Practising
Law Institute (PLI) will be holding a two-day seminar entitled:  "Advanced
Patent Prosecution Workshop 2010: Claim Drafting & Amendment Writing"
on July 26-27, 2010 in New York, NY and on August 16-17, 2010 in San Francisco,
CA.

At the New York seminar, PLI's faculty will
offer presentations on the following topics:

•
Ethics in the PTO;
•
Concurrent Sessions I:  Advanced
Specification Drafting Issues — all concurrent sessions and workshops will
provide lectures specific to four different technologies including
biotechnology and chemical/pharmaceutical;
•
Concurrent Sessions II:  Advanced
Claim Drafting Issues;
•
Concurrent Workshops I:  Advanced
Claim Drafting;
•
In re Bilski — Section 101 Subject
Matter; Ariad v. Eli Lilly — Written
Description Requirement;
•
Concurrent Sessions III:  Advanced
Patent Prosecution Issues;
•
Concurrent Workshops II:  Advanced
Amendment Drafting; and
•
Roundtable Discussions and Wrap Up.

At
the San Francisco seminar, presentations will be offered on the following
topics:

•
Ethics for Patent Prosecutors;
•
On-Sale Bar;
•
Advanced Claim Drafting Issues — class to split into technology groups,
including biology/chemistry group;
•
Patentable Subject Matter — class to split into technology groups, including
biology/chemistry group;
•
Claim Drafting Workshops — class to split into technology groups, including
biology/chemistry group;
•
Duty of Disclosure;
•
Advanced Issues for Written Description — class to split into technology
groups, including biology/chemistry group;
•
Amendment Workshops — class to split into technology groups, including
biology/chemistry group.

A
complete program schedule, including descriptions of the presentations and a
list of speakers, for the New York seminar can be found here,
and a program schedule and list of speakers for the San Francisco seminar can
be found here.

The
registration fee for the conference is $1,595.  Those interested in registering for the conference can do so
here (New York) or
here (San Francisco).