Webinar: Patent Evidence Creation in an Electronic R&D Environment

Wilton, Connecticut USA (October 16, 2006) Atrium Research, the only market research and consulting firm dedicated to scientific informatics, announces a new educational webinar on the use of ELNs for intellectual property creation.

Please participate in an informative discussion: Patent Evidence Creation in an Electronic R&D Environment, on October 31, 2006 from 2pm-3pm US EST. Join experts in e-R&D readiness, IP protection, compliance and law as they debunk the myth of paper and provide tactics, strategies and well-documented procedures in support of using electronic records for patent filing.

The Speakers:
- Michael H. Elliott, President, Atrium Research
- Honorable Bruce Stoner, Retired USPTO Chief Administrative Judge
- John Harris, Business Development, Adobe Systems
- Hamilton Temple , Business Development, Surety
- Ron Krasnow, Senior Vice President of Intellectual Property, Symyx Technologies

The vast majority of information generated in the laboratory is created using computers. The laboratory notebook – whether paper or electronic – is often used as the primary evidence to support your patent applications and interferences. An Electronic Lab Notebook (ELN) implementation can prove conception of the invention, its reduction to practice, proper diligence, and substantiation. Yet, even in a fully electronic environment, for patent reasons, the majority of research data is printed to PDF and stored in paper archives.

Why is it, when there has been no case where electronic records were not allowed or where they were not treated with the same consideration as paper, we still feel most comfortable in a paper environment?

Patent Evidence Creation in an Electronic R&D Environment will debunk the myth of paper and provide tactics, strategies and well-documented procedures in support of using electronic records for patent filing.

Why you should attend:
- Expert opinion from the Honorable Bruce Stoner, retired USPTO Chief Administrative Judge
- e-R&D policies and procedures to support and defend patents
- The role ELNs play in patent evidence creation
- Precedents for using electronic records for patent filing
- Real-life success stories

Who Should Attend:
- Scientists, engineers and lab managers
- IT, network and project managers
- Executives and corporate counsel
- Consultants and systems integrators

Register Here! (www.surety.com/webinar/register110706.php)