CLAIM AND
SPECIFICATION
DRAFTING FOR A
SINGLE EPO/USPTO
PATENT APPLICATION ~
London

Conference Date: 17 Mar 2010-24 Apr 2010
Conference Ref: H3-3210
Fee: £995 + VAT
Venue: The Rembrandt Hotel, London

If you file patents before the EPO and the USPTO you will know that the two offices have very different approaches to application requirements.  

An application originating in Europe frequently encounters substantial difficulties before the USPTO.  The European applicant often faces rejections based on alleged inadequacies in the specification.  Recurrently, claims issued to a European applicant are unnecessarily narrow by US standards or unexpectedly constrained by US principles of disavowal, disclaimer and estoppel.
 
This often results in having to draft TWO separate specifications for ONE invention, which is time-consuming, complicated and expensive.

This seminar will show you how to draft and prosecute ONE patent applications which will comply with the differing requirements of BOTH the EPC and the USPTO.

There will be practical worked examples, illustrations, demonstrations of ‘best practice’ and plenty of discussion, ensuring that you will go home with a realistic and workable solution to a perennial problem.

To book your place, please click here.