BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:IEEE vTools.Events//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:US/Central BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20180311T030000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0600 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=2SU;BYMONTH=3 TZNAME:CDT END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20181104T010000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0600 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=1SU;BYMONTH=11 TZNAME:CST END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20180928T010709Z UID:6E5069C6-1E06-45F1-98E7-76BBF95CD86C DTSTART;TZID=US/Central:20180926T180000 DTEND;TZID=US/Central:20180926T200000 DESCRIPTION:IEEE CTCN Monthly Meeting\, Wednesday\, September 26\, 2018: Sh ould You Patent It Yourself\n\nPatents have\, to some extent\, fallen out of favor for the protection of certain Intellectual Property (IP). Recent statistics indicate as many as 80% of all issued patents are invalid becau se of poor quality of processing at the Patent and Trademark Office (PTO). \n\nFor many years\, some inventors have obtained patents without the serv ices of a Patent\nAttorney or Agent using David Pressman’s fine book but there are some practical and management issues with that.\n\nBob will rev iew these issues for certain situations and will describe a hybrid approac h that has worked well.\n\nNote: Bob is not a patent attorney or agent and therefore cannot provide legal advice on the subject.\n\nSpeaker(s): Bob Hunter\, \n\nAgenda: \n6:00 to 6:30pm -- Networking\n\n6:30 to 8:00pm -- B usiness and Program\n\nBldg: PoK-e-Jo's Smokehouse\, 2121 West Parmer Lane at Lamplight Village Ave.\, Austin\, Texas\, United States\, 78727 LOCATION:Bldg: PoK-e-Jo's Smokehouse\, 2121 West Parmer Lane at Lamplight V illage Ave.\, Austin\, Texas\, United States\, 78727 ORGANIZER:l.johnson@ieee.org SEQUENCE:3 SUMMARY:CTCN Monthly Meeting\, Wednesday\, September 26\, 2018: Should You Patent It Yourself URL;VALUE=URI:https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/176716 X-ALT-DESC:Description: <br /><p><span style="font-family: arial\, helvetic a\, sans-serif\; font-size: 12pt\;"><strong>IEEE CTCN Monthly Meeting\, We dnesday\, September 26\, 2018: Should You Patent It Yourself</strong></spa n><span style="color: #000000\;"><span style="font-family: HelveticaNeue\, Helvetica Neue\, Helvetica\, Arial\, Lucida Grande\, sans-serif\;"><span style="font-size: medium\;"><br /></span></span></span></p>\n<div id="yiv2 256230045yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1535829867323_3513" style="color: #000000\; fon t-family: 'Helvetica Neue'\, Helvetica\, Arial\, 'Lucida Grande'\, sans-se rif\; font-size: 16px\; font-style: normal\; font-variant-ligatures: norma l\; font-variant-caps: normal\; font-weight: 400\; letter-spacing: normal\ ; orphans: 2\; text-align: start\; text-indent: 0px\; text-transform: none \; white-space: normal\; widows: 2\; word-spacing: 0px\; -webkit-text-stro ke-width: 0px\; text-decoration-style: initial\; text-decoration-color: in itial\; margin-bottom: 0in\;"><span id="yiv2256230045yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_153 5829867323_4286" style="font-size: medium\;">Patents have\, to some extent \, fallen out of favor for the protection of certain Intellectual Property (IP). Recent statistics indicate as many as 80% of all issued patents are invalid because of poor quality of processing at the Patent and Trademark Office (PTO).</span></div>\n<div id="yiv2256230045yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_15358 29867323_3514" style="color: #000000\; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue'\, Hel vetica\, Arial\, 'Lucida Grande'\, sans-serif\; font-size: 16px\; font-sty le: normal\; font-variant-ligatures: normal\; font-variant-caps: normal\; font-weight: 400\; letter-spacing: normal\; orphans: 2\; text-align: start \; text-indent: 0px\; text-transform: none\; white-space: normal\; widows: 2\; word-spacing: 0px\; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px\; text-decoration- style: initial\; text-decoration-color: initial\; margin-bottom: 0in\;"><s pan style="font-size: medium\;">&nbsp\;</span></div>\n<div id="yiv22562300 45yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1535829867323_3516" style="color: #000000\; font-famil y: 'Helvetica Neue'\, Helvetica\, Arial\, 'Lucida Grande'\, sans-serif\; f ont-size: 16px\; font-style: normal\; font-variant-ligatures: normal\; fon t-variant-caps: normal\; font-weight: 400\; letter-spacing: normal\; orpha ns: 2\; text-align: start\; text-indent: 0px\; text-transform: none\; whit