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  <div class="vevent h-event"> <h1 class="summary p-name">TechAmerica IP Workshop: The Patent System – An In-depth Primer</h1> <div class='date'><time class="dtstart dt-start" title="2009-10-28T07:30:00" datetime="2009-10-28T07:30:00">Wednesday, October 28, 2009 from 7:30am</time>–<time class="dtend dt-end" title="2009-10-28T12:00:00" datetime="2009-10-28T12:00:00">noon</time></div> <div class="location vcard p-location h-card"> <a class="url" href='http://calagator.org/venues/202390052'><span class='fn org p-name'>Oregon Zoo</span></a> <div class="adr p-adr h-adr"> <div class="street-address p-street-address">4001 SW Canyon Rd.</div> <span class="locality p-locality">Portland</span> , <span class="region p-region">OR</span> <span class="postal-code p-postal-code">97221-9704</span> <div class="country-name p-country-name">US</div> (<a href='https://maps.google.com/maps?q=4001%20SW%20Canyon%20Rd.,%20Portland%20OR%2097221-9704%20US'>map</a>) </div> </div> <div class="description p-description"> <p>TechAmerica's Technology and IP Committee presents a workshop on patent basics.</p> <p>This 4-hour workshop will describe, in depth, the entire patent system, from its reason for existence to how to create strong patents as valuable corporate assets.</p> <p>During the first hour of the workshop you will learn: - Why the US has an intellectual property system - How patents relate to other forms of intellectual property - How patents are used both offensively and defensively</p> <p>In addition, three small-group sessions will provide access, in a non-threatening, teaching environment, to industry veterans who will answer questions specific to your industry or business.</p> <p>SMALL GROUP BREAK-OUT SESSIONS: Steps to take before filing a patent application (led by Matthew Rabdau, Tektronix and Thaine Allison, MTI, Inc.) - When and how to document inventions - How to decide whether a patent application should be filed - How to work with inside or outside patent counsel</p> <p>How to draft a patent application (led by Jim Stewart, Ater Wynne LLP and Rick Boyd, Ater Wynne LLP) - How to develop an application that will ultimately issue as a patent - Why are claims so hard to read (and how to read them)</p> <p>How to successfully navigate an application through the Patent Office (led by Kevin Ross, Marger Johnson & McCollom PC and Joe Makuch, Marger Johnson & McCollom PC) - How examiners use "Prior Art" - How to best respond to Patent Office rejections - How to prosecute a patent that will withstand an invalidity attack</p> <p>Finally, participants will take home a packet of valuable materials specific to developing an in-house patent system.</p> <p>Who shoud attend: - Engineers new to the patent system - Engineering managers - Managers having IP responsibility - VCs who seek in-depth knowledge about the patent system - Small business owners and entrepreneurs</p> <p>Thank you Marger Johnson & McCollom PC for sponsoring this event.</p> </div> <h3>Links</h3> <ul> <li><a class="url u-url" href="http://www.techamerica.org/ipworkshop">Website</a></li> </ul> </div>