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


Patent Drafting for Beginners : Results for March 31st exams have been published

Dear Learner,

The results for March 31st exams have been published.
You will be informed via mail and SMS about the release of exam results and e-certificates.

How to find out if results have been published?

How to check exam results & e-certificates:
To check the results & see your e-certificate, go to nptelonlinecourses.iitm.ac.in
Login with the course enrolled e-mail id.
Clicking on the course name will redirect to the score board.
Click on Exam Scores - Both the Assignment scores and Exam score will be displayed.
Final score is the certification score.
Calculation Logic for each course is provided in the same page.

Reporting of errors
For each course, reporting of issues comes with its own deadline (date and time)
So check the exam score/e-certificate as soon as you receive our notification.
Once the certificates are printed, reprint of certificates with corrections will be done only by paying additional fees.

If you want to lodge any issues about scores/e-certificates, you may do that in the same portal.
If you are unable to see the scores/e-certificates, please write to certification-exam@nptel.iitm.ac.in

- 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 : http://bit.ly/2TZWslw




We thank you for your valuable time and feedback.


Thanks & Regards,

NPTEL Team  


Assignment 2 Reevaluated

Dear Learners,

This is to let you all know that the Assignment no.2 has been reevaluated by making the weightage of question 6 as "0"

Warm Regards,
Venkat


Patent Drafting for Beginners: Feedback on Text Transcripts (English) of NPTEL videos

Dear Learners,

We have uploaded the English transcripts for this course already.

We would like to hear from you, a quick feedback for the same. Please take a minute to fill out this form.

Click here to fill the form

-NPTEL Team


Patent Drafting for Beginners: Hall ticket for March 31, 2019 NPTEL Online Certification exams is now available for download.

Dear Candidate:

1. If you have registered and paid successfully for the MARCH 31 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 the download tab under the hall ticket for the March 31 exam, from the link.

2. You can also download it from the alternate link given below:

3. NOTE: Candidates who are taking the exam in the following cities (Aizawl, Dimapur, Imphal, Itanagar, Kala Amb, Katra, Port Blair, Shillong) can download the hall ticket only from the link: http://nptelonlinecourses.iitm.ac.in/

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 support@nptel.iitm.ac.in
 
Note that you will be able to log in here, only if you have a valid registration for exams on March 31, 2019

Please download hall ticket, take a print out and along with an original ID card, carry it with you to the exam venue (The exam center address is displayed in the hall ticket). Read all instructions given in the admit card/ hall ticket carefully and follow them.
 In case you don't get the hall tickets for any particular course, please write to  support@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.

On-Screen Calculator Demo Link:

Kindly use the below link to get an idea of how the On-screen calculator will work during the exam.

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


Patent Drafting for Beginners: Exam Type and Certificate Format

Dear Candidate

Type of exam: Computer based exam 

You will have to appear at the allotted exam center 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 Mid of March 2019. We will notify the same through email.

On-Screen Calculator Demo Link:

Kindly use the below link to get an idea of how the On-screen calculator will work during the exam.

NOTE: Physical calculators are not allowed inside the exam hall.

 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.

-NPTEL Admin


Patent Drafting for Beginners - Assignment 3 : Deadline Extended

Dear learners,

The due date for "Assignment 3" has been extended till 2019-02-27, 23:59 IST from 2019-02-20, 23:59 IST
Assignment URL :  https://onlinecourses.nptel.ac.in/noc19_hs01/unit?unit=45&assessment=74


Patent Drafting for Beginners: Week - 4 Feedback Form

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.
It would help us tremendously in gauging the learner experience.


Thank you.
-NPTEL team


Patent Drafting for Beginners: Reminder for Exam Registration - March 31, 2019 exams

Dear Candidate,

For March 31, 2019 exams
Last date to fill the exam form: Feb 22, 10:00 AM
Deadline to pay exam fees of Rs. 1500/ course - Feb 22, 5:00 PM

For more details check the previous announcement posted on the course page.

