Conducting and Analyzing Prior Art Searches
Strategies for Validity, Patentability, Infringement, FTO and State-of-the-Art Searches
A live 90-minute premium CLE webinar with interactive Q&A
This CLE webinar will guide patent counsel on structuring and conducting prior art searches. The panel will also discuss reporting of search results and offer best practices for analyzing prior art searches to maximize patent protection.
Outline
- Prior art searches
- Patentability
- Validity
- FTO (infringement)/clearance/due diligence
- State-of-the-art
- Assignment/ownership
- Structuring and conducting the search
- Purpose
- Timing
- Scope
- Searching non-English language patents/applications
- Using AI tools such as Natural Language Processing and Machine Learning
- Analyzing and presenting search results
Benefits
The panel will review these and other key issues:
- What are the critical considerations when determining what, when and where to search?
- What are the critical components of an effective search strategy, analytical process and follow-up steps to ensure a successful patent application?
Faculty

Thomas L. Irving
Partner
Finnegan Henderson Farabow Garrett & Dunner
Mr. Irving has 35 years of experience in the field of IP law. His practice includes due diligence, patent prosecution,... | Read More
Mr. Irving has 35 years of experience in the field of IP law. His practice includes due diligence, patent prosecution, reissue and reexamination, patent interferences, and counseling, including prelitigation, Orange Book listings of patents covering FDA-approved drugs, and infringement and validity analysis in the chemical fields, as well as litigation. He has served as lead counsel in many patent interferences.
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Christopher C. Johns, Esq.
Atty
Finnegan Henderson Farabow Garrett & Dunner
Mr. Johns maintains a diverse patent practice, including drafting and prosecuting patent applications related to... | Read More
Mr. Johns maintains a diverse patent practice, including drafting and prosecuting patent applications related to electronics, software, telecommunications, and business methods; providing client counseling and portfolio management; and handling post-grant proceedings including inter partes review and covered business methods. He also provides freedom-to-operate opinions and has assisted on district court litigations related to telecommunications, computer software, and mechanical devices. Before joining Finnegan, he served as a patent examiner at the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) for nearly five years.
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Kim Jordahl
Founder
KSJLaw
Ms. Jordahl has extensive experience in portfolio management and IP strategy, as well as in the preparation and... | Read More
Ms. Jordahl has extensive experience in portfolio management and IP strategy, as well as in the preparation and prosecution of patent applications in the United States and internationally. She has conducted numerous freedom to operate searches and invalidity searches and counseled her clients in light of the same. Prior to embarking on a solo practice, she spent 12 years as a law clerk/patent agent/attorney in various private practice environments and three years as Chief Patent Counsel of the Pillsbury Company.
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Stephanie Curcio
Co-founder
Legalicity
Ms. Curcio is an intellectual property lawyer and the co-founder of Legalicity, a Toronto-based legal technology... | Read More
Ms. Curcio is an intellectual property lawyer and the co-founder of Legalicity, a Toronto-based legal technology company. She has advised clients on patentability, validity, infringement, and freedom-to-operate issues. Before joining Legalicity, she worked at two leading Canadian law firms, where her practice was focused on prosecuting and enforcing patents, particularly in the life sciences. She is actively involved in Toronto’s technology community and manages operations, sales, and marketing at Legalicity.
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