From Idea to Issued Patent - How High Schoolers Can Actually Get One
Sat, Nov 14
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A practical webinar on patentable ideas, the U.S. filing process, and what students can learn from it.
Time & Location
Nov 14, 2026, 9:00 AM – 11:00 AM PST
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About the event
Hosted by Nisha Talagala, CEO of Schovia & Founder of AIClub Research Institute
Most high schoolers assume patents are for adults with labs, lawyers, and years of R&D behind them. They're not. Every year, students file and get granted USPTO patents for their own inventions, often years before they've even applied to college. AIClub Research Institute has helped a number of students file patents on their own AI innovations, and this webinar is where we open up what that process actually looks like.
This is a practical, no-fluff walkthrough: what's patentable (and what isn't), how a provisional patent differs from a full utility patent, what the USPTO is actually evaluating, and the most common mistakes that sink a strong idea before it ever gets filed.
Your host holds over 75 issued U.S. patents, built across two decades in enterprise software and AI. She's been on the inventor side of this…