Monday, June 1, 2026
10:15 AM - 10:45 AM
BSKB 101 - How to Run A Law Firm
10:45 AM - 12:30 PM
Filing and Prosecuting Patent Applications - An Overview
1:30 PM - 2:15 PM
Patent Term Extension and Patent Term Adjustment
2:30 PM - 3:45 PM
Statutory Subject Matter Breakout Sessions
Tuesday, June 2, 2026
9:30 AM - 11:45 AM
Novelty (35 U.S.C. §102)
1:15 PM - 2:30 PM
Duty of Disclosure
2:45 PM - 4:00 PM
Double Patenting and Restriction Practice, Unity of Invention
Wednesday, June 3, 2026
9:30 AM - 10:30 AM
Disclosure Requirements (35 U.S.C. § 112) Breakout Sessions
10:45 AM - 2:30 PM
Non-obviousness – Inventive Step (35 U.S.C. §103)
2:45 PM - 3:45 PM
Patent Pitfalls: Spot the Objections
Thursday, June 4, 2026
9:30 AM - 10:30 AM
Patent Pitfalls: Spot the Objections (Cont'd)
10:45 AM - 11:30 AM
Guest Lecturer
1:00 PM
Leave for Group Retreat
Monday, June 8, 2026
9:30 AM - 11:45 AM
Priority and Continuing Application Practice
12:45 PM - 2:15 PM
Inventorship, Ownership and Derivation
2:30 PM - 3:30 PM
Patent Appeals and Petitions
Tuesday, June 9, 2026
9:30 AM - 12:00 PM
Strategies for Prosecuting U.S. Patent Applications
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
Formal Q&A Session
Wednesday, June 10, 2026
9:30 AM - 11:45 AM
Technology Groups – Session 1
1:15 PM - 3:30 PM
Technology Groups – Session 2
Thursday, June 11, 2026
9:30 AM - 11:45 AM
Technology Groups – Session 3
1:15 PM - 3:30 PM
Infringement
Friday, June 12, 2026
9:30 AM - 12:15 PM
Post Grant Modification and Review of Patents by the USPTO
Monday, June 15, 2026
9:30 AM - 10:15 AM
Invention Priority Concepts and Removing Prior Art Under Pre-AIA Law and AIA Law
10:30 AM - 2:15 PM
Claim Construction and Literal Infringement
Tuesday, June 16, 2026
9:30 AM - 11:45 AM
Doctrine of Equivalents and its Limitations – Part I
1:15 PM - 3:30 PM
Doctrine of Equivalents and its Limitations – Part 2
Wednesday, June 17, 2026
9:30 AM - 11:45 PM
Intro to U.S. Courts and Intro to Litigation
1:15 PM - 3:45 PM
Negotiation Workshop
Thursday, June 18, 2026
9:30 AM - 3:45 PM
Negotiation Workshop (cont.)
3:00 PM - 3:30 PM
Formal Q&A Session