Live Webinar
Date: Wednesday, February 13, 2013
Time: 1:00 PM - 2:15 PM ET
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With over 95% of all patent applications turned down the first time around by the US Patent Office, prosecution can be tedious and long. Speeding through a patent application process to win the race has become increasingly common in our fast-paced world and just as common are the missteps associated with lack of diligence causing examiners’ confusion.

World Congress Webinars present Patent Prosecution 101: A Worthwhile Cost to Protect Your Idea? on February 13th at 1pm EST. The webinar will focus on do’s and don’t to  minimize risks of pre-grant prosecution.

Join Catherine Toppin, a Senior Patent Counsel and Patent Prosecution Specialist Team Manager at GE Patent Operation for a presentation on the challenges and costs surrounding patent prosecution. She will shed light on what complications surrounding objections or rejections mean for your business as well as tested methods to effectively keep the process moving, including:

Learning Objectives

• Overview of the fundamentals of patent prosecution

• Actions the USPTO is taking to respond to the growing, global appeal of the Patent Prosecution Highway and the importance of work sharing to improving the international patent system

• How to best proceed with prosecution in light of new Section 2 of the AIA

• Identify patent application timing considerations

• Discuss the use divisional applications as “insurance”

Who Should Attend

For general questions and program inquiries, contact:
Jennifer  Besada
Senior Webinar Director
Legal/IP  Webinars
Phone: 914.380.5348
Email: [email protected]

To inquire about sponsoring this or future webinars, contact:
David Capobianco
Senior Business Development Manager
Phone: 781.939.2635 
Email: [email protected]