Successful participation in the TÜV Rheinland Academy’s qualification „Patent Researcher (TÜV)”, recognized by the certification body. Admission to the examination is granted upon a minim attendance of 80% and after the successful participation in the modules „Property Rights and Intellectual Property (IP)“ and „Patent Management“.

• Written exam (multiple choice)

In the examination participants prove their knowledge in the following areas:

• Databases for patents, brands and designs
• Patent classification systems – IPC, CPC, DEKLA, North American and Japanese classification systems
• Classification systems for brands and designs – Nice-Classification and Locarno-Classification
• Establishing client requirements
• Research techniques and research tools
• Keyword research
• Fundamental  research approaches
• Fundamentals of report generation
• Introduction to patent monitoring and patent-based analyses

“Patent Researchers (TÜV)” know the important differences between sources of information and can use the one that is best  for the specific research assignment in a target-oriented manner and thus prepare and conduct patent searches and   present the results to their clients in a convincing manner.