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Webinar: Strategies for Satisfying the USPTO’s Heightened Written Description Requirement in the Life Sciences and Chemical Industries
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Webinar;
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December 9, 2009
Webinar
To view the recorded webinar, or download a copy of the slides, please click here. Program run time is approximately 60 minutes.
Many observers of the USPTO have commented that the written description requirement for biotechnology inventions seems to be greater than that for other types of inventions. This webinar will review the origins of the seemingly heightened written description requirement for some types of applications. The USPTO’s written description requirements for certain types of claims are also quite specific, and the USPTO has prepared detailed written guidelines to illustrate those requirements. We will provide a summary of some of these specific requirements to assist patent drafters in ensuring compliance. And we will also discuss common types of USPTO claim rejections and the kinds of arguments that might be successful in overcoming them.
This webinar is the third of our Strategic U.S. Patent Series for European Counsel, a series of four webinars covering the latest strategies for successful U.S. patent prosecution, designed specifically for the changing U.S. environment. If there is sufficient demand, we will also hold the webinars in French and German at times to be announced.
SERIES PROGRAM
| 9 September 2009 |
Prosecution Strategies in View of the Severely Diminshed Allowance Rate at the USPTO |
| 21 October 2009 |
How to Survive the Inevitable Inequitable Conduct Charge |
| 9 December 2009 |
Strategies for Satisfying the Heigtened Written Description Requirement in the Life Sciences and Chemical Industries |
| 20 January 2010 |
Avoiding the Perils and Pitfalls of Method Claims and Means-Plus-Function Claims in the Electrical and Mechanical Industries |
Webinars will begin at 16h00 CEST/CET and will last approximately one hour.
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