Your client builds robots.
Your degree is in chemistry.
Robotics is mechanical engineering, electronics, control theory, and software at once. No single technical background covers it. This is nine hours on the technology itself, which is enough to sit in an inventor interview and understand what you’re being told.
9 hrs
10 modules
101
Short lessons
15
Patent case studies
3
Reference PDFs
The gap this fills
Most patent practitioners come from one technical field. Robotics spans four different fields.
You can be an excellent claim drafter and still be lost in a robotics disclosure. The inventor says the arm uses inverse kinematics with a PID loop and haptic feedback from a six-axis force sensor. You write it down phonetically and hope the specification sorts itself out later.
That’s not a drafting problem. It’s a vocabulary problem, and it costs you twice — once in the interview, where you can’t ask the follow-up question that would have found the real invention, and again at the claim, where you can’t tell which element is the inventive one.
Nobody teaches this to patent professionals. Engineering programs teach robotics to engineers. Patent training teaches law to lawyers. This sits in between.
Is this the right training for you?
Yes, if …
Not the right fit if …
What you’ll actually understand
Terms that show up in robotics disclosures, covered with worked examples rather than definitions.
What’s inside
Ten modules, 101 lessons, 9 hours. Six modules on the technology, four on how it meets the patent system.
Introduction to robotics
The history of the field, the basic vocabulary, and where robotics is being applied today.
23 min
Mechanical components
What actually makes a robot move. Actuators, manipulators, servo motors, and pneumatics — how each works, where each is used, and the trade-offs between them.
73 min
Sensors and perception
How a robot takes in its surroundings. LiDAR, SLAM, machine vision, and haptic feedback, with the applications each one is suited to.
66 min
Control systems
What directs a robot’s movement. Kinematics, calibration, microcontrollers, and adaptive control — the layer where a great many robotics inventions actually live.
63 min
Software and programming
The longest module, and the one where hardware meets software. Machine learning in robotics, cloud robotics, edge computing, and predictive maintenance.
103 min
Types and applications
How the pieces come together in practice, from manufacturing to healthcare. Swarm robotics, human-robot interaction, soft robotics, and nanorobotics.
89 min
Patenting in robotics
Patentability of robotics technologies and the particular difficulties this art presents.
20 min
Robotics patents, examined
Ten case studies — five general robotics patents and five in healthcare robotics — read against the technology from the earlier modules.
42 min
Current trends and the companies filing
Who holds the robotics patents, what they’re filing on, five company case studies, and a look at robotics infringement disputes.
26 min
Where this is going
Emerging trends, the likely impact on patent practice, and how to keep up once the training ends.
36 min
What you keep
References built for use during actual matters.
Robotics terminology guide
The vocabulary in one place, so you can check a term mid-disclosure without leaving the document.
6 pages
Inventor interview questions
A structured question set for robotics inventions, so the interview surfaces what you need rather than what the inventor thought to mention.
8 pages
Comparative analysis template
A framework for reading robotics patents against each other — similarities, differences, and relevant precedent.
3 pages
Certificate of completion
Documentation of structured training in robotics technology, for your file, your firm, or LinkedIn.
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The approach behind this program
Patent Education Series has been preparing people to enter patent practice since 2001. Thousands of scientists, engineers, and career-changers have used these materials, most of them starting with no legal background.
This program grew out of that work. The hard part of teaching a technical subject to practitioners isn’t the subject; it’s the sequencing. What has to be learned first, where people get stuck, and how to explain a control loop to someone whose degree is in molecular biology.
If you used Patent Education Series to get registered, this is the same approach applied to a technology instead of an exam.
Robotics for Patent Professionals
$197
for 12 months of access
- 9 hours of video across 10 modules, 101 lessons
- 15 robotics patent case studies
- Robotics terminology guide, 6 pages
- Inventor interview questions, 8 pages
- Comparative analysis template, 3 pages
- Certificate of completion
Take 14 days. Work through the modules and use the interview questions on a real matter. If it isn’t useful, email us, and we’ll refund you in full. No questions.
Questions
Do I need a technical background?
A science or engineering degree in any field is plenty. The material is built for people who are technically capable but new to robotics specifically.
Does this teach claim drafting?
No. Modules VII through IX cover patentability and case studies, but the drafting mechanics are a separate program. This one is about understanding the technology.
How long does it take?
Nine hours across 101 short lessons, most of them a few minutes. Designed to be taken one lesson at a time rather than in long sittings.
What happens after 12 months?
Access to the videos and downloads ends. Save the three PDFs to your own files while you’re enrolled, and they’re yours to keep.
Who teaches this?
Lisa Parmley, a USPTO-registered patent practitioner (#51,006), has been building training for people entering patent practice since 2001. She develops the curriculum and directs production for every program.
Is CLE credit available?
Not currently. This is built for patent agents, paralegals, and engineers as much as for attorneys, so it focuses on practical skills rather than accreditation.