Patents Courses and Certifications

NIH Clinical Center

Why Patents and Commercialization Are Important for Scientists - Presentation 11

1 rating

Explore the importance of patents and commercialization for scientists, covering key obligations, questions, and the process from lab to market.

• YouTube
• 34 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Patent Law

328 ratings at Coursera

Learn how U.S. patent rights are created and enforced: patentability requirements, the scope of patent claims, reading an issued patent, and infringement strategies.

• Coursera
• 4 weeks, 3 hours a week
• Self-Paced
• Paid Course

Patents & Trademarks: Learn the Patent and Trademark Process

1181 ratings at Udemy

2 courses in 1. Learn the process for patenting your idea, invention and how to trademark you brand.

• Udemy
• 1 hour 57 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Paid Course

IIT Madras;  NPTEL

Patent Law For Engineers And Scientists

Master Indian patent law: apply the Patents Act 1970 and Rules 2003, assess novelty and inventive step, read specifications, and navigate prosecution, opposition and compulsory licensing.

• Swayam
• 12 weeks
• Available until Oct 9, 2026
• Free Online Course

IIT Kharagpur;  NPTEL

Patent Search for Engineers and Lawyers

Learn to conduct and analyze patent searches, including patentability, validity, landscape, and clearance searches, using public and subscribed databases.

• Swayam
• 8 weeks
• Available until Oct 9, 2026
• Free Online Course

Introduction to Industrial Property: patents, designs, trademarks

3 ratings

Learn how patents, designs and trademarks protect creative ideas and innovation, covering patentability, grant procedures, licensing and enforcement in Italy and abroad.

• Polimi OPEN KNOWLEDGE
• 4 weeks, 1-2 hours a week
• Self-Paced
• Free Certificate

NPTEL;  IIT Kharagpur

Roadmap for Patent Creation

1 rating

Guides inventors and researchers from patent searches and novelty assessment through filing, documentation, and commercialization.

• YouTube
• 20 hours
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

NPTEL;  IIT Kharagpur

Patent Search for Engineers and Lawyers

This course will focus on providing the students/participants, To develop skills to conduct patent search and analysis, To develop practical insights into specific types of patent search • To enable understanding of the techno-legal aspects of patent sea…

• YouTube
• 21 hours
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

NITTTR

3Ps for Academia – Drafting Publication, Proposals and Patents

Draft publications, research proposals, and patent applications while learning academic writing, funding requirements, intellectual property, and research ethics.

• Swayam
• 12 weeks
• Available until Oct 31, 2026
• Free Online Course

Protecting Business Innovations via Patent

180 ratings

This course assumes no prior knowledge in law, business or engineering. However, students with backgrounds in all three areas will find useful concepts or ideas in the course on how to protect business innovations using patents.

• Coursera
• 10 hours 10 minutes
• No Longer Offered
• Paid Course

• Best of All Time

Best Practices for Reducing Patent Risk to Open Source Software Projects

Discover essential strategies for mitigating patent risks in open source projects, including understanding threat matrices, reducing litigation risks, and implementing effective management solutions.

• YouTube
• 39 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Career Certificate

Intellectual Property Law

1679 ratings at Coursera

Learn how U.S. patents, copyrights, and trademarks differ, then build a trademark strategy, analyze a patent document, and answer a copyright cease-and-desist request.

• Coursera
• 4 weeks, 10 hours a week
• Self-Paced
• Paid Course
• 4 courses

Universidad Nacional de Colombia

Patentes: un recorrido desde su significado hasta su búsqueda

40 ratings at Coursera

Explora cómo interpretar, clasificar y buscar documentos de patentes en bases de datos nacionales e internacionales para apoyar la investigación y la innovación.

• Coursera
• 6 weeks, 2 hours a week
• Self-Paced
• Paid Course

NPTEL;  IIT Madras

Intellectual Property

9 ratings

Lecture videos from this substantive course on Intellectual Property. The course shall give a brief overview of the IP landscape in India and dwell into the role of IP in the modern intangible economy.

• YouTube
• 16 hours
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

NPTEL-NOC IITM

AI and Patents - Patenting Part II

Explore AI patenting complexities including TRIPS agreements, the landmark DABUS case, and AI's role as inventor or co-inventor in intellectual property law.

• YouTube
• 34 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video