The
Intellectual Property Owners Association (IPO) will offer a one-hour webinar entitled
"Patent
Prosecution Dilemmas Under the AIA: Unanswered Questions After the USPTO's
Final Rules" on February 28, 2013 beginning at 2:00 pm (ET).  A panel consisting of Gary Ganzi of Siemens Corp.;
Peter Lando of Lando & Anastasi,
LLP; and Erika Arner of Finnegan,
Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner, LLP will discuss:

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The new obligations to make declarations in two situations: regarding "new
matter" in an application that straddles the pre- and post-AIA regimes,
and regarding intervening publications derived from an inventor disclosure.
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What will happen if an examiner disagrees with the conclusions of the applicant's
declarations?  Is an appeal to the PTAB a
realistic course?
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Will changes in the on-sale bar require corporate clients to disclose to patent
prosecutors all commercial activities, including secret sales?
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How much evidence will patent prosecutors have to be aware of and submit to the
PTO to show that an invention was the result of a joint development agreement?

The
registration fee for the webinar is $120 (government and academic rates are
available upon request).  Those
interested in registering for the webinar can do so here.