Join the Elijah J. McCoy Midwest Regional U.S. Patent and Trademark Office and Northwestern Pritzker School of Law for a Chicago Regional Seminar designed for IP practitioners. The morning will include a program for law students, students in the Masters of Law LLM program, and students in the Master of Science in Law MSL program, focusing on the role of the patent examiner and careers at the USPTO. The afternoon session welcomes IP Practitioners for presentations and panel discussions.
CLE credit for Indiana has been approved for 3.6 general credit hours; 1.0 credit hours of ethics is included in the general credit hours. CLE credit for Ohio is approved. CLE for Illinois is pending.
| Time | Activity |
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| 12:30-1:00 p.m. | Registration and Networking |
| 1:00-1:10 p.m. | Welcome and Opening Remarks
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| 1:10-1:30 p.m. | USPTO Update
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| 1:30-2:15 p.m. | Quality Update
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| 2:15-3:00 p.m. | Patent Application Readiness
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| 3:00-3:15 p.m. | Break |
| 3:15-4:00 p.m. | Patent Quality Review including 101 Rejections
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| 4:00-5:00 p.m. | Ethics and Professional Practice
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| 5:00 p.m. | Closing Remarks |
For more information please contact us at 313-446-4800 or email Midwestregion@uspto.gov.