Hurry! Don't let go of this opportunity to earn a certificate from IITs/IISc!

-NPTEL Team


Patent Drafting for Beginners - Week 4 LIVE

Dear students

The lecture videos for Week-4 have been uploaded for the course Patent Drafting for Beginners. The lectures can be accessed using the following link:

The other lectures in this week are accessible from the navigation bar to the left. Please remember to login into the website to view contents (if you aren't logged in already).
 
Assignment for Week-4 is also uploaded and can be accessed from the following link:

The assignment has to be submitted on or before Wednesday 2019-02-27, 23:59 IST.
As we have done so far, please use the discussion forums if you have any questions on this module.

-NPTEL Team


Patent Drafting for Beginners: Video recording on Interactive session

Dear All,

There was an interaction session with some of the students for the course "Patent Drafting for Beginners"

The video recording is now available in the portal under the last unit "Interactive session"

Those who are interested can take a look.



-NPTEL Team


Patent Drafting for Beginners: Week - 3 Feedback Form

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.
It would help us tremendously in gauging the learner experience.


Thank you.
-NPTEL team


Patent Drafting for Beginners - Week 3 LIVE

Dear students

The lecture videos for Week-3 have been uploaded for the course Patent Drafting for Beginners. The lectures can be accessed using the following link:

The other lectures in this week are accessible from the navigation bar to the left. Please remember to login into the website to view contents (if you aren't logged in already).
 
Assignment for Week-3 is also uploaded and can be accessed from the following link:

The assignment has to be submitted on or before Wednesday 2019-02-20, 23:59 IST.
As we have done so far, please use the discussion forums if you have any questions on this module.

-NPTEL Team


Patent Drafting for Beginners: Week - 2 Feedback Form

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.
It would help us tremendously in gauging the learner experience.


Thank you.
-NPTEL team


Patent Drafting for Beginners - Week 2 LIVE

Dear students

The lecture videos for Week-2 have been uploaded for the course Patent Drafting for Beginners. The lectures can be accessed using the following link:

The other lectures in this week are accessible from the navigation bar to the left. Please remember to login into the website to view contents (if you aren't logged in already).
 
Assignment for Week-2 is also uploaded and can be accessed from the following link:

The assignment has to be submitted on or before Wednesday 2019-02-13, 23:59 IST.
As we have done so far, please use the discussion forums if you have any questions on this module.

-NPTEL Team


Announcement for Live Session : Patent Drafting for Beginners

Dear Learners,

Kindly note that we are having a LIVE streaming of the course – "Patent Drafting for Beginners" by Dr. Feroze Ali – IIT Madras

Details are shown below : 
DATE & TIME: 05.02.2019 @ 9.30 am
LIVE STREAMING LINK: https://youtu.be/BNEHM8DjJK8

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

Learner can also pitch their doubts during the session through chat.

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

Learners are encouraged to visit  https://nptel.ac.in/noc/livesession.php for updates on the live sessions.

Happy Learning !!!


Patent Drafting for Beginners - Week 1 live

Dear students
The lecture videos for Week-1 have been uploaded for the course Patent Drafting for Beginners. The lectures can be accessed using the following link:

The other lectures in this week are accessible from the navigation bar to the left. Please remember to login into the website to view contents (if you aren't logged in already).
 
Assignment for Week-1 is also uploaded and can be accessed from the following link:

The assignment has to be submitted on or before Wednesday 2019-02-13, 23:59 IST.
As we have done so far, please use the discussion forums if you have any questions on this module.

-NPTEL Team


Patent Drafting for Beginners - Reminder 1: REGISTER TODAY - CERTIFICATION EXAM FORM IS NOW OPEN!

Dear Learner, 

Here is the much-awaited announcement on registering for the March 2019 certification exam.
 
