Understanding patents.
Protecting innovation.
Empower teams.
I support companies in making their employees fit for patents – with individual workshops, IP training and practical support.
Who is this interesting for?
Assistant or Managing Director
If you are looking for a way to familiarize your developers with the patent system without dry frontal lectures.
Patent Department or Patent Professionals
If you want support to redesign your training offerings – modern, interactive and understandable.
My role:
I help companies to make patent awareness practical, motivating and effective.
Who will accompany you:
Friederike Stephan
I am a German Patent Attorney, European Patent Attorney and trainer (IHK, German Chamber of Industry and Commerce) with several years of experience in large corporations and international patent systems.
What sets me apart: I translate complex content into understandable language – and support companies in anchoring the topic of patents in their everyday work in the long term.
Why patent training can be crucial
1. Innovative power is often lost – quite unintentionally.
Many companies develop new products every day – but only a fraction is recognized, reported or protected as an invention.
Especially in small and medium-sized companies, there is often a lack of knowledge about how to recognize a patentable idea – or how to deal with it.
The result:
Good ideas fizzle out. Opportunities remain unused. Teams continue to work without knowing what’s in their work.
2. Ignorance can become a risk.
In product development, ignorance of existing patents can be dangerous.
Patent infringements often happen unintentionally – but can have serious consequences.
Particularly relevant for:
Management, project managers, developers and product managers.
3. Knowledge is the key to sovereign action.
Patent training enables more than just basic teaching:
They create awareness of risks and opportunities.
They promote personal responsibility in dealing with innovation.
They strengthen the understanding of strategic IP decisions.
When employees understand why patents are important – and how they are specifically affected – their view of their own everyday work changes.
Good patent training does not only result in knowledge. It changes perspectives.
When your employees understand how patents really work, they make better decisions – for your innovations, for your company, for your future.
Why with me?
Subject-specific depth
I am a German Patent Attorney and European Patent Attorney with experience in law firms, large companies, the German Patent and Trademark Office and the German Federal Patent Court.
I know the system – from the inside.
Didactic know-how
As a trainer (IHK), I combine legal expertise with clear, understandable communication – with formats that really work.
Independence & Clarity
I don’t sell patent applications. I offer guidance that is objective, honest and practical.
Learning on eye-level
I don’t work with standard slides, but with a genuine interest in people, processes and real understanding.
Questions are welcome. Perspectives desired.
My offer as a patent trainer
I support companies in anchoring patent knowledge where it counts: with the people who develop, decide and shape ideas every day.
I currently offer two ways to do this:
Patent workshops for developers
Face-to-face or online, understandable and interactive – instead of dry slides.
For teams that are supposed to understand patents and not just be “trained”.
1:1 support for patent departments
I am a sparring partner for professionals who want to offer good training internally – or who want to develop methodically or strategically.
What customers say
We wanted to train a mixed team from different departments on the subject of patents.
All concerns that a (…. Oh my God, even two days….) Training on this complex topic could be dry, boring and tiring, were very quickly dispersed by this sympathetic, bright lady and we had two very instructive, sometimes amusing, days incl. a highly helpful and practice-oriented training in a small circle on researche techniques in the various databases.
The team was fully engaged and very lively discussions arose as if by magic.
The unanimous feedback the day after the event was very positive, because the expectations (see above in the second paragraph) were not met at all 😁.
Mrs. Stephan – I had already told you personally, but everyone can know – thank you very much for the lively and very substantial training with a great preparation and follow-up.
You get a five-star ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ recommendation!
Thank you Friederike Stephan, for 2 days full of interesting information on patents and intellectual property rights.
Anyone who thinks this is boring and unwieldy is very wrong.
Friederike is a German patent assessor and European Patent Attorney. She knows how to present the topic of patents in an exciting and entertaining way. Her patent training is didactically cleverly structured with exercises and quizzes on all topics.
We learned a lot and it was fun! Great recommendation!
A valuable insight into the world of patents: The patent training with Friederike was extensive and target-oriented.
Friederike responded competently and patiently to our requirements and taught complex topics in a motivating learning environment.
The numerous application examples and the practice-oriented research part were particularly helpful.
The training is highly recommended!