UT Law CLE

18^th Annual

Advanced Patent Law Institute

PRESENTED BY
The University of Texas School of Law
The George Mason University Antonin Scalia Law School

Alexandria Mar 23-24, 2023 United States Patent and Trademark Office
$695 Individual | $745 after Mar 15

$295 USPTO Employee

$625 Group rate per person (5 registrants minimum) | $675 after Mar 15

$555 Group rate per person (10 registrants minimum) | $605 after Mar 15

Live Webcast Mar 23-24, 2023
$695 Individual | $745 after Mar 15

$295 USPTO Employee

$625 Group rate per person (5 registrants minimum) | $675 after Mar 15

$555 Group rate per person (10 registrants minimum) | $605 after Mar 15

Register

Overview

The 18th Annual Advanced Patent Law Institute is BACK and in-person at the United States Patent and Trademark Office this year! Don't miss a unique opportunity to join USPTO senior staff, leading practitioners, academics, and members of the federal judiciary for two days of presentations on the latest developments in patent law.

Event Schedule

Program is subject to change.
All times are Central Time Zone.

Day 1 March 23, 2023
Day 2 March 24, 2023

Time

Credit

Subject

Speaker
Thursday Morning
This agenda is still in development. Updates to topics and speakers will be posted as available.
AGENDA IS IN EASTERN TIME
7:30 am

Registration Opens

Includes continental breakfast.
8:20 am

Welcoming Remarks
8:30 am

1.00 hr

Section 101

This panel provides a review on the USPTO plan to update its Patent Examination Guidelines on Patent Subject Matter Eligibility (PSME) based on public comments. Includes a survey of recent Federal Circuit PSME cases with practice tips as well as highlights of a bill to revise PMSE law.

Stephen G. Kunin, Maier & Maier PLLC - Alexandria, VA
Matthew Sked, U.S. Patent and Trademark Office - Philadelphia, PA
9:30 am

1.00 hr

SEPs and License Agreements

Moderator:
Adam Mossoff, Antonin Scalia Law School, George Mason University - Arlington, VA
Panelists:
Isabella Fu, Microsoft Corporation - Redmond, WA
Christian Hannon, U.S. Patent and Trademark Office - Alexandria, VA
10:30 am

10-Minute Break
10:45 am

1.00 hr

Written Description and Enablement: Current Cases and Pending Decisions

Carla Ji-Eun Kim, Sterne Kessler Goldstein & Fox - Washington, DC
Nick Panno, DLA Piper LLP US - Reston, VA
11:45 am

0.75 hr

Drafting Claims That Will Be Infringed

When you draft claims, what are you thinking about? Our clients want us to focus on covering their invention, but we know that a patent creates a negative right. It doesn't give your client the right to practice its invention, only to exclude others. In one school of thought, clients want patents that protect their businesses, this means using patents to keep competitors away from our clients' patent properties. This discusses ways of drafting claims that maximize the chances of covering competitors; that are difficult to design around.

Dale S. Lazar, Antonin Scalia Law School George Mason University - Arlington, VA
12:30 pm
Alexandria Only

Pick Up Lunch (in Alexandria)
Thursday Afternoon
LUNCHEON PRESENTATION
12:50 pm

0.50 hr

Keynote Presentation: View from the USPTO

Kathi Vidal, Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Director, U.S. Patent and Trademark Office - Alexandria, VA (Invited)
1:20 pm

10-Minute Break
1:30 pm

0.50 hr

PTAB Update from Chief Judge

Hear an update from the Chief Judge on recent trends and developments in PTAB appeal and trial proceedings.

