Patent Landscape and Trends

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

Join us for the premiere episode of the new SLW Institute webinar series, "AI-Driven Innovation in Medical Technologies." On January 22, Marvin Beekman will present, "Patent Landscape and Trends," with Robert Hirning moderating.

This episode will provide an overview of recent trends of patent filings in AI-related MedTech areas, including a comparison of filing numbers and prosecution outcomes in different technology areas and countries. The presentation will also address geographic filing strategies for these inventions.

Marvin Beekman is a registered patent attorney and a principal at SLW. His technological areas include biomedical devices, electronics, integrated circuit design and fabrication, computer hardware, software including machine learning/artificial intelligence, control systems, e-commerce, and telecommunications. He represents individual inventors as well as large, mid-size and small businesses, and he manages patent portfolios for both established and start-up businesses. 

Robert Hirning is a registered patent attorney and a principal at SLW. His practice involves nearly all aspects of patent application preparation, patent prosecution, and portfolio management. He has experience in technology areas including consumer electronic devices, software-driven medical devices, data storage, medical imaging products, applied artificial intelligence, health information systems, consumer products, agriculture technologies, and various niche fields. His legal experience also includes general intellectual property and transactional counseling, due diligence for mergers and acquisitions, portfolio valuation and analysis, strategic licensing, and trade secret, copyright, and open source software license counseling.

We will apply for CLE credit in MN, CA, TX and WA for this webinar. Feel free to share this invitation with a colleague. Complete the form to register today.