Patent prosecution costs are at the very top of your TTO's expense list, yet this huge percentage of your annual budget may seem largely outside your control.
This program is filled with practical, how-to advice from two experienced patent prosecutors whose practices specifically focus on the needs and concerns of TTOs. You'll come away with creative strategies you can adopt for immediate bottom-line benefits, significantly reducing your legal bills while improving the number and overall quality of your patent filings.
This important program will span the entire patent process with a singular focus on getting more out of your legal team, spending less, and enhancing patent quality even as billings decline:
~ Disclosure Evaluation: Strategies for distinguishing what TTOs can patent from what TTOs should patent to avoid unnecessary filing costs
~ Strategies for increasing the probability of successful licensing at the disclosure stage
~ Proven tips for TTOs to reduce patent preparation costs
~ Working with researchers to enhance disclosures and claims construction
~ Reducing unnecessary paperwork and associated attorney costs
~ Structuring patent prosecution: Practical strategies for TTOs and licensees to increase the efficiency of prosecution, while reducing the cost and staff burden
~ Cost-effective strategies for dealing with the added prosecution burden brought about by the America Invents Act
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