The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office will be offering the next webinar in its Patent Quality Chat webinar series on February 9, 2016 from 12:00 to 1:00 pm (ET). The latest webinar, which will be hosted by Kathleen Fonda of the Office of Patent Legal Administration (OPLA), and Tom Hughes of the Office of Patent Quality Assurance (OPQA), will address First Inventor to File (FITF) Patent Prosecution. The presenters will share some FITF statistics about filings and prosecution since FITF went into effect nearly three years ago, and present some helpful tips concerning identifying the America Invents Act (AIA) status of your application, invoking prior art exceptions during prosecution, and getting more help with application-specific questions. The presenters look forward to hearing your ideas on ways to help applicants with the prosecution of their FITF applications.
Instructions for viewing the webinar can be found here. Additional information regarding the Patent Quality Chat webinar series can be found on the USPTO's Patent Quality Chat webpage.
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