Patent prosecution presentation

I’m honored to announce that I’ll be giving a patent prosecution presentation at the Boston Bar Association this evening.

What is patent prosecution?

Patent prosecution is the process of identifying and describing an invention, preparing and submitting a patent application, and then negotiating with a patent office, with written communications from the office and responses by the patent applicant, and possibly including interviews, to get a patent issued.  That is pre-grant patent prosecution.

There is also post-grant patent prosecution, in which patents can be challenged in an opposition proceeding (in some patent offices), and in the USPTO, post-grant proceedings include inter partes reviews (IPRs) at the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB), covered business method reviews (CBMs), ex parte reexamination, patent interferences (for any patent claim filed prior to March 16, 2013), supplemental examination, and patent reissue.

Details of my patent prosecution presentation

I’m looking forward to presenting on this topic to other attorneys.  I will share my slideshow online and will update this post with a link to it here.

If you have questions about patent prosecution, I’d be glad to hear from you in the comments, or call me (617-340-9295) or email me at my Contact Me page.  Or, find me on Facebook, Twitter, Google+, LinkedIn, Google Local, or Avvo.