Practical Patent Prosecution Training for New Lawyers
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Thursday, August 23 |
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4:00–6:00 pm
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Pre-Registration
Pick up your badge and program materials early!
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7:00 am–5:15 pm
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Registration & CLE Information
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7:00–8:00 am
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Continental Breakfast
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8:00–8:15 am
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Welcome & Overview
Q. Todd Dickinson
AIPLA Executive Director
Arlington, VA
Myra McCormack
Johnson & Johnson
New Brunswick, NJ
Ehab Samuel
Dickstein Shapiro, LLP
Irvine, CA
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| • Plenary Session • |
8:15–9:00 am
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Searching, Interviewing Inventors & Client Goals
Gregory D. Allen
3M Innovative Properties Company
St. Paul, MN |
| 9:00–9:45 am |
Application Drafting & Provisional Applications
Scott W. Cummings
SNR Denton US, LLP
Washington, DC
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| 9:45–10:00 am |
Break
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9:45 am - 12:00 noon
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Claim Drafting - Introduction, Examples & Discussion
Jonathan Spadt (Mechanical)
RatnerPrestia, PC
Valley Forge, PA
Rick A. Toering (Electrical/Software)
Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, LLP
Tysons Corner, VA
Lawrence M. Sung (Biotechnology/Chemical)
Baker & Hostetler, LLP
Washington, DC
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12:00–12:30 pm
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Lunch
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12:30–1:30 pm
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What the AIA Means for Your Practice
Troy Grabow
Finnegan Henderson Farabow Garrett & Dunner, LLP
Washington, DC
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| • Plenary Session • |
1:30–2:00 pm
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Inventorship
H. Sanders Gwin
Shumaker & Sieffert, PA
Woodbury, MN
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2:00–2:30 pm
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Restriction Elections & Double Patenting
Ann Mueting
Mueting, Raasch & Gebhardt
Minneapolis, MN
Brian Stanton
US DOC/HHS
Washington, DC
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2:30–3:30 pm
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Responding to Examiner Actions & Affidavit Practice
Denise M. Kettelberger
Faegre Baker Daniels, LLP
Minneapolis, MN
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3:30–3:45 pm
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Break
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3:45–4:15 pm
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Interviewing Examiners & Knowing the USPTO
Leon Radomsky
Marbury Law Group
Reston, VA
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4:15–5:15 pm
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Ethics, IDSs & Duty of Candor
Tom Irving
Finnegan Henderson Farabow Garrett & Dunner, LLP
Washington, DC
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Friday, August 24
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7:00 am–5:00 pm
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Registration & CLE Information
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7:00–8:00 am
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Continental Breakfast
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• Plenary Session •
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8:00–8:30 am
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Continuation Practice & Requesting Continued Examination
George Wheeler
McAndrews Held & Malloy, Ltd.
Chicago, IL
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8:30–9:15 am
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Petitions & Appeals
William F. Smith
Woodcock Washburn, LLP
Seattle, WA
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9:15–10:00 am
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Issuance, Term, Certification of Correction, Disclaimers & Maintenance
Robert M. Hansen
Marbury Law Group
Reston, VA
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10:00–10:15 am
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Break
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10:15–11:45 am
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PCT Filing & International Prosecution
Samson Helfgott
KattenMuchinRosenman, LLP
New York, NY |
11:45 am - 12:30 am
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Prosecution Tips from a Patent Litigator’s Perspective
Paul D. Tripodi
Sidley Austin, LLP
Los Angeles, CA |
12:30 noon–1:30 pm
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Lunch
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| • Concurrent Claim Drafting Workshops• |
1:30–5:15 pm
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(with a 15 minute break)
Mechanical
Glenn M. Massina
Fox Rothschild, LLP
Blue Bell, PA
Electrical/Software
Rick A. Toering
Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, LLP
Tysons Corner, VA
Biotechnology/Chemical
J. Timothy Meigs
BDTechnologies
Research Triangle Park, NC |