Practising Law Institute (PLI) will be holding a conference entitled: "Advanced Patent Prosecution Workshop 2008: Claim Drafting & Amendment Writing" on July 24-25, 2008 in New York, NY and on August 11-12, 2008 in San Francisco, CA.  The conference will offer presentations on the following topics:

• Ethics for Patent Prosecutors
• On-Sale Bar
• Advanced Claim Drafting Issues
• Recent Patent Law Developments
• Claim Drafting Workshops – including a Biology/Chemistry breakout group
• Duty of Disclosure
• Examiner Interviews
• Post Final Practice
• Affidavit Practice
• Amendment Workshops – including a Biology/Chemistry breakout group

A full program for the Advanced Patent Licensing conference can be found here (New York) and here (San Francisco).  The registration fee for the conference is $1,495. Those interested in registering for the conference can do so here (New York) or here (San Francisco).