Practising
Law Institute (PLI) will be holding its Fundamentals of Patent Prosecution
2013: A Boot Camp for Claim Drafting & Amendment Writing seminar on May
14-16, 2013 in Chicago, IL, on June 12-14, 2013 in New York, NY, and on July
10-12, 2013 in San Francisco, CA. The
three-day program, which is directed to patent prosecuting and litigating
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 and opinion drafting. Lectures will explain:
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How to decide what elements of the invention should be included in the patent;
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How to prosecute an application to result in allowance of an enforceable
patent;•
How to interview an Examiner;
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How to use reissues, reexaminations, and other post-issuance proceedings;
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How to anticipate patent litigation issues during the patent prosecution
process; and
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How to approach patent opinion drafting.
PLI faculty will offer presentations on the following topics:
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Taking Invention Disclosures;
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Overview of Claim Drafting and Preparation of Patent Application;
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Claim Drafting;
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Review of Model Claims;
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Patent Prosecution;
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Conducting the Examiner Interview;
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Review of Model Amendment; and
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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 on day 1 at the Chicago seminar.
The registration fee for the conference is $1,795. Those interested in registering for the conference can do so at the PLI website.
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