Practising Law Institute (PLI) will be holding a two-day seminar entitled:  "Advanced Patent Prosecution Workshop 2009:  Claim Drafting & Amendment Writing" on July 23-24, 2009 in New York, NY and on August 17-18, 2009 in San Francisco, CA.

At the New York seminar, PLI's faculty will offer presentations on the following topics:

• Ethics in the PTO;
• Concurrent Sessions I:  Advanced Specification Drafting Issues — all concurrent sessions will provide lectures specific to four different technologies including biotechnology and chemical/pharmaceutical;
• Concurrent Sessions II:  Advanced Claim Drafting Issues;
• Concurrent Workshops I:  Advanced Claim Drafting;
• In re Bilski — Section 101 Subject Matter;
• Concurrent Sessions III:  Advanced Patent Prosecution Issues; and
• Concurrent Workshops II:  Advanced Amendment Drafting.

At the San Francisco seminar, presentations will be offered on the following topics:

• Ethics for Patent Prosecutors;
• On-Sale Bar;
• Advanced Claim Drafting Issues — class to split into technology groups, including biology/chemistry group;
• Patentable Subject Matter — class to split into technology groups, including biology/chemistry group;
• Claim Drafting Workshops — class to split into technology groups, including biology/chemistry group;
• Duty of Disclosure;
• Examiner Interviews;
• Post Final Practice;
• Affidavit Practice; and
• Amendment Workshops — class to split into technology groups, including biology/chemistry group.

A complete program schedule, including descriptions of the presentations and a list of speakers, for the New York seminar can be found here, and a program schedule and list of speakers for the San Francisco seminar can be found here.

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).