment sections:
•    The announcement list which will only have messages from course instructors and teaching assistants - regarding the lessons, assignments, exam registration, hall tickets etc.     
•    The discussion forum which is for everyone to ask questions and interact - If you have any questions regarding the technical content in the lectures, any doubts in the assignments or any question related to the exam, registration, hall tickets, results, etc, kindly write about this in the forum and the course instructor/TA will respond to it. Please use this well and participate to benefit from the course.

Details regarding the course:

Name of the course:  Patent Drafting for Beginners
Course url: https://onlinecourses.nptel.ac.in/noc18_hs17/
Course duration : 4 Weeks
Date and Time of Exams: April 28 (Saturday) and April 29 (Sunday) : Afternoon session: 2pm to 5pm
Exam for this course will be available in one session on both 28 and 29 April.
Final List of exam cities will be available in exam registration form.
Exam registration url - Will be announced shortly

Once again, thank you for your interest in our online courses and certification. Happy learning - NPTEL team.