Have questions about patents? Consider attending Patenting Novel Technologies: The Inside Story from the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office at 2 p.m. on Thur., Jan. 23 in Gross Hall, Suite 102.
Sue Purvis, former expert advisor to then Deputy Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Deputy Director of the USPTO, will provide insights and answers to common questions, such as:
- What makes a research discovery patentable?
- Why are patents important – and why does the US Government care?
- What is needed in order to protect an idea?
- How does the America Invents Act (AIA) and the change from a “first-to-invent” system to a “first-to-file” system affect patentability of an idea, and how does this change affect research activities?
- What happens once a patent application is filed?
- What is the role of patent examiners?