2013 Winning Patents Workshop

Learn howto obtain valuablepatent

protectionfor yourclients!

Don’t just practice patent law. Perfect it. TM

Updated to Reflect Impacts of the AIA!

Special pricingfor PRGBar ReviewCourseAttendees!

PRG’s Winning Patents Workshop is designed for less-experienced patentpractitioners who want to learn how towrite and prosecute more valuable patentapplications that will provide better protection for their clients.

And by attending this course, you actually save your firm or companymoney. This critical training would otherwise have to be provided by senior counsel, taking them away frombillable work!

Fully Updated to Reflect Changes Introduced by the America Invents Act (AIA)The first-inventor-to-file regimen, introduced by the AIA effective March16, 2013, has dramatically changed thecriteria for determining patentability ofinventions over the prior art through arevision of 35 U.S.C. §102. Yet, for many years to come pre-AIA §102 willcontinue to be applicable in determiningpatentability vel non of claims in manyU.S. patent applications filed both beforeand after March 16, 2013, and the validity of claims in issued U.S. patents.Accordingly, all patent attorneys andagents must be intimately familiar withboth pre-AIA and AIA §102 and knowwhich applies to any claim undergoingscrutiny.

PRG’s Winning Patents Workshop hasbeen updated to incorporate the changes,nuances, and ambiguities introduced by AIA §102 and the rules promulgatedby the USPTO for implementing the newlaw. Among the crucial considerationsthat will be thoroughly explored and ex-plained in the course are the following:

� How to determine whether pre-AIA or AIA §102 criteria are applicable inevaluating patentability of any claimedinvention over the prior art.

� The nuances and ambiguities stemming from the “otherwise availableto the public” provision added by AIA in new §102(a)(1).

� The five categories of exceptions inAIA §102(b)(1) and (2) that disqualify§102(a)(1) and (2) events from beingprior art to a given claimed invention,and the requirements for establishingsuch exceptions during prosecution ofapplications before the USPTO.

� The important, subtle differences between the “effective filing dates” ofclaims undergoing examination and priorart in the form of published U.S. and PCTapplications and U.S. patents.

� Consequences to evaluate in determin-ing whether to file an RCE, CIP, or multiple applications when modificationshave been made to an invention after thefiling of an application.

PRG’s 2013Winning

Don’t miss this opportunity to learnhow to obtain more valuable patent

protection for your clients!

Paul L. GardnerAcademic DirectorPatent Resources GroupAlexandria, VA

John E. Tsavaris, Ph.D.Kenyon & KenyonNew York, NY

Special Tuition Offer for PRG Bar Review Course Attendees

Patents Workshop

C O U R S E F A C U L T Y

If you attended PRG's Bar Review Course (or purchased ourVideo Course) in 2012 or 2013, you are eligible for a $500 savingsoff the regular tuition of $2,995 at our 2013 Winning Patents Workshops. To obtain this special pricing when registering online,

please enter your user name and password before selecting your Workshop. If youregister by fax or mail, we will apply your savings when we process your order.

Projected State Bar CLE Credit: 22.0 Hours

Under the Academic Direction of: Professor Paul L. Gardner

Course DescriptionThe Winning Patents Workshop is designed specifically for practitioners with less experience in patent drafting and prosecution. And our 2013 Workshophas been updated to reflect relevantchanges introduced by the AIA.

Through lectures and an interactive exercise, attendees will:

� Learn prudent practices for preparing and prosecuting applications that maximize the value of patents you obtain for your clients.

� Develop an understanding of recent Federal Circuit case law, which resulted in claims being either unduly narrowly interpreted, and therefore held to be not infringed, or held to be invalid for lack ofwritten description or enablement support,due to improvidently prepared and prose-cuted applications.

� Appreciate what ought to be said – and not said – in the specifications,claims, and responses to Office actions,and why.

� Compose and prosecute a patent application based on a disclosure, priorart, and Office actions carefully createdby PRG.

Syllabus: The detailed course syllabus can be accessed online at www.patentresources.com.

Tuition: Tuition for the four-day Workshop is only $2,995. For more information about PRG’s Winning Patents Workshops, visit www.patentresources.com.

July 9-12, 2013 / Pasadena, CA

July 23-26, 2013 / Washington, DC (Alexandria, VA)Enroll Online: www.patentresources.com or FAX to: 703.892.4510

or Mail or Overnight to: 1725 Jamieson Avenue, Alexandria, VA 22314

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PRG accepts registrations by online submission or by fax, mail, or courier. Call a PRG registrar if youhave questions: 703.682.4860. You may submit the tuition of only $2,995.00 either by check, payable toPatent Resources Group, Inc., or by credit card (charges are authorized by your completion of the following charge form). If you took PRG's Bar Review Course in 2012 or 2013, we will apply a savings of $500 off your Workshop tuition when we process your order. The Workshop tuition does not includehotel accommodations or meals, but does include morning and afternoon refreshments.

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Approximately one month prior to the Workshop, PRG will send all attendees the background materials -- invention disclosure and prior art -- for the patent application drafting and prosecuting exercise. You shouldstudy these materials carefully prior to the Workshop to get the full benefit of this hands-on exercise.

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Summer 2013 Workshop Locations

East Coast Workshop

July 23-26, 2013Washington, DC(Alexandria, VA)

The Westin Alexandria

400 Courthouse SquareAlexandria, VA 22314

Reservations 703-253-8600

Registration deadline: July 12, 2013

Register today at www.patentresources.com!

West Coast WorkshopJuly 9-12, 2013Pasadena, CAHilton Pasadena

168 South Los Robles Ave. Pasadena, CA 91101

Reservations 626-577-1000

Registration deadline: June 21, 2013

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