IPOPHL Patent Agent study plan

Map the Patent domain against the IPOPHL framework: enumerate the patentability requirements (novelty, inventive step, industrial applicability) and state the statutory basis for each in your own words.

Build a one-page timeline of the Philippine patent lifecycle from filing through publication, substantive examination, grant, and annual fees, and annotate every deadline.

Draft a claim-drafting checklist covering independent claims, dependent claims, antecedent basis, and unity of invention.

Solve at least 20 practice items on patentability exclusions and prior art, and log every miss with the reason it was missed.

Contrast utility models with patents on term, examination, inventive-step threshold, and conversion or re-filing options, and tabulate the differences.

Draft a sample utility model claim set and a parallel patent claim set for the same simple device to see how scope changes.

Identify the industrial design registrability rules, including novelty, individual character, and the treatment of component parts and sets of articles.

Apply the Locarno classification logic to at least five sample designs and justify each chosen class.

Write short answers to 10 mixed utility model and design items under timed conditions.

Trace the PCT international phase from filing through international search, publication, and Chapter II demand, listing what happens at each stage.

Explain the 30-month national phase entry into the Philippines, including translation, fee, and amendment requirements.

Draft a PCT request-form checklist and a national-phase entry checklist that a paralegal could follow.

Compare the PCT route with the Paris Convention priority route and articulate when each is preferable.

Work through 15 PCT scenario questions on priority claims, withdrawals, and time limits.

Build a search strategy for a hypothetical invention using keywords, IPC/CPC classes, and Boolean operators, and document the query logic.

Explain the inventive-step problem-and-solution approach and apply it to one worked example end to end.

Interpret a sample search report and office action, and draft a response outline addressing each cited reference.

Distinguish patent analytics metrics (citation counts, family size, claim breadth) and explain what each signals for a client.

Complete a timed 25-item examination-guidelines quiz.

Draft a technology transfer term sheet covering scope of license, exclusivity, royalties, milestones, and territory.

Explain the key clauses in a licensing agreement, including grant, sublicense, improvement, termination, and dispute resolution.

Identify the regulatory and institutional requirements for technology transfer involving government-funded research.

Analyze a sample license dispute and identify the legal and commercial issues at stake.

Practice negotiating two contested clauses (royalty base and termination) in a mock setting.

Map the adjudication pathways for IP disputes, distinguishing administrative, civil, and criminal routes and their jurisdictional bases.

Explain the mediation process, when it is mandatory or encouraged, and the enforceability of settlement agreements.

Draft a demand letter and a mediation position statement for a hypothetical infringement dispute.

Analyze the remedies available (injunction, damages, destruction) and the standards for each.

Answer 15 mixed adjudication and mediation items under timed conditions.

Outline trademark registrability, absolute and relative grounds, and the opposition and cancellation procedures.

Apply the Nice classification to at least 10 goods and services and justify each class choice.

Explain copyright subsistence, ownership, economic and moral rights, and the fair use and limitations framework.

Compare trademark and copyright protection for a logo and articulate when each applies.

Complete a 25-item mixed trademark and copyright quiz under timed conditions.

Explain geographical indication protection, the link between product and origin, and how GIs differ from trademarks and certification marks.

Review all ten domains using a one-page summary per domain and flag any remaining gaps.

Take two full-length timed mock exams and analyze every incorrect answer by domain.

Re-drill the highest-error domains until the mock score stabilizes above your target threshold.

Finalize an exam-day time-allocation and question-triage strategy.