United States Patent Practice Seminar: What European Patent Attorneys Need to Know - London, United Kingdom - June 13-14, 2019

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DUBLIN, May 23, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- The "US Patent Practice" conference has been added to ResearchAndMarkets.com's offering.

US Patent Practice, What European patent attorneys need to know. A 2-day highly interactive seminar

Why you should attend

The area of US patent practice can be complex and confusing. Are you up to date with the latest court decisions and best practice?

This highly interactive seminar will give you a comprehensive understanding of the US patent system and enable you to work more effectively with your US counterparts. It highlights the important differences between US and European patent practice and gives you the opportunity for in-depth discussions about prosecution practice and procedure throughout the two days. It includes important tactics to get the most out of your prosecution dollar, and provides lots of claim drafting tips to give your application a solid footing for US prosecution and enforcement.

This seminar will bring you right up to date on the latest legislative changes under the America Invents Act (AIA), as well as all the recent and pending US Supreme and other court decisions of importance. Plus, get to grips with the current happenings in the USPTO that could impact on your role.

This is a fantastic opportunity to take full advantage of the open seminar environment that this event offers. With a high degree of interaction with the expert seminar faculty as well as other participants, this is a great forum for discussing your particular questions and concerns. Offering a wide-ranging and detailed understanding, this seminar covers what every European patent practitioner should know about US patent practice.

Accreditation

This seminar merits 12.5 hours under the UK Solicitors Regulatory Authority self accreditation scheme (refg. CJA/MAFO) and may also be relevant training under the IPREG CPD self accreditation scheme.

Continuing professional development

This course qualifies for the following CPD programmes:

CPD certificate of attendance: 5.50 hours
General Council of the Bar: 5.50 hours

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:

Programme day one

Legal framework

Statutes and rules
Courts and agencies
Requirements for patentability

Claim construction

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

US patent prosecution - general flow of events

Written description

Possession' of claimed invention
Ariad - increased focus on what inventors actually did
Written description guidelines
Negative limitations

Enablement

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

Best mode

Effect of the AIA

Definiteness

Nautilus - the reasonable certainty' standard
USPTO practice

Means-plus-function claiming

Statutory subject matter

Supreme Court jurisprudence
USPTO guidance
Court of Appeal

Utility

Impossibility
Judicial interpretation

Patent Law Treaty implementation

Novelty and prior art

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

Programme day two

Novelty/prior art (if necessary)

Obviousness

Graham and KSR
USPTO practice - prima facie obviousness
USPTO KSR guidelines
Method claims

Provisional applications

Pre-AIA vs post-AIA

Continuing applications

Continuations, divisionals, continuations-in-part

Restriction practice

Restriction requirement
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 (continued)

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

Conception
Joint inventorship
Interference practice
Derivation actions

Post-issuance practice

Re-examination and re-issue
Inter partes review
Post-grant review
Covered business method review
Supplemental examination
Certificates of correction

Infringement

Direct infringement
Contributory infringement and inducement
Extraterritorial infringement
Exhaustion

Doctrine of equivalents

Function/way/result test
Festo - prosecution history estoppel
Licensing

Willfulness

Opinions

Declaratory judgment

Burdens of proof

Patent litigation and damages

Remedies
Entire market value
Injunctive relief

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