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Wysebridge Practice Lab · Early access

Passing the patent bar gets you registered. Practice gets you ready.

Work a realistic invention from the first inventor call to a mock patent application, with feedback on every step. Learn the thinking of a patent practitioner, not just the rules.

Open the Practice LabHow it works

How a case works

From invention disclosure to a reviewable application.

  1. Interview

    Interview the inventor

    Discover the invention through conversation. Some questions surface the mechanism; others surface disclosure risks the inventor did not mention.

  2. Research

    Research the art

    Plan a documented search, then chart each claim element against the references, passage by passage.

  3. Draft

    Draft claims and the application

    Write independent and dependent claims with instant drafting checks, then a mock specification that supports them.

  4. Revise

    Get feedback and revise

    Submit for a rubric evaluation with evidence for every point, revise, and resubmit. Improvement is part of completion.

  5. Prosecute

    Answer an office action

    A simulated examiner rejects your claims using the case's references. Reply with amendments and arguments, and see what happens next.

  6. Practice

    Docket, interview, report

    Calendar the action's deadlines exactly, interview the simulated examiner on a proposed amendment and record what was agreed, then report the action to the client and decide what prior art to disclose.

  7. Plan

    Plan the portfolio

    Advise the client on foreign filing, a continuation and the budget, with the earlier disclosures from the interview accounted for.

Inside the lab

The work itself, step by step.

Drafting

Draft claims with checks as you type.

Write independent and dependent claims against the case's prior art. Drafting checks flag antecedent basis, relative terms, dependency errors and unsupported language while you work.

Submit for a rubric evaluation and every point comes back with the evidence for it: what earned it, what cost it, and where in your draft.

Prosecution

Answer the examiner, and see what happens next.

A simulated examiner rejects your claims using the case's own references. Amend and argue in reply. Rejections you overcome are withdrawn; the rest go final, and you decide what to do.

Practice

Run the matter like a practitioner.

Docket every deadline exactly, interview the examiner on a proposed amendment and record what was agreed, report the action to the client, decide what prior art to disclose, and plan the portfolio.

What makes it different

Built to teach judgment.

  1. 01Structured cases, not prompts
  2. 02Feedback you can check
  3. 03A mentor that teaches
  4. 04Honest about what it is

  1. Structured cases, not prompts

    Each case has a defined invention, an inventor who only knows what is in the case file, curated reference documents and a reviewed rubric. The AI makes it conversational; the ground truth stays fixed.

  2. Feedback you can check

    Scores come from published rubric rules, and every point cites what earned or cost it. AI suggestions are shown only when they quote your work accurately and cite real case material.

  3. A mentor that teaches

    Socratic, Coach, Reviewer and Examiner modes, with a hint ladder from a nudge to a worked explanation. It cites a fixed list of official sources and never drafts your claims for you.

  4. Honest about what it is

    Cases are synthetic. Feedback is educational, not legal advice; a score is not a patentability opinion; and completion is not a USPTO credential or CLE.

Four cases

From a foundation device to advanced chemistry.

MD-001 · Foundation · mechanical

Self-Locking Laptop Stand

A folding laptop stand that locks at each height. What actually makes it different, and what has the company already done with it?

RG-001 · Intermediate · robotics and control

Adaptive Robotic Gripper

A packing-line gripper that gets better with experience. Is the learning the invention, or is it ordinary force feedback?

AI-001 · Intermediate · AI and software

Edge Anomaly Detector

A vibration sensor that runs its model on the device. Eligibility, who contributed what, and claiming the technical improvement.

EC-001 · Advanced · chemistry and energy storage

Low-Temperature Electrolyte Additive

A little of one additive keeps cells working in the cold, and more works worse. Overlapping ranges, unexpected results, a genus with a failed member, and a university collaborator.

Every case is synthetic: the inventors, companies and references are fictional teaching material.

The course

Patent Drafting & Prosecution Practicum.

Sixteen modules, each with a worked example, a checklist and a quiz, and each ending with practice on a case. Module 1 is free.

  1. 01Role, professional responsibility, inventorship and confidentiality
  2. 02Conducting the inventor interview
  3. 03Invention decomposition and novelty hypothesis
  4. 04Patent landscape and search strategy
  5. 05Prior-art triage and dated references
  6. 06Claim foundations
  7. 07Dependencies, fallback embodiments and alternatives
  8. 08Eligibility, novelty, obviousness and 112 risk
  9. 09Specification, figures and enablement
  10. 10Assembling a mock nonprovisional application
  11. 11Examiner perspective and amendment tradeoffs
  12. 12Quality review, professional judgment and portfolio
  13. 13Professional practice: docketing, client reporting and workflow
  14. 14Examiner interviews
  15. 15Portfolio strategy: continuations, foreign filing and budgets
  16. 16Information disclosure statements

Pricing

Included in Wysebridge ONE, or on its own.

Best value

Wysebridge ONE

$697one payment

The Practicum to keep and the Practice Lab, plus Patent Bar, both IP law courses, unlimited MPEP notes and a year of Professional Plus.

  • The Practicum course, yours to keep
  • The Practice Lab renews with ONE: $59/yr after year one
  • Add the certificate for $97
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Patent Drafting & Prosecution Practicum

$297one payment

The 16-module course and 12 months of the Practice Lab.

  • Four cases, from inventor interview to office action
  • The course is yours to keep
  • Then the lab is $59/yr if you want more

Practicum Certificate Program

$397one payment

Everything in the Practicum, plus a verifiable certificate issued when you complete it.

  • Pass every module and complete a full case, office action included
  • A public verification page for employers
  • Not USPTO registration and not CLE credit

Module 1 of the course is free with a Wysebridge account. Early access edition: course content is being reviewed by practitioners and updated.

Practice before your first client.

Start with the free first module, then work a full case: interview, research, claims, application and an office action reply.

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