Advanced Patent Prosecution Seminar

Welcome

Moderators:

• Gordon T. Arnold
  (San Francisco)
  Program Co-Chair
  Arnold & Ferrera, LLP
  Houston, TX
• Li Chen  (BIO)
  (New York)
  Program Co-Chair
  Sidley Austin Brown & Wood, LLP
  Dallas, TX
• D. James Barnes
  (New York)
  Caterpillar Inc.
  Peoria, IL
• Jay Simon
  (New York)
  Jay Simon & Associates
  West Orange, NJ
• Michael Kubicki
  (New York)
  Kimberly-Clark Corporation
  Neenah, WI
• Mary Jo Boldingh
  (Chicago)
  Kelley Drye & Warren, LLP
  Chicago, IL

Dangers and Use of Provisional  Applications

• Maria Eliseeva (BIO,  Paper,  PowerPoint)
  (San Francisco & Chicago)
  Houston Eliseeva, LLP
  Lexington, MA
• Robert Buchanan (BIO,  Paper, PowerPoint)
  (New York)
  Edwards and Angell, LLP
  Boston, MA

Claim Strategies in View of the New Fee Structure

• Edward J. Brooks, III (BIO,  Paper,  PowerPoint)
  (San Francisco)
  Brooks & Cameron, PLLC
  Minneapolis, MN
• Jean Macheledt (BIO,  Paper, PowerPoint)
  (Chicago)
  Macheledt Bales & Heidmiller, LLP
  Fort Collins, CO
• Noel Courage (BIO,  Paper,  PowerPoint)
  (New York)
  Bereskin & Parr
  oronto, Canada

Practice Tips and Tactics at the BPAI Under the New Rules

• Andrew Dillon (BIO,  Paper, PowerPoint)
  Dillon & Yudell, LLP
  Austin, TX

Drafting for Detectability of Infringement; Drafting for Royalty Income

• Ralph Gabric (BIO,  Paper, PowerPoint)
  (San Francisco)
  Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione 
  Chicago, IL
• Glen Belvis (BIO,  Paper,  PowerPoint)
  (Chicago & New York)  
  Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione 
  Chicago, IL

Luncheon: The Intersection Between the Marking Statute and Prosecution Practice

• Susan P. Pan (BIO,  Paper,  PowerPoint)
  Sughrue Mion, PLLC 
  Washington, DC

Issues in Filing Foreign Priority Applications

• Paul Morico (BIO,  Paper, PowerPoint)
  (San Francisco)
  Baker & Botts, LLP
  Houston, TX
• Tung Nguyen (BIO,  Paper, PowerPoint)
  (Chicago & New York)
  Sidley Austin Brown & Wood, LLP  
  Dallas, TX

Working with Outside Counsel for Best Patents: Integrating Outside Counsel with a Comprehensive Patent Strategy

• William B. Heming (BIO,  Paper, PowerPoint)
  (San Francisco & New York)
  Caterpillar Inc.
  Peoria, IL
• David W. Hill (BIO, Paper, PowerPoint)
  (San Francisco & New York)
  Finnegan Henderson Farabow Garrett & Dunner, LLP
  Reston, VA
• Dennis Skarvan (BIO, Paper, PowerPoint)
  (Chicago)
  Caterpillar Inc.
  Peoria, IL
• Chris Isaac (Paper, PowerPoint)
  (Chicago)
  Finnegan Henderson Farabow Garrett & Dunner, LLP
  Reston, VA

Issues Surrounding Outsourcing of Patent Applications Outside the US 

• Ranjeev Singh (BIO,  Paper, PowerPoint)
  (San Francisco)
  MacroIntellect, LLC
  Austin, TX
• Janet Garetto (BIO,  Paper, PowerPoint)
  (Chicago)
  Jenkens & Gilchrist
  Chicago, IL
• Scott Harris (BIO,  Paper)
  (New York)
  Fish & Richardson, PC
  San Diego, CA

Sophisticated Use of Reissue and Reexamination

• Robert Krebs (BIO,  Paper,  PowerPoint)
  (San Francisco & New York)
  Thelen Reid & Priest, LLP
  San Jose, CA
• Robert M. Asher (BIO,  Paper,  PowerPoint)
  (Chicago)
  Bromberg & Sunstein
  Boston, MA

Dos and Don’ts From the Litigator’s Point of View

• Michelle Galloway (BIO,  Paper, PowerPoint)
  (San Francisco)
  Cooley Godward
  Palo Alto, CA
• David L. Hitchcock (BIO,  Paper,  PowerPoint)
  (Chicago)
  Hitchcock Evert, LLP
  Dallas, TX
• Lee Kaplan (BIO, Paper,  PowerPoint)
  (New York)
  Smyser Kaplan & Veselka, LLP
  Houston, TX