Drafting Software Patents to Survive Section 101 and AIA Challenges
Anticipating and Minimizing the Risk of 101 Rejections, Recent Court Guidance
A live 90-minute premium CLE video webinar with interactive Q&A
This CLE course will guide patent practitioners to draft their patent applications to overcome Section 101 challenges during prosecution, litigation, and AIA reviews. This panel has decades of experience in Section 101.
Outline
- Challenges in drafting software patents
- Guidance from recent decisions
- Best practices for drafting software patent applications
- Benefits of claimed inventions
- Providing details in the specification
- Drafting claims to survive 101
Benefits
The panel will review these and other key issues:
- What are the hurdles for patent counsel to demonstrate a software-related claim is not abstract?
- How can patent practitioners pass Alice's step two if an abstract idea is identified?
- What guidance have the courts provided in recent decisions concerning patent eligibility for software-related inventions?
- What best practices should counsel use to help software-related inventions survive 101 challenges?
Faculty
Robert W. Bahr
Partner
Maier & Maier
Mr. Bahr specializes in all areas of patent practice. He previously served as the Deputy Commissioner for Patent... | Read More
Mr. Bahr specializes in all areas of patent practice. He previously served as the Deputy Commissioner for Patent Examination Policy at the USPTO. During his distinguished career at the USPTO, he was involved in nearly all patent-related rulemaking since 1995. His involvement in patent rulemaking includes the changes to implement the American Inventors Protection Act of 1999 and the Leahy-Smith America Invents Act. He provided administrative oversight and direction for the activities of the Office of Petitions, Office of Patent Legal Administration, Office of Patent Quality Assurance, Central Reexamination Unit, and Manual of Patent Examining Procedure staff during his tenure at the USPTO.
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Michael L. Kiklis
Founder
Kiklis Law Firm
Mr. Kiklis focuses on PTAB litigation as well as district court patent litigation. He also handles Federal Circuit... | Read More
Mr. Kiklis focuses on PTAB litigation as well as district court patent litigation. He also handles Federal Circuit appeals from his cases. With an extensive background in computer science, his technological focus is on software patent matters. Mr. Kiklis frequently handles high stakes matters, having been involved in several cases in which over $1 billion was at stake.
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