Statutory Subject Matter Breakout Sessions

BSKB 101 - How to Run A Law Firm

Filing and Prosecuting Patent Applications - An Overview

Patent Term Extension and Patent Term Adjustment

Duty of Disclosure

Double Patenting and Restriction Practice, Unity of Invention

Novelty (35 U.S.C. §102)

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

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

Patent Pitfalls: Spot the Objections

Patent Pitfalls: Spot the Objections (Cont'd)

Guest Lecturer

Inventorship, Ownership and Derivation

Priority and Continuing Application Practice

Patent Appeals and Petitions

Strategies for Prosecuting U.S. Patent Applications

Formal Q&A Session

Technology Groups – Session 1

Technology Groups – Session 2

Technology Groups – Session 3

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

Breakout Session 4 - Standard Essential Patents or Politics & the USPTO Examiner

Doctrine of Equivalents and its Limitations – Part 2

Doctrine of Equivalents and its Limitations – Part I

Intro to U.S. Courts and Intro to Litigation

Negotiation Workshop

Negotiation Workshop (cont.)

Formal Q&A Session