2024 AMC Schedule

15.5 hours of CLE, including 3.5 hours of ethics credit!

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Wednesday July 17th

7:00 AM 5:00 PM Registration  
8:00 AM 12:00 PM Nuts & Bolts Session - What you need to know about patent prosecution (but no one taught you) - Priya Sinha Cloutier, David Grossman, David Ladner, David Boundy **  
8:00 AM 12:00 PM Exhibitor Set Up  
12:30 PM 1:00 PM White Space Patenting - Chris Frank  
1:05 PM 1:35 PM Getting AI Patents Allowed - Mike Carey  
1:40 PM 2:10 PM Patent Licensing/Transactions - Jorge Contreras  
2:15 PM 2:45 PM FTO and Patent Opinion Best Practices - Meredith Struby  
2:45 PM 3:00 PM Break  
3:00 PM 4:00 PM Federal Circuit Patent Law: A Year in Review - Gale "Pete" Peterson  
4:05 PM 4:35 PM Analytical & Repeatable Patent Drafting Techniques for New & Seasoned Practitioners Alike - Tom Bassolino  
4:40 PM 5:10 PM Obvious Guidance: Growth in Articulated Reasoning - Mike Locklar  
5:15 PM 5:45 PM Enforcement via Amazon, Ebay, etc. Alternative Dispute Resolution Programs - Aaron Williams  
6:30 PM 9:00 PM Welcome Reception  

 

Thursday July 18th

7:00 AM 5:00 PM Registration  
7:30 AM 8:30 AM USPTO Roundtable  
8:30 AM 9:30 AM OED Ethics - Will Covey  
9:35 AM 10:05 AM Design Patent Practice - Margaret Polson  
10:05 AM 10:20 AM Break  
10:20 AM 10:50 AM Increasing Quality & Diversity in Patent Practice - Braxton Davis  
10:55 AM 11:55 AM Fireside Chat - Emil Ali, Dan Smith, Will Covey  
11:55 AM 12:00 PM Welcome Message from UMN Law School Associate Dean Tom Cotter  
12:00 PM 12:30 PM USPTO AI Initiatives - Charles Kim  
12:30 PM 1:40 PM Annual Meeting & Lunch  
1:45 PM 2:30 PM Advanced Patent Prosecution Strategies - Kip Werking  
2:35 PM 2:55 PM Continuation Practice: Takeaways and Tips - Paul Parins  
3:00 PM 3:30 PM Inequitable Conduct/Taking Over Prior Case(s) - Emil Ali  
3:30 PM 3:50 PM Break  
3:55 PM 4:40 PM What Keeps In-House Patent Counsel Up at Night - Katie Scholz, Katrina Witschen  
4:45 PM 5:15 PM Unitary Patents, the UPC and EPO oppositions - Jeremy Smith  
5:20 PM 5:50 PM Preparing Your Patent for Litigation - Gary Sorden  
6:00 PM 9:00 PM Affinity Group Dinners  

 

Friday July 19th

8:00 AM 12:00 PM Registration  
7:30 AM 8:30 AM Breakfast  
8:30 AM 9:30 AM Re-Issue Practice - Bruce Young  
9:35 AM 10:05 AM Including Canada in Foreign Filing Strategy? Practice Between Canada & US - Melanie Schultz  
10:05 AM 10:20 AM Break  
10:25 AM 10:55 AM Career Patent Agent – The Law Firm Perspective - Angela Parsons  
11:00 AM 11:30 AM Avoiding/Escaping the Double Patenting Trap - Dan Krueger  
11:35 AM 12:05 PM Conducting Persuasive Examiner Interviews - Josh Snider  

**Nuts & Bolts is an add-on program. Sign up when registering for the annual meeting.

*Schedule is subject to change.