PLI Fundamentals of Patent Prosecution Seminar

Practising Law Institute (PLI) will be holding its Fundamentals of Patent Prosecution 2012: A Boot Camp for Claim Drafting & Amendment Writing seminar on May 16-18, 2012 in Chicago, IL, on June 13-15, 2012 in New York, NY, and on July 11-13, 2012 in San Francisco, CA.  The three-day program, which is directed to patent attorneys, litigation attorneys, and patent agents with or without a Patent Office registration number, or little patent experience, will focus on teaching the basics of claim drafting, patent application preparation and prosecution, as well as a review of recent developments in the law.  A litigator's perspective is also presented to show how drafting and prosecution can influence the development, and often the outcome, of subsequent patent litigation.  The seminar will feature lectures in the morning followed by small clinic sessions in the afternoon, with day 1 focusing on invention disclosures and patent preparation, day 2 on prosecution and issuance, and day 3 on litigation.  Lectures will explain:

• How to decide what elements of the invention should be included in the patent;
• How to prosecute an application to result in allowance of an enforceable patent;
• How to interview an Examiner;
• How to use reissues, reexaminations, and other post-issuance proceedings; and
• How to anticipate patent litigation issues during the patent prosecution process.

PLI faculty will offer presentations on the following topics:

• Taking Invention Disclosures;
• Overview of Claim Drafting and Preparation of Patent Application;
• Claim Drafting;
• Review of Model Claims;
• Patent Prosecution;
• Conducting the Examiner Interview;
• Review of Model Amendment; and
• Litigation Issues.

A program schedule and list of speakers for each of the locations can be found here.  Patent Docs authors Kevin Noonan (Chicago co-chair) and Donald Zuhn will be presenting at the Chicago seminar.

The registration fee for the conference is $1,795.  Those interested in registering for the conference can do so here.

Comments

[Tom Hunter]

I think you listed dates incorrectly. My understanding is that SF course is in July.

[Donald Zuhn]

Tom:

Thank you for alerting us to the error. The San Francisco session is July 11-13. We have updated the post and calendar accordingly.

Thanks for reading.

Don