Two Day US Patent Practice Seminar (London, United Kingdom - December 4-5, 2018)

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DUBLIN, Sept 24, 2018 /PRNewswire/ --

The "US Patent Practice " conference has been added to ResearchAndMarkets.com's offering.

The differences between US and European practice will be highlighted, providing a better understanding of the US system, and enabling you to work more effectively with your US counterparts.

Gain an update on the latest state of US Patent Law, including the latest legislative changes under the America Invents Act, recent and pending US Supreme and other Court decisions of importance, and current happenings in the USPTO.

Take away specification and claim drafting tips to give your application a solid footing for US prosecution and enforcement. Take advantage of the open seminar environment that results in a high degree of interaction with the seminar leaders and among the participants; bring your particular questions and concerns for discussion.

Key Topics To Be Covered At This Seminar:

Legal framework
AIA overview
US patent prosecution
Enablement
Definiteness
Novelty and prior art
Obviousness
Provisional and continuing applications in USPTO programs
Duty of candor
Infringement
Patent litigation and damages

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

Agenda:

Registration and refreshments

Introduction to the seminar

Legal framework

Statutes and rules
Courts and agencies

AIA overview / claim construction

Phillips - broad multifaceted inquiry
Claim constructions rules and guidelines
Claim construction in the USPTO

Refreshments

US patent prosecution - general flow

Written description

Possession' of claimed invention
Ariad - increased focus on what inventors actually did

Enablement

Wands factors - to show whether amount of experimentation necessary would be undue'
Interplay with written description requirement

Best mode

Effect of the AIA

Lunch

Definiteness

Nautilus - the reasonable certainty' standard
USPTO practice

Means-plus-function claiming

Statutory subject matter

Supreme Court jurisprudence
USPTO guidance

Refreshments

Utility

Patent Law Treaty implementation

Novelty and prior art

Pre-AIA - first to invent'
Post-AIA - first to file'

Close of day one

Refreshments

Novelty/prior art (if necessary)

Obviousness
Graham and KSR
USPTO practice - prima facie obviousness

Provisional applications

Pre-AIA vs. Post AIA

Continuing applications

Continuations, divisionals, continuations-in-part

Lunch

Restriction practice

Restriction vs. Election of Species
Rejoinder

Patent term and PTA

Obviousness - type double patenting

Gilead cases
Terminal disclaimers

USPTO programs

Terminal disclaimers

Patent Law Treaty Implementation

Obviousness - type double patenting

Accelerated examination, track one, patent prosecution highway
First action interview, after-final consideration, pre-appeal brief request for review pilot programs

Duty of candor

Citation of references
Inequitable conduct

Inventorship

Refreshments

Post-issuance practice

Re-examination and re-issue
Inter partes review, post-grant review, covered business method review

Infringement

Direct infringement
Contributory infringement and inducement
Extraterritorial infringement

Doctrine of equivalents

Function/way/result test
Festo - prosecution history estoppel

Wilfulness

Opinions

Declaratory judgment

Patent litigation and damages

Close of Course

For more information about this conference visit

https://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/p6tk9t/two_day_us_patent?w=5

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