1.    The registration for the certification exam is open only to students who have enrolled in the course.

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

3.    Till the start date of the course, every Monday and Thursday at 5:00 PM, we will sync the enrollment data on the exam form. If you enroll in between, please wait till the nearest Tuesday/Friday 10:00 AM to register for the exam. Once the enrollment is closed, the enrollment data will be completely loaded and you can register any time.

4.    Date
of exam: March 31, 2019
 
 
•         Certification exam registration URL is: http://nptelonlinecourses.iitm.ac.in/
•         Choose an exam session: Forenoon: 9.00 AM -12.00 PM ; Afternoon: 2.00 PM - 5.00 PM
•         Choose from the Cities where exam will be conducted:  list of exam cities
5.    Exam fees:
•         If you register for exam and pay before Feb 18, 10:00 AM, Exam fees will be Rs. 1100/- per exam.
•         If you register for exam before Feb 18 10:00 AM and have not paid or register between Feb 18, 10:00 AM & Feb 22, 10:00 AM, Exam fees will be Rs. 1500/- per exam
 
6.    50% fee waiver for following categories:
•         Students belonging to the SC/ST category: please select Yes for the SC/ST option and upload the correct Community certificate
•         Students belonging to the PwD category with more than 40% disability: please select Yes for the option and upload the relevant Disability certificate.
 
7.    Last date for registration:  February
22, 2019 10.00 AM (Friday).
 
8.    Mode of payment:  Online payment - debit card/credit card/net banking or via SPOC of college (refer to guidelines for “Pay via SPOC” instructions)
 
9.    HALL TICKET: The hall ticket will be available for download tentatively in the mid
of March 2019
. We will confirm the same through an announcement once it is published.
 
10. 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%
Please check the Announcements section of your course for further details on this. 
 
11. 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. Same day of exam – you can write exams for 2 courses in the 2 sessions. Same center will be allocated for both the sessions.
 
12. Data changes
 
Following are the data that can be changed once the form is submitted (Last date for data changes: 22 February 2019, 10:00 AM):
•        Data that can be changed in form by candidates themselves: Name, Date of birth, Address, Photo and signature
•        Data that can be changed by Email request to us : Course selected, shift, exam city. For changes in this email us at (noc@nptel.iitm.ac.in) giving your Application number, email id and name. 
•        No changes will be entertained in any details after February 22, 2019 – 10:00 AM.
 
13. LAST DATE FOR CANCELLING EXAMS and getting a refund: 22 FEBRUARY 2019 10:00 AM.

Thanks & Regards,
NPTEL TEAM


Patent Drafting for Beginners: Week - 1 Feedback Form

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.
It would help us tremendously in gauging the learner experience.


Thank you.
-NPTEL team


Handbook on Patent Law-The Patents Act 1970

The Patent Bare act is an essential tool for any course on patent law. This book comes with cross references to related sections and rules and thereby making patent law easy to understand and follow,

Link: https://www.lexcampus.in/store/books/handbook-on-patent-law-the-patents-act-1970/

We highly recommend this book for the following courses offered on NPTEL ;

Courses Link

Patent law for Engineers and Scientists

https://onlinecourses.nptel.ac.in/noc19_hs02/course

Patent Drafting for Beginners

https://onlinecourses.nptel.ac.in/noc19_hs01/course

Managing Intellectual Property in Universities

https://onlinecourses.nptel.ac.in/noc19_hs30/course


Thanks and Regards,
Venkat


Patent Drafting for Beginners : Assignment 0 is live now!!

Dear Learners,

We welcome you all to this course. The assignment 0 has been released. This assignment is based on prerequisite of the course. Kindly note that marks obtained in this assignment will not be considered for the final assessment. You can find the assignment in the link below: You can submit the assignment multiple times before the due date. All the best !!   
Assignment link: https://onlinecourses.nptel.ac.in/noc19_hs01/unit?unit=5&assessment=70

Due date for this assignment: 2019-02-04, 23:59 IST.

-NPTEL Team


Patent Drafting for Beginners : Assignment 1 is live now!!

Dear Learners,

Assignment 1 is live now!!

