Description:

The Elijah J. McCoy Midwest Regional U.S. Patent and Trademark Office will be providing a Regional Seminar for Intellectual Property Practitioners hosted Northwestern Pritzker School of Law for a full day of programming. The morning will include a program for law students and students in the Masters of Law LLM program focusing on the role of the patent examiner and careers at the USPTO. The afternoon session welcomes IP Practitioners for presentations and panel discussions on:

-Patent Quality Update
-Patent Application Readiness
-Patent Quality Review including 101 rejections
-Ethics and Professional Practice

This event is free to attend. CLE credit is pending. A detailed agenda will be available at a later date.