14th Independent Inventors Conference - Agenda
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Wednesday, November 4, 2009 - This is the pre-conference session from 5:00 - 7:00 that will cover patent basics
Thursday, November 5, 2009
| 7:30 - 8:00 | Registration & Coffee |
| 8:00 - 11:10 | General Sessions with keynote speakers |
| Louis Foreman, Chief Executive Officer, Enventys | |
| Michael Lee, Vice President, Licensing Executive Society | |
| Thom Ruhe, Director of Entrepreneurship for Kauffman Foundation | |
| Jay Hedley, Managing Director of SMART Buildings at Accenture | |
| 11:30 - 12:40 | Concurrent Breakout Sessions |
| Patents - What Is The Process? | |
| Design Applications | |
| Trademark and Copyright Applications | |
| Hands-on Patent Searching | |
| Working With Your Patent Practitioner | |
| 12:45 - 2:00 | Lunch - Keynote Speaker - Mr. David Kappos, Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Director of the United States Patent and Trademark Office |
| 2:10 - 3:30 | Concurrent Breakout Sessions |
| Advanced Tips for the Seasoned Inventor | |
| Claim Drafting for Beginners | |
| Hands-on Trademark Searching | |
| Going Global - PCT Applications | |
| Why File A Provisional Application/Inventor Promotion Firms | |
| Local Resources | |
| 3:40 - 5:00 | Concurrent Breakout Sessions |
| Advanced Claim Drafting | |
| Hands-on Patent Searching | |
| Case Studies - Successful and Filed Inventors | |
| It's Obvious - 35 USC § 103 | |
| 5:00 - 5:45 | One-on-One's with the Experts |
| 5:45 - 7:00 | Networking Reception |
Friday, November 6, 2009
| 8:00 - 8:40 | Registration and Coffee |
| 8:00 - 8:30 | One-on-One's with the Experts |
| 8:40 - 11:00 | General Sessions with keynote speakers |
| Joyce Ward, National Inventors Hall of Fame | |
| Stephen Key, Successful inventor and entrepreneur | |
| Don Skomsky, winner of the NASA's Create the Future competition | |
| Carroll Thomas Martin, Partnership Catalyst, NIST Manufacturing Extension Partnership | |
| William J. Morris, III, Trademark Counsel, Under Armour, Inc. | |
| 11:15 - 12:35 | Concurrent Breakout Sessions |
| Design Applications | |
| Hands-on-Patent Searching | |
| Advanced Tips for the Seasoned Inventor | |
| It's Obvious 35 USC §103 | |
| Claim Drafting for Beginners | |
| Patents - What is the Process? | |
| 1:35 - 2:55 | Concurrent Breakout Sessions |
| Local Resources | |
| Trademark and Copyright Applications | |
| Hands-on Trademark Searching | |
| Advanced Claim Drafting | |
| Case Studies - Successful and Failed Inventors | |
| 3:00 - 4:20 | Concurrent Breakout Sessions |
| It's Obvious 35 USC §103 | |
| Why File A Provisional Application/Invention Promotion Firms | |
| Hands-on Patent Searching | |
| Claim Drafting for Beginners | |
| Working With Your Patent Practitioner |
