Webinar: Patent Prosecution Options at the USPTO: Tried-and-True or New to You
Fitch, Even, Tabin & Flannery LLP will present a free webinar, “Patent Prosecution Options at the USPTO: Tried-and-True or New to You,” featuring Fitch Even attorneys Alan E. Schiavelli and George N. Dandalides.
The event will be on Wednesday, Oct. 23, 2019, at 9 am PDT / 10 am MDT / 11 am CDT / 12 noon EDT. It will also be available as an on-demand webinar after the presentation.
The firm said the USPTO is constantly striving to reduce average pendency and achieve compact prosecution office-wide, but that’s of little consequence if your patent application is bogged down in prosecution with the examiner—or if business reasons dictate a patent be obtained more quickly than usual. Fortunately, the USPTO offers several programs and initiatives to applicants designed to advance the examination process.
During this webinar, presenters will provide background information and helpful advice on these prosecution tactics and publication strategies:
• Track One prioritized examination
• Petitions to make special and accelerated examination
• First Action Interview Pilot Program
• Patent Prosecution Highway (PPH)
• Early publication and non-publication
• After Final Consideration Pilot 2.0 (AFCP 2.0)
• Pre-Appeal Brief Conference Pilot Program
