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U.S. PATENT PRACTICE

Course details

Date
23 May 2013  -  24 May 2013
Full venue address 
London, The Rembrandt Hotel, 11 Thurloe Place,
London SW7 2RS
CPD Hours 
11
Delegate Rate 
£1100 incl. VAT
Event Reference 
H5-3113
Event type 
Seminar

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Course description

 This interactive seminar will explain:

 • The latest changes in statutory law, including the provisions of the AIA

• Recent Federal Circuit and Supreme Court jurisprudence and its impact on the patent right

• Claim construction - the different ways the USPTO and the courts determine claim meaning and scope

• Successful U.S. claim drafting - tools, strategies and pitfalls

• Subject Matter Eligibility - including Prometheus (diagnostic methods) and Bilski (software and business methods)

• Sufficiency of the specification: Enablement, Written Description, Best Mode

• Novelty and the transition to ‘First-to-File’ under the AIA

• Nonobviousness - the impact of KSR in the predictable and unpredictable arts and how to argue against the (inevitable) allegation of obviousness

• Double Patenting - a trap for the unwary corporate client

• Fulfilling the Duty of Candor and avoiding the scourge of inequitable conduct

• Patent prosecution: Rules, Regulations and Best practices, including restriction and continuation practice

• Interference and derivation proceedings - contested inventions before and after the AIA

• Post-grant procedures including post-grant review, reexaminations, supplemental examination and reissue

• Direct and Indirect Infringement - including liability of suppliers and contractors

• Patent Litigation - and how to protect against the liberal discovery in U.S. courts

  - and much more!

 WHO SHOULD ATTEND 

• Corporate Patent Counsel

• Patent Attorneys from corporate and private practice

• Intellectual Property Consultants

• Patent Managers and Engineers

• Company Legal Advisers

• All those involved with patent protection in the United States

And anyone drafting patent applications that might serve as a priority application in the U.S.

 Highlights of the programme:

  • The latest changes in statutory law, including the provisions of the AIA
  • Claim construction - the different ways the USPTO and the courts determine claim meaning and scope
  • Successful U.S. claim drafting - tools, strategies and pitfalls
  • Novelty and the transition to ‘First-to-File’ under the AIA
  • Double Patenting - a trap for the unwary corporate client
  • Fulfilling the Duty of Candor and avoiding the scourge of inequitable conduct
  • Patent prosecution:  Rules, Regulations and Best practices, including restriction and continuation practice
  • Direct and Indirect Infringement - including liability of suppliers and contractors
  • Patent Litigation - and how to protect against the liberal discovery in U.S. courts
  • And much more

Concessions

Concessions 

Discounted Rates available on application for personnel from non-profit making organisations and registered charities. Group discount available on request.

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