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Patent Prosecution

Patent Prosecution - Professor John Russell

Course Number: LAW-455
Course Type: Foundational and Experiential
Credits: 2
Enrollment Limit: Determined by the Registrar
Description: This course provides a working understanding of the core issues and strategies involved in prosecuting a patent before the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office (PTO). We examine such topics as (a) understanding patent claims and their supporting disclosure; (b) responding to common PTO rejections of patent applications; (c) appealing adverse patent examiner decisions; and (d) some advanced topics, such as the prosecuting lawyer’s duty of candor before the PTO, examiner interviews, and petitions.

PLEASE NOTE: This course is not intended as an equivalent to, or substitute for, a commercial patent bar preparation course.

Prerequisite: Patent Law & Policy
Evaluation Method: Evaluation will principally be by a series of drafting assignments, oral presentations, and in-class quizzes.
Capstone: no
WIE: no

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