Blog

Moderator: Aaron Johnson, Bookoff McAndrews, PLLC, Washington, DC

An Exemplary Study: Comparing Europe and US Guidance Examples and Recent Developments in Patenting Computer-Implemented Inventions
Mike Jennings, AA Thornton, London, UK

Following the Example: Effective Claim Drafting for AI/ML and Computer Simulation in Europe and the US
Michael W. Piper, Conley Rose, Plano, TX

Patenting Issues Facing Innovators in the Life Sciences including Sections 101, 112 and in Connection with COVID-19 Vaccines
Courtenay Brinckerhoff, Foley & Lardner, Washington, DC

Current Patenting Issues in Europe Facing Life Sciences/Biotech Innovators, and Effective Claim Drafting Strategies to Avoid Pitfalls
Andrew Bentham, JA Kemp, London, United Kingdom

Speakers

• Johnson, Aaron

  Bookoff McAndrews | Attorney

  Aaron Johnson advises both domestic and international clients on patent procurement, patent portfolio analysis, due diligence investigations, and contentious proceedings before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO). He has managed intellectual property matters for clients ranging from start-ups to multinational corporations, leveraging years of experience as a patent examiner and an information technology consultant.
• Bentham, Andrew

  J A Kemp | Partner

  Andy joined J A Kemp from Cambridge University in the early 1990s and is an experienced European and UK Patent Attorney in the life sciences field. He is currently particularly active in patent prosecution and oppositions in the areas of antibody therapeutics, gene therapy and transgenic animal platforms for antibody discovery. As a plant scientist by training, he also has a deep understanding of and interest in the complex area of plant patent-eligibility in Europe and a lot of experience in patent and plant variety right work in the agricultural sector.
• Brinckerhoff, Courtenay

  Foley & Lardner LLP | Partner

  Courtenay Brinckerhoff is a partner with Foley & Lardner LLP, a Vice Chair of the firm’s IP Department, and immediate past Vice Chair of the firm’s Chemical, Biotechnology & Pharmaceutical Practice. Over the past 25 years, Courtenay has represented clients in the life sciences space before the U.S. Patent Office, the U.S. Patent Trial and Appeal Board, and the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, including in a multi-party interference proceeding, PTAB trial proceedings, and ANDA litigation. She also is the editor and primary author for the firm’s PharmaPatents blog.
• Piper, Michael

  Conley Rose, P.C. | President

  Michael Piper is President of Conley Rose, a Texas IP boutique of around 40 timekeepers. We serve as patent and trademark counsel to some of the largest companies in the world and to a host of smaller companies who rely on the firm to be their IP counsel. Michael's practice includes a significant amount of work representing a wide range of companies from small to midsize up to Fortune 100 entities as well as foreign companies as their local patent counsel in the PTO and in their interactions with allies and competitors.
• Jennings, Mike

  AA Thornton | Lead Partner

  Mike Jennings is lead partner for computer-related inventions and electrical technologies at AA Thornton. He is a Vice Chairperson of CIPA’s Computer Technology Committee and a member of the quality working group of the Standing Advisory Committee before the EPO (SACEPO). Mike spent half his career as an in-house patent attorney for IBM and half in private practice. At AA Thornton, he handles a substantial computer-implemented inventions workload at the EPO and UKIPO including computer simulation and modelling, quantum computing and artificial intelligence, as well as invention protection and oppositions for various applications of physics and electrical engineering including sensor and measurement technologies and 3D printing.