NCPP BOOT CAMP: Patent Prosecution – Claim Scope, Amendments, and Effects on Litigation

NCPP BOOT CAMP OBJECTIVES

• How to amend claims no more than necessary in order to achieve desired claim scope, while avoiding unnecessary amendments that may narrow the scope of a claim

• How to respond to office actions in a way that does not create issues later in litigation (e.g., working to avoid prosecution history estoppel, unintentional narrowing of claims, or improper/unnecessary characterizations of the prior art); and;
• How to utilize examiner interviews to ensure a “cleaner” prosecution history.
• Drafting responses to office actions in view of potential litigation (e.g., don’t say too much, do not characterize claim language, prosecution history estoppel)

Instructor

Kean DeCarlo,
Partner at Womble Bond Dickinson, LLC

• Online

Cost

• FREE