Practising Law Institute (PLI) will be holding a two-day seminar entitled: "Advanced Patent Prosecution Workshop 2009: Claim Drafting & Amendment Writing" on July 23-24, 2009 in New York, NY and on August 17-18, 2009 in San Francisco, CA.
At the New York seminar, PLI's faculty will offer presentations on the following topics:
• Concurrent Sessions I: Advanced Specification Drafting Issues -- all concurrent sessions 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;
• Concurrent Sessions III: Advanced Patent Prosecution Issues; and
• Concurrent Workshops II: Advanced Amendment Drafting.
At the San Francisco seminar, presentations will be offered on the following topics:
• 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;
• Examiner Interviews;
• Post Final Practice;
• Affidavit Practice; and
• 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 $1,495. Those interested in registering for the conference can do so here (New York) or here (San Francisco).
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