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Sunlight Research Greentech Patent Seminar

Navigating the Greentech Intellectual Property Landscape

Sunlight Research invites you to Navigating the Greentech Intellectual Property Landscape: Look Before You Leap featuring a panel of Greentech investors, industry experts and legal practitioners. Together, these leaders in the field will address the opportunities for Greentech investment that could benefit you. Discussions of the major clean technologies will be included such as biofuels, electric vehicles, fuel cells, lithium-ion batteries, geothermal power, solar power, tidal and hydro power, and wind power. Learn about the Greentech patent landscape in a compressed, short amount of time without having to independently read or research a multitude of patents, thus saving you time and expense. There will be a comprehensive discussion of IP rights and industry trends for each of the major green technologies, facilitated by easy to understand visual charts and tables


Morning Session - 9:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.

Time
Topic
9:00 – 10:00 a.m.
Panel Discussion

Green Technologies
Leading financial, technical and legal representatives in the Green Technologies to discuss:

  • Commercializing innovative Green Technologies;
  • Funding for Green Technologies; and
  • Legal obstacles with Green Technologies.
10:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m.
Clean Technology Landscape

Technology Patent Reports
Learn about Intellectual Property rights and industry trends researched and analyzed for each of the Green Technologies, including:

  • Biofuels;
  • Electric Vehicles;
  • Fuel Cells;
  • Lithium-Ion Batteries;
  • Geothermal Power;
  • Solar Power;
  • Tidal and Hydro Power; and
  • Wind Power.

In addition, learn about the seven distinctive characteristics found in Sunlight Research’s technology patent reports.

11:00 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.
Patent Portfolio Management and Analysis

Revolutionary Claim Transparency - “Claim Mapping”
Map your patent claims and your competitors’ patent claims now and...

  • Stop wondering about what you have in your patent portfolio;
  • Know what your competitors have in their patent portfolios, and thereby reduce the risk of exposure to third-party portfolios;
  • Maximize the value of your patent portfolio; and
  • Minimize unnecessary maintenance fee payments.
11:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
Best Patenting Practices

How To Best Prepare, Draft and Prosecute Your Patent Applications
A presentation on how to:

  • Find unclaimed technology spaces and devise claiming strategies;
  • Craft your claims for breadth and infringement detectability;
  • Use figures liberally—include as many figures as needed to illustrate the invention;
  • Craft a non-limiting specification;
  • Timely cite known art; and
  • Limit prosecution history by crafting fully thought-out response arguments.
Break/Visit Resource Tables - 12:30-1:30 p.m. Lunch provided for attendees staying for the afternoon session.

 

 

Afternoon Session – 1:30 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.

Time
Topic
1:35 – 2:20 p.m.
Break-out Session #1

Session #1
Review and analyze inventors, owners, values, filing timelines and distribution of patent documents in one of the following Green Technologies:

  • Wind Power;
  • Electric Vehicles; or
  • Biofuels.
2:25 - 3:10 p.m.
Break-out Session #2

Session #2
Review and analyze inventors, owners, values, filing timelines and distribution of patent documents in one of the following Green Technologies:

Tidal and Hydro Power; or

Geothermal.

3:15 - 4:00 p.m.
Break-out Session #3

Session #3
Review and analyze inventors, owners, values, filing timelines and distribution of patent documents in one of the following Green Technologies:

  • Solar Power;
  • Lithium-Ion Batteries; or
  • Fuel Cells.

 

 

 

 

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