Friday, March 27, 2026

Time: 10 A.M. Pacific / 12 P.M. Central / 1 P.M. Eastern

Place: Virtual - Zoom

Cost: Complimentary

CLE Credit: We will apply for 1.0 hours of CLE credit for Minnesota, California, Texas and Washington state

Join us as Trevor Lind examines how patent law and patent office practice are (or are not) evolving to address technological advancements resulting from the use of AI within the life sciences industry. Dr. Nicholas P. Lanzatella will moderate.

This insightful webinar will cover three main areas: impact of AI usage on inventorship; subject matter eligibility; and submission of in silico data for enablement purposes.

In particular, Trevor will discuss the current legal framework and USPTO guidance for determining inventorship when AI is used as part of an invention and AI usage scenarios that may impact patent validity due to inventorship issues.

Additionally, Trevor will take a look at practical drafting and prosecution practices that can help address subject matter eligibility rejections in the United States. Trevor will also talk about the potential for using in silico data to support the enablement of therapeutics, as well as a comparison of how in silico data usage is being addressed in Europe.

Trevor Lind is a patent attorney and principal at SLW. In addition to US and international patent preparation and prosecution, he has experience performing patentability searches and analyses, as well as experience with non-infringement opinions and freedom-to-operate analyses. Throughout his career, Trevor has developed intellectual property experience in the electrical arts, the chemical arts, and the life sciences. He has a law degree and B.S. in Chemical Engineering from the University of Texas at Austin. 

Dr. Nicholas P. Lanzatella has a Ph.D. in Organic Chemistry and a B.S. in Chemical Engineering, in addition to a law degree. Nicholas is a registered patent attorney whose work involves chemical engineering, materials science, and organic chemistry.

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