Patent & IP Drafting Internships

What is a Patent & IP Drafting Internship?

This internship sits at the intersection of science and law. You learn how an invention is searched, claimed, drafted, and filed — the workflow that turns a research idea into a defensible commercial asset.

What you will do

• Run patent landscape searches on databases like Espacenet, PatentScope, USPTO, IPO India
• Analyse independent and dependent claims of granted patents
• Draft provisional and complete-specification sections under guidance
• Perform freedom-to-operate (FTO) and patentability analyses
• Prepare filing-ready documentation in standard patent-office formats

What you take away

• NTHRYS internship certificate detailing IP-work scope
• Confident reading and writing of patent claims
• Familiarity with the major Indian and international patent systems
• A direct path into IP-firm careers, technology-transfer offices, and R&D legal teams

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