Hon. Scott R. Boalick, Chief Judge, Patent Trial and Appeal Board, U.S. Patent and Trademark Office - Alexandria, VA
2:00 pm

0.75 hr

Practice Before the PTAB, Part I: Changes to the Director Review Procedures and Discretionary Denial Practice

Teresa Stanek Rea, Crowell & Moring, LLP - Washington, DC
Hon. Michael Tierney, U.S. Patent and Trademark Office - Alexandria, VA
Hon. Amanda Wieker, U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, Patent Trial and Appeal Board - Richmond, VA
2:45 pm

0.75 hr

Practice Before the PTAB, Part II: Joinder, Estoppel, Motions to Amend, and More

W. Todd Baker, Kirkland & Ellis LLP - Washington, DC
Hon. Melissa Haapala, U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, Patent Trial and Appeal Board - Boulder, CO
Hon. Miriam L. Quinn, U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, Patent Trial and Appeal Board - Dallas, TX
3:30 pm

15-Minute Break
3:45 pm

0.75 hr

Patenting Issues Applicable to AI Inventions

Susan Krumplitsch, DLA Piper LLP US - East Palo Alto, CA
Nalini Mummalaneni, U.S. Patent and Trademark Office - Alexandria, VA
4:30 pm

1.00 hr ethics

Ethics Issues Facing USPTO Practitioners

Michael E. McCabe Jr., McCABE/ALI LLP - Potomac, MD
Tim Rooney, U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, Office of Enrollment and Discipline - Alexandria, VA
5:30 pm

Adjourn

Time

Credit

Subject

Speaker
Friday Morning
AGENDA IS IN EASTERN TIME
8:30 am

Conference Room Opens
9:00 am

1.00 hr

Implications of Unified Patents and the Unified Patent Court

Moderator:
Robert Greene Sterne, Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox P.L.L.C. - Washington, DC
Panelists:
Florian Meyer, Meissner Bolte mbB - Munich, Germany
Mario Pozzi, SIB LEX s.t.a. - Milan, Italy
Gwilym Roberts, Kiburn & Strode - London, United Kingdom
10:00 am

15-Minute Break
10:15 am

0.75 hr

Challenges to Obviousness Type Double Patenting, Including patents with PTE or PTA

Obviousness‑type double patenting is a judicial creation designed to preclude improper time extension of patent rights by proscribing the issuance of claims in a second patent that are directed to subject matter that is “different but not patentably distinct from the subject matter claimed in the prior patent.” But there must be some clear evidence to establish why the invention's variation in the second patent or application would have been obvious. This presentation discusses responding to OTDP rejections, as well as the implications when the patent in question has PTE or PTA.

Kakoli Caprihan, U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, Office of the General Counsel - Alexandria, VA
Tom Irving, Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner, LLP - Washington, DC
11:00 am

0.75 hr

Very Hot Topics in Design Patents

There are two major questions of first impression pending before the Federal Circuit. Design patent scope has been turned on its head by In re: Surgisil, greatly affecting not only patentability but infringement analysis (Columbia v. Serius). Regarding obviousness, the Federal Circuit in LKQ v. GM is grappling with the unresolved issue of whether KSR applies to design patents, potentially overturning years of case law.

Perry Saidman, Saidman DesignLaw Group, LLC - Silver Spring, MD
11:45 pm
Alexandria Only

Pick Up Lunch (in Alexandria)
Friday Afternoon
LUNCHEON PRESENTATION
12:15 pm

1.00 hr

Federal Circuit Judicial Panel

Hear from a panel of judges from the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit as they discuss their experiences hearing and trying patent cases.

Moderator:
Hon. Kathleen M. O'Malley (Ret.), Irell & Manella LLP - Washington, DC
Hon. Alan D. Lourie, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit - Washington, DC
Hon. Pauline Newman, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit - Washington, DC
Panelist:
Hon. Sharon Prost, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit - Washington, DC
1:15 pm

15-Minute Break
1:30 pm

1.00 hr

Federal Circuit and SCOTUS Year in Review

A review of the most important cases from the Federal Circuit and the Supreme Court in the past year that every practitioner should know.

Joe Matal, Haynes Boone, LLP - Washington, DC
2:30 pm

1.00 hr ethics

Ethics in IP Practice

This session covers conflicts of interest in patent litigation, opinions, and prosecution.

