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An IP seminar at an educational or research institute should teach the importance of acquiring basic competency in IP (so-called `IP literacy`) to its students and researchers. The seminar should provide guidance for autonomous learning in IP literacy. These needs are best met by focusing on the elements of patent searching. The art of patent search is a fundamental tool in IP practice. Moreover, interacting with real patent documents via the search process is conducive to understanding the patent system. Fortunately patent databases are available online for free to everyone. Thus, a goal of the IP seminar is for the participant to be able to use patent databases and improve their IP literacy via autonomous learning. If you, the IP seminar organizer respectively encourages the lecturer to include aspects of patent searching, such should improve the effectiveness of IP education via the IP seminar.