Patent Prosecution
NOTE: This course description is new for the 2017-2018 academic year. You may read the prior course description immediately below the new one.
2017-2018
This course provides a working understanding of the core issues and strategies involved in prosecuting a patent before the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office (PTO). We examine such topics as (a) drafting patent claims and their supporting disclosure; (b) responding to common PTO rejections of patent applications; (c) appealing adverse patent examiner decisions; and (d) some advanced topics, such as the prosecuting lawyer’s duty of candor before the PTO and patent litigation or post-grant practice. Evaluation will principally be by a series of drafting assignments in a semester-long writing project. There is no exam in the course.
PLEASE NOTE: This course is not intended as an equivalent to, or substitute for, a commercial patent bar preparation course.
Prerequisite: Patent Law & Policy
Meets the WIE writing requirement.
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The American Bar Association accreditation standards require students to regularly attend the courses in which they are registered. Lewis & Clark expects students to attend classes regularly and to prepare for classes conscientiously. Specific attendance requirements may vary from course to course. Any attendance guidelines for a given class must be provided to students in a syllabus or other written document at the start of the semester. Sanctions (e.g., required withdrawal from the course, grade adjustment, and/or a failing grade) will be imposed for poor attendance.
NOTE: The below course description applied in academic years prior to 2017-2018.
This course provides a working understanding of the core issues and strategies involved in prosecuting a patent before the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office (PTO). We examine such topics as (a) drafting patent claims and their supporting disclosure; (b) conducting inventor interviews and other preparatory fact investigations; (c) responding to common PTO rejections of patent applications; (d) appealing adverse patent examiner decisions; and (e) a sampling of some advanced topics, such as the prosecuting lawyer’s duty of candor before the PTO and reexamination practice. Evaluation will principally be by a series of drafting assignments in a semester-long writing project. There is no exam in the course.
PLEASE NOTE: This course is not intended as an equivalent to, or substitute for, a commercial patent bar preparation course.
Prerequisite: Patent Law & Policy
Meets the WIE writing requirement.
-
The American Bar Association accreditation standards require students to regularly attend the courses in which they are registered. Lewis & Clark expects students to attend classes regularly and to prepare for classes conscientiously. Specific attendance requirements may vary from course to course. Any attendance guidelines for a given class must be provided to students in a syllabus or other written document at the start of the semester. Sanctions (e.g., required withdrawal from the course, grade adjustment, and/or a failing grade) will be imposed for poor attendance.
Law Registrar is located in Legal Research Center on the Law Campus.
MSC: 51
email lawreg@lclark.edu
voice 503-768-6614
fax 503-768-6850
Registrar Tiffany Henning
Law Registrar
Lewis & Clark Law School
10101 S. Terwilliger Boulevard MSC 51
Portland OR 97219