e-space: normal\; widows: 2\; word-spacing: 0px\; -webkit-text-stroke-widt h: 0px\; text-decoration-style: initial\; text-decoration-color: initial\; margin-bottom: 0in\;"><span id="yiv2256230045yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1535829867 323_4285" style="font-size: medium\;">For many years\, some inventors have obtained patents without the services of a Patent</span></div>\n<div id=" yiv2256230045yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1535829867323_3517" style="color: #000000\; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue'\, Helvetica\, Arial\, 'Lucida Grande'\, san s-serif\; font-size: 16px\; font-style: normal\; font-variant-ligatures: n ormal\; font-variant-caps: normal\; font-weight: 400\; letter-spacing: nor mal\; orphans: 2\; text-align: start\; text-indent: 0px\; text-transform: none\; white-space: normal\; widows: 2\; word-spacing: 0px\; -webkit-text- stroke-width: 0px\; text-decoration-style: initial\; text-decoration-color : initial\; margin-bottom: 0in\;"><span id="yiv2256230045yui_3_16_0_ym19_1 _1535829867323_4293" style="font-size: medium\;">Attorney or Agent using D avid Pressman&rsquo\;s fine book but there are some practical and manageme nt issues with that.</span></div>\n<div id="yiv2256230045yui_3_16_0_ym19_1 _1535829867323_3518" style="color: #000000\; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue' \, Helvetica\, Arial\, 'Lucida Grande'\, sans-serif\; font-size: 16px\; fo nt-style: normal\; font-variant-ligatures: normal\; font-variant-caps: nor mal\; font-weight: 400\; letter-spacing: normal\; orphans: 2\; text-align: start\; text-indent: 0px\; text-transform: none\; white-space: normal\; w idows: 2\; word-spacing: 0px\; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px\; text-decor ation-style: initial\; text-decoration-color: initial\; margin-bottom: 0in \;"><span style="font-size: medium\;">&nbsp\;</span></div>\n<div id="yiv22 56230045yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1535829867323_3520" style="color: #000000\; font -family: 'Helvetica Neue'\, Helvetica\, Arial\, 'Lucida Grande'\, sans-ser if\; font-size: 16px\; font-style: normal\; font-variant-ligatures: normal \; font-variant-caps: normal\; font-weight: 400\; letter-spacing: normal\; orphans: 2\; text-align: start\; text-indent: 0px\; text-transform: none\ ; white-space: normal\; widows: 2\; word-spacing: 0px\; -webkit-text-strok e-width: 0px\; text-decoration-style: initial\; text-decoration-color: ini tial\; margin-bottom: 0in\;"><span id="yiv2256230045yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1535 829867323_4553" style="font-size: medium\;">Bob will review these issues f or certain situations and will describe a hybrid approach that has worked well.</span></div>\n<div id="yiv2256230045yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1535829867323_ 3521" style="color: #000000\; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue'\, Helvetica\, Arial\, 'Lucida Grande'\, sans-serif\; font-size: 16px\; font-style: norma l\; font-variant-ligatures: normal\; font-variant-caps: normal\; font-weig ht: 400\; letter-spacing: normal\; orphans: 2\; text-align: start\; text-i ndent: 0px\; text-transform: none\; white-space: normal\; widows: 2\; word -spacing: 0px\; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px\; text-decoration-style: in itial\; text-decoration-color: initial\; margin-bottom: 0in\;"><span style ="font-size: medium\;">&nbsp\;</span></div>\n<div id="yiv2256230045yui_3_1 6_0_ym19_1_1535829867323_3457" dir="ltr" style="text-align: start\; color: #000000\; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue'\, Helvetica\, Arial\, 'Lucida Gra nde'\, sans-serif\; font-size: 16px\; font-style: normal\; font-variant-li gatures: normal\; font-variant-caps: normal\; font-weight: 400\; letter-sp acing: normal\; orphans: 2\; text-indent: 0px\; text-transform: none\; whi te-space: normal\; widows: 2\; word-spacing: 0px\; -webkit-text-stroke-wid th: 0px\; text-decoration-style: initial\; text-decoration-color: initial\ ; margin-bottom: 0in\;"><span id="yiv2256230045yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_153582986 7323_4282" style="font-size: medium\;">Note: Bob is not a patent attorney or agent and therefore cannot provide legal advice on the subject.&nbsp\;& nbsp\;</span></div>\n<p>&nbsp\;</p>\n<p><span style="font-family: arial\, helvetica\, sans-serif\; font-size: 12pt\;"><strong><span id="x_yui_3_16_0 _ym19_1_1524961847556_20947">&nbsp\;</span></strong></span></p><br /><br / >Agenda: <br /><p>6:00 to 6:30pm -- Networking</p>\n<p>6:30 to 8:00pm -- B usiness and Program</p> END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR