Concurrent Morning Track 1: Patent Prosecution

Adventures in Patent Drafting: Making Your Crystal Ball Work for You!
Moderator: Scott Chapple, Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation, Fort Worth, TX

Administrative Law for the Patent Prosecutor: Effectively Using an Underutilized Tool
David Boundy, Proper Orange, LLC, Cambridge MA

Revisiting §102 after Helsinn: An Update on Caselaw and Real-World Issues of Prior Art Including Public Use and Sale
Laura Arneson, Mueting Raasch & Gebhardt, PA, Minneapolis, MN

10:15 – 10:30 AM - Networking Break

Is It Time to Embrace the Problem-Solution Approach When Drafting Patent Applications with an Aim of Obtaining Protection in Multiple Jurisdictions?
Yelena Morozova, Finnegan Henderson Farabow Garrett & Dunner, LLP, London, United Kingdom

Should You Change How You Draft Applications in View of USPTO’s New Emphasis on §112 and Recent Case Law? This Presentation will Focus on Functional Claiming, Written Description, and other Section 112 Topics
Theresa Stadheim, Schwegman Lundberg & Woessner, PA, Minneapolis, MN

Speakers

• Arneson, Laura

  Mueting Raasch Group | Attorney

  Laura N. Arneson is a patent attorney experienced in the areas of biotechnology and the biomedical sciences. She will soon start an in-house position after seven years at Mueting Raasch Group in Minneapolis, MN.
• Boundy, David

  Proper Orange, LLC | Affiliate

  Engineer and nationally-ranked IP and administrative lawyer. Defends small inventors against patent trolls
• Chapple, Scott

  Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation | Head of Pharmaceutical Patents

• Morozova, Yelena

  Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner, LLP | Partner

  Yelena Morozova is a partner in the London office of Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner, LLP / Finnegan Europe LLP. With a professional career spanning across three countries and twenty years of legal experience across two continents, Yelena’s unique background enables her to understand cultural nuances and helps her to advise a broad range of clients across the world. Qualified as a patent attorney in the United States and Europe, Yelena focuses her practice on global patent procurement and portfolio development in all fields of engineering, and most particularly in information technology and software, AI, self-driving vehicles, electric battery systems, and eVTOL aircrafts.
• Stadheim, Theresa

  Schwegman Lundberg & Woessner, P.A. | Principal

  Theresa Stadheim is a registered patent attorney at Schwegman Lundberg & Woessner.