
West LEGALworks
® will be offering a webcast entitled: "Assessing the New USPTO Multi-Patent Rules" on September 6, 2007 from 12:30-2:00 PM (EST). Speakers Steven S. Baik, Partner of Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP; F. Leslie Bessenger III of Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner, LLP; Courtenay C. Brinckerhoff of Foley & Lardner LLP; and Lawrence S. Pope of Mayer, Brown, Rowe & Maw LLP will explore how the new continuation and claims rules will affect patent applications and discuss how attorneys will need to rethink their patent practice in light of the new rules. According to Thomson-West, the speakers will cover such issues as:
- New claim strategies in light of the onerous Examination Support Document requirement.
- Effect of the new rules on the scope of claim protection on existing patent applications.
- The necessity of early appeals.
- How will the new rules affect pharmaceutical, chemical and biotechnology companies?
- USPTO's criteria for approving requests for continuations.
- Multiple applications with claims that the USPTO could consider "patentably indistinct."
- How will the new rules affect litigation?
- The future of the Rules.
The registration fee for this webcast is $150. Those interested in registering for the webcast, can do so here.
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