At the completion of this course a Doctoral candidate:
- is able to demostrate and develop awareness of the relevance and impact of IP Law on his/her academic and professional lives
- is aware of different ways to protect his/her inventions
- has developed awareness of how patent information can be found and used
- has some idea about the most important patenting routes and systems
- has gained some knowledge about drafting patent applications
- has understanding regarding the interpretation of patent claims and the crucial role of patent claims in forming the scope of protection conferred by a patent