US PATENT PRACTICE

Conference Date: 04-06 Nov 2009
Conference Ref: H11-3009
Fee: £1620 + VAT
Venue: The Rembrandt Hotel, London

US and European patent practice differs in many essential ways. The comprehensive programme of this course, with practical examples, will highlight and explain these differences from the US point of view, giving delegates a better understanding of the US system, and enabling them to work more effectively with their US counterparts.

The programme is separated into three distinct elements that can be attended singly or together.  (£1620 + VAT for all 3 days, £575 + VAT for each day or £1100 + VAT for two days).

This course will explain:

• Patent claim drafting
• Sufficiency of disclosure
• Claim interpretation
• Statutory patent law (utility, novelty, non-obviousness)
• Patent prosecution
• Patent Litigation
• Appeals
• Interferences
• Re-examinations and reissues

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