jointly organized by the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) and the Singapore Institute of Standards and Industrial Research (SISIR) and with the assistance of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP); Contents : CURCHOD, Franc?ois. General introduction to the patent system; KUA, Lena. The patent information service in SISIR; YU, Geoffrey. Intellectual property, the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) and its development cooperation activities; SMITH, Patrick. Relations between the industrial property office and the patent agent; CURCHOD, Franc?ois. International cooperation in the field of patents (The Paris Convention for the protection of industrial property : the Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT)); GALLAFENT, Richard. The tasks of a patent agent; training to be a patent agent : and the role of a patent department in an enterprise; TAN TEE Jim. The patent agent in Singapore and the role of a national institute of patent agents; ROYAL, Malcom. General conditions of patentability; ROYAL, Malcom. The contents of a patent application : general introduction; ROYAL, Malcom. Drafting patent application (general aspects) : identification of the invention and drafting of the description); SLATTERY, James. Drafting patent claims: general principles and techniques; SLATTERY, James. Patent claims for inventions in the chemical field; RACKETTE, Karl. Patent claims for inventions in the electrical and electronic fields; RACKETTE, Karl. Drafting exercice : patent claims for inventions in the mechanical field; GALLAFENT, Richard. The role of a patent agent in patent litigation; GALLAFENT, Richard. The role of a patent agent in licensing;.