Best Practices for Drafting U.S. Patent Applications

If you do not know the answers to questions such as these, you really should listen to this webinar:

• •Whether patent titles and field or technical field sections should be narrow or highly detailed.
• •Whether patent applications should convey a hierarchy of embodiments.
• •Whether every claim element should appear in at least one figure or drawing.
• •What rejoinders are and how they are obtained.
• •Whether lists of potential materials should be included in the detailed description.
• •Whether claims should be arranged from broadest to narrowest.
• •The two primary types of apparatus claims.
• •The two primary types of method claims.
• •Why method claims may enhance damages awards.
• •Why concise background sections are often preferable to expansive ones.
• •A disadvantage of electing to withhold publication of patent applications.
• •How performance charts can enhance patent quality.

Course Leaders

Joshua Pritchett, Partner, Hauptman Ham, LLP

Joshua Pritchett focuses his practice on preparing and prosecuting U.S. and foreign patent applications in the electrical, mechanical, and optical arts. Prior to joining Hauptman Ham, he served for over nine years as a patent examiner at the U.S. Patent Office in a semiconductor optical art unit. He holds a J.D. from Georgetown University Law Center and a B.S. in Chemical Engineering from the University of Virginia.

Josh Hauptman, Associate, Hauptman Ham, LLP

Josh Hauptman advises clients on tailored patent strategies, patent prosecution, and patent monetization. His experience spans independent inventors, start-ups, and large domestic and foreign corporations. He holds a J.D. from Thomas Jefferson School of Law, an M.S. in Biotechnology from Georgetown University, and a B.S. in Biology from the University of Miami.

Course Length

Approx. 1.0 hours

Pricing

$175 per user