Optimizing Patent Prosecution Strategy for Better Outcomes and Stronger Patents *

Optimizing Patent Prosecution Strategy for Better Outcomes and Stronger Patents *

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Over the years, patent drafting and patent prosecution have come under increased pressure. At a time when more is being required by the Patent Office and U.S. courts, companies facing tight budgets continue to ask patent practitioners to do more for less. This means that law firms are having to reimagine how they service patent prosecution by crafting efficient workflows that control costs, provide greater budget predictability, and maintain service quality, all while maintaining profitability.

This panel will discuss strategies, techniques, technology, and systems that will lead to better outcomes, and how using these strategies, technologies, and systems streamlines the patent process and leads to better outcomes and stronger patents.

Among other things, this panel will discuss:

• The strategic use of ex parte appeals to gain allowances from examiners.
• Drafting patent claims with infringement in mind.
• Effective use of examiner interviews.
• Harnessing AI and using it for what it does well to avoid being replaced by AI.

Materials

• Tips for Patent Prosecutors from Litigators: Enhancing Litigation Outcomes
• Examiner Interviews: Don’t Argue
• Tips from a Former Examiner on How to Conduct Interviews at the USPTO
• Why Strategically Filing Appeals Makes More Sense
• AI Tools for Patent Drafting: LLMs Will Likely Never Write Claims as Well as Humans

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