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Practical Patent Prosecution Training for New Lawyers

How-To Manual

This manual consists of papers prepared in conjunction with the AIPLA Practical Patent Prosecution Training for New Lawyers program presented on August 11-13, 2004 in Arlington, Virginia.  This manual is not designed to reproduce materials from bar courses or existing products, but rather to provide, in a concise document, practical guidelines on all aspects of drafting and prosecuting patent applications.  Likewise, this manual is not intended to serve as a legal treatise, but rather as an instructional guide for to which new lawyers may turn.  Accordingly, the reader is encouraged to perform additional legal research as needed; the legal requirements described herein may change and/or additional legal requirements may apply depending on your situation.  Further the editors lacked the resources to cite check and update any citations prior to publication, and the reader is encouraged to do this before relying on any citation.  Click HERE to view the manual. [Members Only - login required]

Loren D. Albin, Ph.D. is a practicing patent attorney in the area of chemistry and biotechnology at Mueting Raasch and Gebhardt, P.A., Minneapolis, Minnesota.  Loren received his Ph.D in chemistry from the University of Wisconsin and his J.D. from William Mitchell College of Law.  Loren was a chemist with 3M and a patent agent for both 3M and Imation before attending law school.

Tamsen Valoir, Ph.D. is a partner in the Houston office of Baker & McKenzie, LLP.  Tamsen received her Ph.D. from Rice University in molecular biology and her J.D. and LLM in Intellectual Property from the University of Houston.  Her practice focuses on patent preparation and prosecution, opinion writing, IP due diligence and licensing in the life sciences.