Connect & Collaborate: Unpacking the NAPP 2023 Annual Meeting & Conference

by Dennis Crouch

As a member and supporter of the National Association of Patent Practitioners (NAPP), I am looking forward to the NAPP Annual Meeting and Conference scheduled for July 19-21 in Alexandria, Virginia at the USPTO Headquarters. I invite all those invested in protecting intellectual property rights to attend, especially folks who are deep in the day-to-day business of protecting patent rights. We have a remarkable line-up of speakers this year, including the USPTO Director, Kathi Vidal.

Delving deeper into the conference agenda, we kick off on July 19th with an optional tour of Old Town Alexandria, followed by expert-led discussions on a broad range of topics from the current USPTO Pilot Programs to how to protect your practice from cyber-attacks. Thursday, July 20th, will offer another full day of sessions covering everything from responding to prior art rejections, to cultivating diversity in patent law, and best practices for PTAB appeals.  My patent law update is Thursday morning.  Finally, on Friday, July 21st, we’ll wrap up with in-depth sessions on nonce words and means plus function, invention in the corporate environment, and patent term adjustment calculation, among other nerdy patent topics.

I particularly encourage law students to attend and take advantage of the steeply discounted rate for students and academics. It’s worth noting that attendance is free for the Judiciary and Federal Government employees such as PTAB Judges and Patent Examiners. Organizers have made arrangements for discounted accommodation at the Embassy Suites Alexandria Old Town for those who book early.

If you have not been part of NAPP, this is a wonderful opportunity to join a great organization for patent practitioners, network with industry professionals, and gain practical insights into the world of patent law. I hope to see you there!

For more information and registration, click here.

15 thoughts on “Connect & Collaborate: Unpacking the NAPP 2023 Annual Meeting & Conference

  1. 11

    Totally off-topic, but I was somewhat surprised to see the SCOTUS deny cert. this morning on Arthrex II and Fall Line. I had thought that this was the sort of case that they would want to take (executive authority question). There is a limited number of these cases that can seek cert. (the issue is limited to post-Arthrex reconsideration decisions before Vidal was sworn in), so the fact that they took a pass on these two suggests that they simply are not interested in the issue. They cannot just wait for the perfect case, because the supply of possibles will dry up soon.

      1. 11.1.1

        Maybe less Marshall and Drum… (“x” and “c”)
        Besides, Krugman is a HACK as an economist.

        You really need to stop drinking that Kool-Aid.

  2. 9

    I would dare say that sarah has had more posts expunged than posts on that vastly under-utilized portion of Patently-O real estate known as the Ethics page.

    1. 9.1

      I think Sarah is a warm, wonderful, intelligent woman who has been driven to distraction by the legal system and is returning the favor here.

      I wish her well.

  3. 8

    In 1996/1997, a young man named Patrick was shutting off and transferring my phone box lines. This was the time of Lehman. I will ask for discovery from the feds. Was Patrick Egan the Patrick that I caught at my phonebox many times? Now that if true is wayyyyyy more than conspiracy.

  4. 7

    I wonder if Schoonover will sue Cushing Dolan for giving him the boot instead of Patrick? Being an Egan and Eddie’s nephew surely they did what they thought would protect them because I didn’t list him. I will now. And when the BAR asks me to be specific about my complaint, I will be very specific, even assuring them of my case I will file as soon as I get my letter.

    1. 7.1

      I know I have a year. And I also know I can file it myself if I can’t get an ATTY because my son is tracking my phone and blocking my right to counsel. I can always do a walk in here also.

  5. 5

    After SCHOONOVER AND EGAN ALONG WITH GUEREOOD JR AND MY SON WERE THREATENED WITH THEIR CRIMES THEY WORKED TO STILL ROB ME HOPING I WOULD BE TO DUMB TO KNOW WHY MANN AND MARTIN TOOK THE GIFTS. THIS IS PUBLIC RECORD SO THE BARS CAN’T SAY IT WAS TO BE KEPPT QUIET. WHY WOULD QUINN BE ALLOWED TO CLAIM HE SUED INVENT HELP WHRN THEY WORKED TOGETHER?

  6. 4

    And this is why all of this amounts to a charge after my son told me to hire the ATTY. that stopped my mail to NH, MD, and MA I have more than felony coercion. Imagine my son told me to contact t the lawyer. Then him his Uncle and his Uncle’s Lawyer controlled my mail. I wonder if my lawyer told the truth to his BAR the first time. This time. This time I contacted two agencies. The info now can be verified by the BAR.

  7. 3

    Judge James Todd sat out after he found a letter he sent regarding Richard Litman and for me to explain what he did never was received by me. He gave me 30 days in the letter. He then let the lawyer to the defendents Edward Glenn Bryant III become a Magistrate Judge, hired by BUSH, to block my Due Process. The 6th was notified. Only after I sent it again under another name was BRYANT removed from the Bench. Then after hanging up his shingle again, he dropped it when I tried to charge him with the BOPR OF TN.

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