Patent Management: Generating Return, Managing Costs and Ensuring Quality

CPA Global Learning Series Presents a Complimentary Seminar:

Patent Management: Generating Return, Managing Costs and Ensuring Quality

In one afternoon, hear from industry leaders as they discuss different approaches for strategic patent management. Sessions will focus on controlling expenditure, obtaining and preserving the highest quality patents and deriving the most value from your patent initiatives.

Sessions include:

Key Considerations in Managing Your Patent Group: A Corporate and Law Firm Perspective

Speakers: Peter Yim, Esq., Morrison & Foerster, Brian Burn, Esq., C.R. Bard, Inc.
Quality improvement, risk management, administrative burden, commercial alignment and the ability to cost effectively support the organization’s growth trajectory - these are a few of the challenges that corporate and law firm patent group leaders face in supporting business needs today and in the future. Topics to be addressed include:

• Analyzing the prosecution function relative to business needs
• Addressing cost and capacity without compromising quality
• Managing the attorney to staff ratio in the patent department
• Developing a business case to overhaul your group infrastructure
• Evaluating what functions to let go and to maintain internally

When, Why, and How to Strategically Leverage Accelerated Examination

Speaker: Chris Hilberg, Oppenheimer Wolff & Donnelly LLP
The USPTO’s new AE program has a sufficient track-record to prove it can be a powerful vehicle for ensuring speedy prosecution, high quality patents, validating investment and bestowing numerous benefits to patent portfolios. This “best practices” discussion will address:

• Leveraging AE to swiftly obtain high-quality examination and issued patents while reducing prosecution costs
• Overcoming challenges to pre-examination search reports and examination support document requirements
• Evaluating circumstances when AE can serve as a patentability test
• Designing and implementing an effective AE plan into existing corporate patent programs
• Identifying industries and product areas that benefit most from the AE program

Optimizing Your Patent Portfolio for Maximum Return

Speaker: Will Plut, Principal, Patent Profit International
Many companies underestimate of the value that is within their own patent portfolios. Through Patent Portfolio Optimization, patent owners can identify and secure the “crown jewels,” as well as identify areas for cost savings, new revenue opportunities, and position themselves for more strategic movement of their valuable patents. Topics to be addressed include:

• Identify patents to protect, hold, abandon, or monetize
• Developing patent strategies that are both offensive and defensive
• Monetize under-performing assets

Additional industry speakers continue to be confirmed.

For more information, please contact Elizabeth Norwood at enorwood@cpaglobal.com or 703.628.3809.