Assignment link: https://onlinecourses.nptel.ac.in/noc19_hs01/unit?unit=6&assessment=71

Due date for this assignment: 2019-02-13, 23:59 IST.

-NPTEL Team


Patent Drafting for Beginners :Week 1 is live now!!

Dear Learners,

The video content for week 1 is made available early for viewing to get an idea about the content but the actual start date remains unchanged.

Happy viewing and learning!

-NPTEL Team


Patent Drafting for Beginners : REGISTER TODAY - CERTIFICATION EXAM FORM IS NOW OPEN!

Dear Learner, 

Here is the much-awaited announcement on registering for the March 2019 certification exam.
 
1.    The registration for the certification exam is open only to students who have enrolled in the course.

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

3.    Till the start date of the course, every Monday and Thursday at 5:00 PMwe will sync the enrollment data on the exam form. If you enroll in between, please wait till the nearest Tuesday/Friday 10:00 AM to register for the exam. Once the enrollment is closed, the enrollment data will be completely loaded and you can register any time.

4.    Date of exam: March 31, 2019  
•         Certification exam registration URL is: http://nptelonlinecourses.iitm.ac.in/
•         Choose an exam session: Forenoon: 9.00 AM -12.00 PM ; Afternoon: 2.00 PM - 5.00 PM
•         Choose from the Cities where exam will be conducted:  list of exam cities
5.    Exam fees:
•         If you register for exam and pay before Feb 18, 10:00 AM, Exam fees will be Rs. 1100/- per exam.
•         If you register for exam before Feb 18 10:00 AM and have not paid or register between Feb 18, 10:00 AM & Feb 22, 10:00 AM, Exam fees will be Rs. 1500/- per exam
 
6.    50% fee waiver for following categories:
•         Students belonging to the SC/ST category: please select Yes for the SC/ST option and upload the correct Community certificate
•         Students belonging to the PwD category with more than 40% disability: please select Yes for the option and upload the relevant Disability certificate.
 
7.    Last date for registration:  February 22, 2019 10.00 AM (Friday).
 
8.    Mode of payment:  Online payment - debit card/credit card/net banking or via SPOC of college (refer to guidelines for “Pay via SPOC” instructions)
 
9.    HALL TICKET: The hall ticket will be available for download tentatively in the mid of March 2019. We will confirm the same through an announcement once it is published.
 
10. 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%
Please check the Announcements section of your course for further details on this. 
 
11. 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. Same day of exam – you can write exams for 2 courses in the 2 sessions. Same center will be allocated for both the sessions.
 
12. Data changes
 
Following are the data that can be changed once the form is submitted (Last date for data changes: 22 February 2019, 10:00 AM):
•        Data that can be changed in form by candidates themselves: Name, Date of birth, Address, Photo and signature
•        Data that can be changed by Email request to us : Course selected, shift, exam city. For changes in this email us at (noc@nptel.iitm.ac.in) giving your Application number, email id and name. 
•        No changes will be entertained in any details after February 22, 2019 – 10:00 AM.
 
13. LAST DATE FOR CANCELLING EXAMS and getting a refund: 22 FEBRUARY 2019 10:00 AM.

Thanks & Regards,
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 January 28th 2019. 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. 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, the course instructor/TA will respond to your queries.
  •     If you have any questions regarding the exam, registration, hall tickets, results, queries related to the technical content in the lectures, any doubts in the assignments, etc can be posted in the forum section

Details regarding the course: 

Name of the course: Patent Drafting for Beginners
Course duration : 4 weeks
  • Date of exams: March 31st 2019 (Sunday).
  • Time of Exams:: Morning session 9am to 12 noon; Afternoon session: 2pm to 5pm
  • Exam for this course will be available in both morning & afternoon sessions.
  • Final List of exam cities will be available in exam registration form.
  • Exam registration url - Will be announced shortly.

Once again, thanks for your interest in our online courses and certification. Happy learning.


- NPTEL team