Learn how to obtain valuable patent protection for your clients!

Special pricing for PRG Bar Rev ie Course w Attendee s!

Updated to Reflect Impacts of the AIA!

2013 Winning Patents Workshop

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PRGs Winning Patents Workshop is designed for less-experienced patent practitioners who want to learn how to write and prosecute more valuable patent applications that will provide better protection for their clients. And by attending this course, you actually save your firm or company money. This critical training would otherwise have to be provided by senior counsel, taking them away from billable work! PRGs Winning Patents Workshop has been updated to incorporate the changes, nuances, and ambiguities introduced by AIA 102 and the rules promulgated by the USPTO for implementing the new law. Among the crucial considerations that will be thoroughly explored and explained in the course are the following:
I How to determine whether pre-AIA or AIA 102 criteria are applicable in evaluating patentability of any claimed invention over the prior art. I The nuances and ambiguities stemming from the otherwise available to the public provision added by AIA in new 102(a)(1). I The five categories of exceptions in AIA 102(b)(1) and (2) that disqualify 102(a)(1) and (2) events from being prior art to a given claimed invention, and the requirements for establishing such exceptions during prosecution of applications before the USPTO. I The important, subtle differences between the effective filing dates of claims undergoing examination and prior art in the form of published U.S. and PCT applications and U.S. patents. I Consequences to evaluate in determining whether to file an RCE, CIP, or multiple applications when modifications have been made to an invention after the filing of an application.

Fully Updated to Reflect Changes Introduced by the America Invents Act (AIA)
The first-inventor-to-file regimen, introduced by the AIA effective March 16, 2013, has dramatically changed the criteria for determining patentability of inventions over the prior art through a revision of 35 U.S.C. 102. Yet, for many years to come pre-AIA 102 will continue to be applicable in determining patentability vel non of claims in many U.S. patent applications filed both before and after March 16, 2013, and the validity of claims in issued U.S. patents. Accordingly, all patent attorneys and agents must be intimately familiar with both pre-AIA and AIA 102 and know which applies to any claim undergoing scrutiny.

Dont miss this opportunity to learn how to obtain more valuable patent protection for your clients!

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Projected State Bar CLE Credit:
22.0 Hours

Under the Academic Direction of:

Professor Paul L. Gardner

Course Description
The Winning Patents Workshop is designed specifically for practitioners with less experience in patent drafting and prosecution. And our 2013 Workshop has been updated to reflect relevant changes introduced by the AIA. Through lectures and an interactive exercise, attendees will: I Learn prudent practices for preparing and prosecuting applications that maximize the value of patents you obtain for your clients. I Develop an understanding of recent Federal Circuit case law, which resulted in claims being either unduly narrowly interpreted, and therefore held to be not infringed, or held to be invalid for lack of written description or enablement support, due to improvidently prepared and prosecuted applications.

I Appreciate what ought to be said and not said in the specifications, claims, and responses to Office actions, and why. I Compose and prosecute a patent application based on a disclosure, prior art, and Office actions carefully created by PRG.

Syllabus: The detailed course syllabus can be accessed online at www.patentresources.com. Tuition: Tuition for the four-day
Workshop is only $2,995. For more information about PRGs Winning Patents Workshops, visit www.patentresources.com.

COURSE FACULT Y Paul L. Gardner Academic Director Patent Resources Group Alexandria, VA John E. Tsavaris, Ph.D. Kenyon & Kenyon New York, NY

Special Tuition Offer for PRG Bar Review Course Attendees

If you attended PRG's Bar Review Course (or purchased our Video Course) in 2012 or 2013, you are eligible for a $500 savings off the regular tuition of $2,995 at our 2013 Winning Patents Workshops. To obtain this special pricing when registering online, please enter your user name and password before selecting your Workshop. If you register by fax or mail, we will apply your savings when we process your order.

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Winning Patents Workshop

July 9-12, 2013 / Pasadena, CA July 23-26, 2013 / Washington, DC (Alexandria, VA)
Enroll Online: www.patentresources.com or FAX to: 703.892.4510 or Mail or Overnight to: 1725 Jamieson Avenue, Alexandria, VA 22314
PRG accepts registrations by online submission or by fax, mail, or courier. Call a PRG registrar if you have questions: 703.682.4860. You may submit the tuition of only $2,995.00 either by check, payable to Patent Resources Group, Inc., or by credit card (charges are authorized by your completion of the following charge form). If you took PRG's Bar Review Course in 2012 or 2013, we will apply a savings of $500 off your Workshop tuition when we process your order. The Workshop tuition does not include hotel accommodations or meals, but does include morning and afternoon refreshments.

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Summer 2013 Workshop Locations

West Coast Workshop
July 9-12, 2013 Pasadena, CA Hilton Pasadena 168 South Los Robles Ave. Pasadena, CA 91101 Reservations 626-577-1000 Registration deadline: June 21, 2013

East Coast Workshop

July 23-26, 2013 Washington, DC (Alexandria, VA) The Westin Alexandria 400 Courthouse Square Alexandria, VA 22314 Reservations 703-253-8600 Registration deadline: July 12, 2013

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West Coast Workshop

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East Coast Workshop

July 23-26, 2013 Washington, DC (Alexandria, VA)

2013 Workshop Updated for the AIA

Special Offer for Bar Review Attendees!

If you took PRG's Bar Review Course in 2012 or 2013, you'll save $500 when you sign up for our Winning Patents Workshop in 2013!

For more information about PRGs Winning Patents Workshop, visit

www.patentresources.com

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