Minesoft Training Webinars

Every month, Minesoft holds free webinar sessions to help users get started with PatBase and to keep all users up to date on what’s new. These webinars are for PatBase users looking to make the most out of their subscriptions, suitable for both new and experienced users.

If you miss one of our sessions don’t worry, you can always register to attend next month!

For more details on a specific webinar, click on the topic of interest in the table below:

Training webinars

TopicDayTimeLanguageRegister

Getting started with PatBase

During the webinar you will learn:

  • How to use the search forms to generate search results
  • How to create, share and save information to a folder
  • How to export and share your results (both with other PatBase users in your organisation and externally)
  • How to set up monthly alerts
  • How to run a simple analysis on a result set
First Thursday of the Month2PM BST / 10AM ETEnglishRegister Here

PatBase Express: an introduction

During the webinar you will learn:

  • How to navigate the PatBase Express database
  • How to use the common search forms
  • How to view & share search results
  • How to run a simple analysis using Snapshot
Second Thursday of the Month2PM BST / 10AM ETEnglishRegister Here

PatBase Tips & Tricks

This webinar is suitable for all PatBase Users. In this 30-minute webinar, the Minesoft Support team will show you some tips and tricks on the platform to help you get the most of your PatBase experience. We will demonstrate how to use tools and features in PatBase to enhance the user experience and improve patent search strategies. Also, these sessions will include any recent updates to PatBase.

There will be a Q&A session at the end of the webinar where any attendees can submit questions live.

Third Thursday of the Month2PM BST / 10AM ETEnglishRegister Here

Strategic IP webinars

TopicNext SessionTimeLanguageRegister

Making sense of patents - A guide for scientists and engineers (Part 1 of 3)

In this webinar, attendees will become acquainted with code breaking and pattern recognition strategies for identifying and extracting needed information from patents. The common intimidation many researchers face when reading patents will by countered by demystifying the structure of patents and clarifying where the central facts are hidden. Attendees will understand the reasons patents are so different from papers and gain insight into how to use patents in their work.

24/01/202211AM ETEnglishRegister Here

Making sense of patents - A guide for scientists and engineers (Part 2 of 3)

In this webinar, attendees will continue to understand patents by providing a brief outline of the parts of a patent and explaining how these parts contribute to the meaning of patent claims. Learning objectives for this webinar include how to identify central terms of the patent claims, finding the meaning of these central terms and synthesizing these parts to clarify of the intent of patent claims.

24/02/202211AM ETEnglishRegister Here

Uma introdução à comercialização da sua P.I.

Junte-se à Minesoft em um webinar exclusivo transmitido ao vivo para aprender os fundamentos da comercialização da sua Propriedade Intelectual com o PatBase!

24/03/202210:30AM BRT / 1:30PM GMTPortuguêsRegister Here

Making sense of patents - A guide for scientists and engineers (Part 3 of 3)

In the final part of this webinar series about patents, presenter, Scott Bloomer will provide tips and tricks to decoding patents. This webinar will cover some of the common patent code words and how their meanings can be something other than the expected common usages, how to correctly refer to patent documents in scientific publications, common misconceptions regarding patent holder rights and where and how to search for patents. Attendees will also get a better understanding of the benefits of and differences between granted patents and trade secrets.

31/03/202211AM ETEnglishRegister Here