Patent Prosecution

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This course provides students with the practical skills needed to succeed as patent attorneys. Students will learn how to draft claims, prepare a written patent description, and respond to Office actions (communications from examiners at the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office). Students also will complete short drafting assignments designed to help prepare them for the patent bar exam. While the course is not a comprehensive patent bar preparation course, it will help students prepare for a portion of the patent bar testing the Manual of Patent Examining Procedure. The course will also cover cases illustrating application of patent concepts patent lawyers frequently encounter during patent prosecution, such as patent-eligible subject-matter, novelty, non-obvious subject matter, and content of a patent application. Graded.