Filing and Prosecuting Patent Applications

Patent Term and Patent Adjustment

Statutory Subject Matter

Novelty (35 U.S.C. §102)

Duty of Disclosure

Double Patenting and Restriction Practice + Unity of Invention

Disclosure Requirements (35 U.S.C. § 112)

Non-obviousness – Inventive Step (35 U.S.C. §103)

Guest Lecture - Christian Hafner, SwiPR

Priority and Continuing Application Practice

Inventorship, Ownership and Derivation

Patent Appeals and Petitions

Strategies for Prosecuting U.S. Patent Applications

Q&A Session

Technology Groups – Session 1

Technology Groups – Session 2

Infringement

Post Grant Modification and Review of Patents by the USPTO

Invention Priority Concepts and Removing Prior Art Under Pre-AIA Law and AIA Law

Claim Construction and Literal Infringement

Doctrine of Equivalents and its Limitations – Parts I & II

Intro to U.S. Courts and Intro to Litigation

Q&A Session 2