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California Regional Independent Inventor Conference
Pasadena, CA
August 12, 2011
Friday, August 12, 2011
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8:00 - 8:30 |
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Registration & Coffee |
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8:30 - 8:35 |
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Conference Overview |
Richard Maulsby, Associate Commissioner for Innovation Development, United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO)
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8:35 – 8:45 |
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Greetings |
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William E. Thomson, President, Board of Trustees
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8:45 – 9:00 |
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Welcome |
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Congressman Adam Schiff |
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9:00 – 9:30 |
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Great Ideas…What are the Next Steps? |
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Louis J. Foreman, Founder of Enventys |
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9:30 – 10:15 |
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Science and Invention |
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Dr. Gary Michelson, National Inventors Hall of Fame Inductee
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10:15 – 11:00 |
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How to Create Products – Stores and Companies Love to Buy |
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Amy Wenslow, CEOProducts to Profit |
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11:00 – 11:10 |
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Break |
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11:10 – 12:30 |
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Concurrent Breakout Sessions |
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Patents – Utility & Designs |
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Ram Shukla and Supervisory Patent Examiner and Anthony Knight, Director, Office of Petitions, USPTO |
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American Inventors Act (AIA) How it Will Impact You
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John Calvert, Administrator, Inventors Assistance Program and Elizabeth Dougherty, Acting Deputy Director, Office of Patent Legal Administration, USPTO |
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Trademark Applications |
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Montia Pressey Givens, Staff Attorney, Office of the Commissioner for Trademarks, USPTO |
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Patent Searching |
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Andrew Koenig and Ram Shukla,, Supervisory Patent ExaminersUSPTO |
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12:30-1:50
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Lunch |
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Teresa Stanek Rea, Deputy Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Deputy Director of the USPTO |
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2:00 -3:20
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Concurrent Breakout Sessions |
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Advanced Tips for the Seasoned Inventor
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Elizabeth Dougherty, Acting Deputy Director, Office of Patent Legal Administration and Anthony Knight, Director, Office of Petitions, USPTO
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Claim Drafting for Beginners |
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John Calvert, Administrator, Inventors Assistance Program, USPTO, and Glenn Kubota, Attorney At Law |
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Trademark Searching
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Montia Givens-Pressey, Staff Attornes, Office of the Commissioner for Trademarks, USPTO
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Protecting your Patent in China |
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Jim Housel, Director, Global Intellectual Property Academy(GIPA), USPTO |
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3:30 – 4:50 |
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Concurrent Breakout Sessions |
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Advanced Claim Drafting |
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John Calvert, Administrator, Inventors Assistance Program, USPTO, and Greg Weaver, Attorney At Law
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Patent Searching
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Andrew Koenig, and Ram Shukla, Supervisory Patent Examiners, USPTO |
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Local Resources |
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Andrew Krauss, President, Inventors Alliance and Stella Mittelbach, PTDL Librarian, Los Angeles Public Library and George White, President, Inventors Forum |
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It’s Obvious – 35 U.S.C. § 103 |
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Anthony Knight, Director, Office of Petitions, Elizabeth Dougherty, Acting Deputy Director, Office of Patent Legal Administration, USPTO |
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5:00 - 5:45 |
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One-on-One with the Experts |
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Sign up in advance at the registration table |
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5:30 – 7:00 |
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NETWORKING RECEPTION |
Sponsored by Brooks, Kushman, P.C. and Invent Now®, Inc. |
California Regional Independent Inventor Conference
Pasadena, CA
August 13, 2011
Saturday, August 13, 2011
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8:00 - 8:30 |
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Registration & Coffee
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8:00 - 8:30 |
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One-on-One with the Experts |
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Sign up in advance at the registration table |
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8:30 - 8:45 |
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Greetings |
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Richard Maulsby, Associate Commissioner for Innovation Development, United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) |
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8:45 – 9:30 |
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Your Patent is Only as Strong as Your Mark |
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Tina Pompey, Vice President of Intellectual Property, Fox Group Legal |
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9:30 –10:15 |
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BOOM! The Coming Innovation Explosion |
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Mark Hatch, CEO, Tech Shop |
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10:15 – 11:00 |
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Inventing is not for Wimps |
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Tami Galt, Inventor of the Folding Wagon |
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11:00 -11:15
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Break |
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11:20 -12:40 |
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Concurrent Breakout Sessions
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American Inventors Act (AIA) How it Will Impact You
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John Calvert, Administrator, Inventors Assistance Program, USPTO |
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It’s Obvious 35 U.S.C. §103 |
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Anthony Knight, Director, Office of Petitions,USPTO |
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Women and Minority Business |
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Elizabeth Dougherty, Acting Deputy Director, Office of Patent Legal Administration, USPTO, Iris Goode, Senior Business Development Specialist, Minority Business Development Agency and Swann Do, Director, SBA Women Business Center at PACE |
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Patents - Utility & Designs
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Ram Shukla and Andrew Koenig, Supervisory Patent Examiners, USPTO
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12:45 – 1:45 |
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Networking Lunch |
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1 :50 - 3 :10 |
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Concurrent Breakout Sessions |
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Local Resources
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Andrew Krauss, President, Inventors Alliance and Stella Mittelbach, PTDL Librarian, Los Angeles Public Library and George White, President, Inventors Forum
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Advanced Tips for the Seasoned Inventor
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Elizabeth Dougherty, Acting Deputy Director, Office of Patent Legal Administration and Anthony Knight, Director, Office of Petitions, USPTO
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Trademark Searching |
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Montia Givens-Pressey, Staff Attorney, Office of the Commissioner for Trademarks, USPTO
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Advanced Claim Drafting |
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John Calvert, Administrator, Inventors Assistance Program, USPTO and Greg Weaver, Attorney At Law
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3:15 – 4:30
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Concurrent Break out Sessions |
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Trademark Applications |
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Montia Givens-Pressey Staff Attorney, Office of the Commissioner for Trademarks, USPTO |
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Patent Searching
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Andrew Koenig, and Ram Shukla, Supervisory Patent Examiners, USPTO |
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Claim Drafting for Beginners |
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Elizabeth Dougherty, Acting Deputy Director, USPTO and Peng Li, Attorney At Law |
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Protecting your Patent in China |
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Jim Housel, Director, Global Intellectual Property Academy (GIPA), USPTO |
