The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has made several important updates to the rules, processes, and expectations surrounding examiner interviews—changes that directly affect how patent practitioners should prepare for and conduct these discussions. This webinar will provide a practical and strategy-focused discussion on what has changed, why it matters, and how to adapt. Speakers will compare the new procedures with prior practices, highlight key pitfalls and opportunities, and provide actionable strategies for securing more effective, efficient, and successful examiner interviews.

This presentation will explore recent case law on the doctrine of equivalents in the pharmaceutical, chemical and biotech fields. It will include discussions of topics including the continued viability of the Doctrine of Equivalents as a tool for proving patent infringement, judicial guidance on the successful application of the “insubstantial difference” and “function/way/result” tests and how limitations on the Doctrine of Equivalents can influence prosecution and litigation strategies.