Michael Straightiff, Executive Director of the UVA Licensing and Ventures Group, will lead our second workshop on the patent process. Building upon the session from FEB 4, tonight's discussion will dive into the from landscape search and initial filing through the interactions with examiners toward the hopeful grant of the patent.
In preparation for the session, we simply ask that you read the three, very brief, links below if you had not already done so in preparation for our prior workshop. These links will provide you with a quick background into what is a patent, what is patentable, and the conditions of novelty (or "newness") and non-obviousness.
INSTRUCTOR
David Touve, Senior Director, Ventures, Batten Institute for Entrepreneurship & Innovation
:: PLEASE READ ::
United States Patent and Trademark Office (2014). What Are Patents, Trademarks, Servicemarks, and Copyrights? USPTO.gov, General Information Concerning Patents.
http://www.uspto.gov/patents-getting-started/general-information-concerning-patents#heading-2
United States Patent and Trademark Office (2014). What can be patented? USPTO.gov, General Information Concerning Patents.
http://www.uspto.gov/patents-getting-started/general-information-concerning-patents#heading-4
United States Patent and Trademark Office (2014). Novelty and non-obviousness, conditions for obtaining a patent? USPTO.gov, General Information Concerning Patents.
http://www.uspto.gov/patents-getting-started/general-information-concerning-patents#heading-5