Event

Patent Seminar: America Invest Act

Tuesday, October 30, 2012
3:30 p.m.-5:30 p.m.
1103 Bioscience Research Building
Office of Technology Commercialization
301.405.3947

Join a panel discussion on

· America Invents Act including the change to a first-inventor-to-file system

· What is patentable?

· The University’s Intellectual Property Policy

· How these recent patent law changes might impact your work at the University of Maryland

Opening remarks by Dr. Pat O’Shea, Vice President and Chief Research Officer

Panel Members: Felicia Metz, JD, Sr. IP Manager, Office of Technology Commercialization
Anne Bowden, JD, University Counsel
Mary Anthony Merchant, JD, Ph.D., Ballard Spahr, LLP
Moderator: Dr. Gayatri Varma, Executive Director, Office of Technology Commercialization

Audience: Faculty  Staff