April
April 9, 8 a.m. to noon PT
The National Patent Application Drafting Competition (NPADC) is a team competition that introduces law students to U.S. patent laws and regulations, and it seeks to develop each participating student’s patent application drafting, amending, and prosecuting skills. The competition started with 51 teams and is now down to the final five. Each team will defend their strategy to a live panel of distinguished judges drawn from the greater patent community.
May
May 6, 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. PT
Are you a patent practitioner looking for tips on conducting a successful patent examiner interview? This online session, hosted by the Utah Bar Association IP Section, features USPTO Rocky Mountain Regional Director Molly Kocialski and three patent examiners discussing tips on scheduling patent examiner interviews, preparing for interviews, conducting effective interviews, plus commentary from an attorney panelist on how to deal with disagreements between practitioners and examiners.
June
June 4, 10 a.m. to noon PT
USPTO Design Supervisory Patent Examiners Garth Rademaker and Michael Stout will lead a course on design patents, teaching the basics of the design patent system and how a design patent differs from a utility patent.
Visit our Silicon Valley regional office or Startup Resources pages for more information.
April—June
The Path to a Patent quarterly series covers everything from intellectual property (IP) basics, to patent searching, to what you’ll need to draft and submit your patent application. The series is part of our ongoing IP training for independent inventors, entrepreneurs, and small businesses.
You can attend the entire series or just the sessions that best match your interests, but you must register for each session to attend. To learn more and register, select an individual session from the listing below.
Part I: IP basics
Part II: Learn how to draft a provisional patent application
Part III: Patent searching
Part IV: Learn how to draft a patent application
Part V: Learn how to draft patent claims
Part VI: Learn how to protect your IP abroad
Part VII: Learn how to file a patent application using EFS-Web
Part VIII: Common mistakes and support after filing
Path to a Patent series details are available on the event’s webpage on the USPTO website.
April—May
Trademark Basics Boot Camp is offered regularly throughout the year. During each series run, we cover one module weekly for eight weeks, with each module focusing on different aspects of trademarks and the registration process, from filing and examination to post-registration requirements for keeping your registration alive. Each module concludes with a question and answer period where you can ask our USPTO trademark experts questions.
You can attend the entire series or just the sessions that best match your interests, but you must register for each session to attend. To learn more and register, select an individual session from the listing below.
Module 1: Fundamentals
Module 2: Searching
Module 3: Application requirements
Module 4: Application filing walk-through
Module 5: Responding to an office action
Module 6: Registration process overview
Module 7: Keeping your registration alive
Module 8: Question-and-answer panel
Trademark Basics Boot Camp series details are available on the event’s webpage on the USPTO website.
April—May
Are you a law student interested in pursuing a career in IP? The USPTO is offering an interactive four-part course on patent prosecution. Don’t miss your chance to learn from USPTO experts about the patent process and the ways patent examiners review your patent application.
Module One: Overview of patents
Module Two: Patent claims
Module Three: Legal statutes
Module Four: Drafting patent application claims
Patent Prosecution Boot Camp series details are available on the event’s webpage on the USPTO website.
USPTO Design Day 2021
April 22, 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. PT
Join us for a morning of lively and thought-provoking discussion about various aspects of design patents, hosted by the USPTO. Get insights from USPTO design examiners and managers, design patent practitioners, and industrial designers.
Patent basics
May 6, 9-10:30 a.m. PT
This session demystifies the patent process and discusses the role of a U.S. patent examiner and what to expect when working with the USPTO.
Design patents: The secret weapon for electronics and user interfaces
June 17, 10-11 a.m. PT
After a brief introduction on what a design patent is and how to apply for design patent protection, learn about the benefits design patents provide in the consumer products and fashion industries. These industries face unique infringement challenges, with design patents being key enforcement tools. Join panels of design patent insiders, including attorneys, USPTO examiners, patent owners, and other leading designers in the consumer products and fashion industries to discuss the role and value of design patents.
Event pages and details are available on our events calendar.
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