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Timestamp: 2019-04-18 21:31:27+00:00

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This CLE webinar will guide patent counsel for overcoming §101 rejections for computer and electronics related patents. The panel will review recent case law and USPTO guidance on §101 patent eligibility and offer strategies to address §101 rejections.
Since the Supreme Court’s decision in Alice Corp. v. CLS Bank, the USPTO has dramatically increased its rejections under 35 U.S.C. §101, and the federal courts and the Patent Trial and Appeal Board have been increasingly active in invalidating issued patents. Further, the USPTO released several memoranda and solicited public comments on patent examination under Alice.
Applicants can anticipate more rejections going forward. Those who receive a §101 rejection and their counsel must plan and implement robust strategies for deciding whether to file and for overcoming patent eligibility rejections issued in pending applications.
Listen as our authoritative panel of patent attorneys discusses how courts and the PTAB have been applying the Alice decision and the USPTO’s guidance on §101 rejections. The presenters will offer best practices for patent counsel on ways to address §101 issues.
What are the significant recent §101 decisions at the Federal Circuit, the district courts and PTAB?
How can specifications and claims be drafted to guard against §101 rejections?
What strategies and arguments can be used in patent prosecution to overcome §101 rejections?
Prior to forming the firm, an IP boutique serving clients nationally and internationally, Mr. Bieneman was a partner in a Michigan IP firm. He was also a patent examiner with the USPTO, where he examined claimed inventions in the areas of computer software, databases, and the World Wide Web. Mr. Bieneman has served as an adjunct professor of Computer Law at the Thomas M. Cooley Law School.
Mr. Shepherd’s practice emphasizes client counseling and patent prosecution in the areas of software and other computer-related technologies. He has significant experience counseling clients on obtaining patent protection for a variety of technically complex technologies, including computer architecture and chip design, graphics processing units, robotics, neural networks and other machine learning technologies, programming language design, static analysis of source code, and cloud computing platforms and applications.

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