Patent Law Application Drafting Competition

Catalog description

The USPTO Patent Application Drafting Competition involves teams of 3-4 individuals role playing as patent attorneys to draft a patent application to protect a hypothetical invention put forth by a hypothetical inventor. During the competition, teams will receive a hypothetical invention statement for which they will search the prior art, prepare a specification, draft claims, and present their reasoning for patentability before a panel of judges comprised of patent examiners, practitioners, and other members of the intellectual property (IP) community. The invention statement will be released to the competing teams in late fall. The virtual regional rounds will be held in early spring. The winner from each regional round will be invited to compete in the national finals before a panel of senior USPTO officials and other esteemed judges at the USPTO headquarters.