June 2010

Wednesday, June 16, 2010 to Friday, June 18, 2010

A PLI Basic Patent Program To Help You On Your Way: This three-day program is directed to patent attorneys, litigation attorneys and patent agents with little patent experience. It will focus on teaching the basics of claim drafting, patent application preparation and prosecution, as well as a review of recent developments in the law. It is designed to provide a practical and solid foundation on which to build a stronger professional patent practice. The clinics offer a unique supplement to the kind of mentoring that senior attorneys are hard-pressed to provide to less experienced attorneys and agents. What You Will Learn: Structure - This three-day program will feature lectures each morning followed by small clinic sessions in the afternoon. Both the lecture sessions and the clinics will follow the patent application process - from invention disclosure and patent preparation (Day 1), through prosecution and issuance (Day 2) and into litigation (Day 3). Homework is different for each program and is specially designed to complement the New York City and San Francisco programs.