Date and time
Start: Thursday 16 February 2023, 12:30 PM
End: Thursday 16 February 2023, 01:30 PM
Thursday 16 February
Start: Thursday 16 February 2023, 12:30 PM
End: Thursday 16 February 2023, 01:30 PM
Back by popular demand, this webinar that gives an unparalleled insight into what really happens when a UK application moves through the searching stage, or a request for a search at the UK IPO is made. How do Examiners really use the claims in deciding how to search your application, and how might this impact on your drafting? How does the approach of the UK IPO differ from the EPO, and how might you be able to use this knowledge to your advantage for your clients? Searching at the UK IPO is significantly more economical than at some other Patent Offices, and this webinar unpicks why. You choose which breakout room to attend for practical search demonstrations by UK IPO experts in your chosen technical field to make the most of this opportunity! Surely a must attend event for any patent attorney!
After a brief introduction to the search tools use at the IPO, attorneys will have a choice of break out rooms to view a worked example of a search, followed by a Q&A with the examiner. There is a choice of one of five subject specific rooms:
All presentations will cover the tools and techniques IPO examiners use during a search, as well as claim interpretation. The excluded matter presentation also covers how they decide to whether or not to carry out a search in the first place.
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Peter Mason is a Deputy Director in charge of Search practice and Patent Examination quality at the UK IPO, as well as managing a cluster of examination groups dealing with Medical devices and measurement. With an academic background in materials engineering and systems engineering, following a period in industry he has worked at the UK IPO since 1999, originally as a Patent Examiner, but also spending time at the Technology Strategy Board (now Innovate UK) working on IP strategies for government funded programmes.
Patent Examiner in EX09, specialised in business methods. He joined the IPO in 2016.
Senior Patent Examiner working in EX12, specialised in Audio/Visual processing. Joined the IPO in 2012.
Patent Examiner working in EX24, specialised in biotechnology & chemistry. She joined the IPO in 2019.
Patent Examiner working in EX21, specialised in transport and fuel containers. He joined the IPO in 2014.
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