Join our speakers C. Gregory Gramenopoulos and Anthony C. Tridico, Ph.D. as they discuss important updates in U.S. patent practice. Topics to be covered include:
- Patent eligible subject-matter issues under Section 101
- Recent post-Alice decisions
- USPTO training materials
- Effective drafting and prosecution strategies
- Strategies for cost-effective prosecution
- Tips on managing your U.S. filing strategy
- Avoiding RCEs and lengthy prosecution
- Effective after-final practice
- Lessons learned on USPTO pilot programs (e.g., TrackOne, AFCP 2.0, and QPIDS)
- Prosecuting with an eye towards enforcement
- Claim strategies that work for enforcement
- Effective use of continuations, reissues, and other procedures to strengthen your portfolio
- Prior art disclosure tools that help battle-proof your patent
- Tactics for dealing with competitor patents
- Recent developments impacting post-grant challenges and opinions
- Current trends at the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB)
- To PGR or not PGR?
Time:
12:00 - 13:00
Registration and Lunch
13:00 - 17:00
Program
17:00 - 18:00
Reception
Date and Location:
Tuesday, 14 June 2016
Denmark
Hilton Copenhagen Airport
Ellehammersvej 20
2770 Copenhagen