David Hricik, Mercer University School of Law - Macon, GA
3:30 pm

Adjourn

Day 1 March 23, 2023
Day 2 March 24, 2023

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Conference Faculty

W. Todd Baker

Kirkland & Ellis LLP
Washington, DC

Hon. Scott R. Boalick

Chief Judge, Patent Trial and Appeal Board, U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
Alexandria, VA

Kakoli Caprihan

U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, Office of the General Counsel
Alexandria, VA

Isabella Fu

Microsoft Corporation
Redmond, WA

Hon. Melissa Haapala

U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, Patent Trial and Appeal Board
Boulder, CO

Christian Hannon

U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
Alexandria, VA

David Hricik

Mercer University School of Law
Macon, GA

Tom Irving

Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner, LLP
Washington, DC

Carla Ji-Eun Kim

Sterne Kessler Goldstein & Fox
Washington, DC

Susan Krumplitsch

DLA Piper LLP US
East Palo Alto, CA

Stephen G. Kunin

Maier & Maier PLLC
Alexandria, VA

Dale S. Lazar

Antonin Scalia Law School George Mason University
Arlington, VA

Hon. Alan D. Lourie

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
Washington, DC

Joe Matal

Haynes Boone, LLP
Washington, DC

Michael E. McCabe Jr.

McCABE/ALI LLP
Potomac, MD

Florian Meyer

Meissner Bolte mbB
Munich, Germany

Adam Mossoff

Antonin Scalia Law School, George Mason University
Arlington, VA

Nalini Mummalaneni

U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
Alexandria, VA

Hon. Pauline Newman

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
Washington, DC

Hon. Kathleen M. O'Malley (Ret.)

Irell & Manella LLP
Washington, DC

Nick Panno

DLA Piper LLP US
Reston, VA

Mario Pozzi

SIB LEX s.t.a.
Milan, Italy

Hon. Sharon Prost

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
Washington, DC

Hon. Miriam L. Quinn

U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, Patent Trial and Appeal Board
Dallas, TX

Teresa Stanek Rea

Crowell & Moring, LLP
Washington, DC

Gwilym Roberts

Kiburn & Strode
London, United Kingdom

Tim Rooney

U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, Office of Enrollment and Discipline
Alexandria, VA

Perry Saidman

Saidman DesignLaw Group, LLC
Silver Spring, MD

Matthew Sked

U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
Philadelphia, PA

Robert Greene Sterne

Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox P.L.L.C.
Washington, DC

Hon. Michael Tierney

U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
Alexandria, VA

Kathi Vidal

Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Director, U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
Alexandria, VA
(Invited)

Hon. Amanda Wieker

U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, Patent Trial and Appeal Board
Richmond, VA

Planning Committee

Hon. Scott R. Boalick

Chief Judge, Patent Trial and Appeal Board, U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
Alexandria, VA

Hon. Jacqueline Bonilla

U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, Patent Trial and Appeal Board
Alexandria, VA

Hon. Georgianna Braden

U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, Patent Trial and Appeal Board
North Richland Hills, TX

Courtenay C. Brinckerhoff

Foley & Lardner LLP
Washington, DC

Karin Ferriter

U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
Alexandria, VA

Hon. Linda E. Horner

U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
Alexandria, VA

Joanna Jefferson

The University of Texas School of Law
Austin, TX

Stephen G. Kunin

Maier & Maier PLLC
Alexandria, VA

William L. LaFuze

McKool Smith
Houston, TX

William LaMarca

U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, Office of the Solicitor
Alexandria, VA

Dale S. Lazar

Antonin Scalia Law School George Mason University
Arlington, VA

Joe Matal

Haynes Boone, LLP
Washington, DC

Adam Mossoff

Antonin Scalia Law School, George Mason University
Arlington, VA

Teresa Stanek Rea

Crowell & Moring, LLP
Washington, DC

Whitney Remily

Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch, LLP
Falls Church, VA

John W. Ryan

Owens & Minor
Mechanicsville, VA

Perry Saidman

Saidman DesignLaw Group, LLC
Silver Spring, MD

Robert Greene Sterne

Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox P.L.L.C.
Washington, DC

Hon. Michael Tierney

U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
Alexandria, VA

Shirley Webster

Ocean Tomo, LLC
Houston, TX

Jeffrey A. Wolfson

Haynes Boone, LLP
Washington, DC

Key Dates

Alexandria – Mar 23-24, 2023 – United States Patent and Trademark Office

Live Webcast – Mar 23-24, 2023