Webinar: Key substantive features of US patent prosecution

Venue

Online

Description

This webinar is for epi members & epi students only!

This is the second part of a webinar series on US law. It will discuss key substantive features of the US and highlight differences between the practice before the USPTO and the EPO. The webinar will cover the US approach to claim interpretation and obviousness, in particular the Examiner’s ability to combine multiple documents. There will also be a discussion of the strategies for responding to a final office action.

Our presenter, Tim McAnulty, is a partner at Finnegan. Tim represents clients across various technologies with particular expertise in medical devices. Tim was a mechanical engineer and co-leads the firm’s manufacturing industry group. He practises all aspects of patent law with a particular focus on contentious proceedings before the USPTO. Before joining Finnegan, Tim worked for several years as a patent examiner at the USPTO reviewing applications related to automotive, robotic, bicycle, and machine component technologies.

Target group

Level of expertise
Intermediate / advanced level

Medium
Online training

Technical requirements
In order to attend the on-line course participants need a computer with an internet browser and a high-speed broadband internet connection. For the webinar, epi uses Zoom. Security settings on local Firewalls need to be checked. In order to make full use of the webinar session, we recommend to use headsets.

To access to the webinar a link will be send out directly by Zoom shortly before the webinar.

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Working language

• English

Contact

For further information, please contact Barbara Riffert ([email protected]).

Minimum number of participants

30*
*If the minimum number of participants was not reached by the registration deadline, the event will be cancelled. In this case the epi will inform you immediately.

Registration deadline

Registration is open until 12.03.2026 The order of receipt by epi will determine the attendance in case of over-subscription.