BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:IEEE vTools.Events//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Denver BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20250309T030000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0600 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=2SU;BYMONTH=3 TZNAME:MDT END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20251102T010000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0600 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=1SU;BYMONTH=11 TZNAME:MST END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20251229T002301Z UID:0CDA25B6-4B39-488B-A88A-2CCD1B296079 DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20251015T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Denver:20251015T200000 DESCRIPTION:IEEE Denver Computer\, Information Theory & Robotics Society\, Computational Intelligence Society – Technical Meeting\n\nOct 15\, 2025\ , 6:00 PM – 7:30 PM (MDT)\n\nDaniel M. Farkas\, Ph.D.\n\n[]\n\n- Physici st and Patent Agent\n- Cozen O’Connor\n\nDr. Daniel Farkas earned his Ph .D. in atomic\, molecular\, and optical physics from Harvard University an d a BS in physics (magna cum laude) from Yale University. He completed pos tdoctoral fellowships at Yale University and JILA (University of Colorado\ , Boulder). Dr. Farkas is a registered US patent agent at Cozen O’Connor \, where he assists with patent prosecution\, patentability determinations \, and infringement analyses. Prior to patents\, he was lead physicist and manager at ColdQuanta (now Infleqtion) in Boulder\, where he was a princi pal investigator on several government R&D contracts to develop quantum te chnologies for quantum computing\, atomic clocks\, and accelerometers.Outs ide of work\, Dr. Farkas has spent many years volunteering for Colorado FI RST\, including as a coach for FIRST Lego League\, a judge for FIRST Robot ics Competition\, and a volunteer at several other regional and state-leve l robotics events.\n\nPresentation: Patents for Scientists and Engineers\n \nAbstract: What we know today as a “utility patent” can be traced bac k to Renaissance Italy. Over the 500+ years since then\, patents have beco me widely recognized as beneficial to society in many ways. As a result\, most countries in the world today have a patent system and the number of p atents issued annually continues to grow exponentially. In the first part of this talk\, I will review the basics of what a patent is\, including it s components\, how to get one\, and some of the ways they are used to prot ect inventors (and their employers). In the second part of the talk\, I wi ll discuss what is and is not patentable by law\, showing many examples fr om history of unusual patents and court cases that have shaped modern-day patent law. Of note is the recent explosion in artificial intelligence and machine learning\, technologies that are particularly difficult to patent in the United States.\n\nLocation: University of Denver\n\nInvited: Every one is welcome.\n\nCost: Free\n\nSpeaker(s): Daniel Farkas\, \n\nRoom: 501 \, Bldg: Ritchie School of Engineering & Computer Science\, University of Denver\, 2155 E. Wesley Ave\, Denver\, Colorado\, United States\, 80210 LOCATION:Room: 501\, Bldg: Ritchie School of Engineering & Computer Science \, University of Denver\, 2155 E. Wesley Ave\, Denver\, Colorado\, United States\, 80210 ORGANIZER:gowansj@ieee.org SEQUENCE:27 SUMMARY:CIS & CIR & Denver: Patents for Scientists and Engineers URL;VALUE=URI:https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/504801 X-ALT-DESC:Description: <br /><h2>IEEE Denver Computer\, Information Theory &amp\; Robotics Society\, Computational Intelligence Society &ndash\; Tec hnical Meeting</h2>\n<h2>Oct 15\, 2025\, 6:00 PM &ndash\; 7:30 PM (MDT)</h 2>\n<h1>Daniel M. Farkas\, Ph.D.</h1>\n<h1><img class="wp-image-3051 align right imageSeven" src="https://r5.ieee.org/denver-cs/wp-content/uploads/si tes/66/sites/66/2025/09/Daniel-M.-Farkas.jpg" sizes="(max-width: 300px) 10 0vw\, 300px" srcset="https://r5.ieee.org/denver-cs/wp-content/uploads/site s/66/sites/66/2025/09/Daniel-M.-Farkas.jpg 741w\, https://r5.ieee.org/denv er-cs/wp-content/uploads/sites/66/sites/66/2025/09/Daniel-M.-Farkas-300x23 6.jpg 300w\, https://r5.ieee.org/denver-cs/wp-content/uploads/sites/66/sit es/66/2025/09/Daniel-M.-Farkas-150x118.jpg 150w" alt="" width="300" height ="236"></h1>\n<div>\n<ul>\n<li>Physicist and Patent Agent</li>\n<li>Cozen O&rsquo\;Connor</li>\n</ul>\n</div>\n<div>Dr. Daniel Farkas earned his Ph. D. in atomic\, molecular\, and optical physics from Harvard University and a BS in physics (magna cum laude) from Yale University. He completed post doctoral fellowships at Yale University and JILA (University of Colorado\, Boulder). Dr. Farkas is a registered US patent agent at Cozen O&rsquo\;Co nnor\, where he assists with patent prosecution\, patentability determinat ions\, and infringement analyses. Prior to patents\, he was lead physicist and manager at ColdQuanta (now Infleqtion) in Boulder\, where he was a pr incipal investigator on several government R&amp\;D contracts to develop q uantum technologies for quantum computing\, atomic clocks\, and accelerome ters.Outside of work\, Dr. Farkas has spent many years volunteering for Co lorado FIRST\, including as a coach for FIRST Lego League\, a judge for FI RST Robotics Competition\, and a volunteer at several other regional and s tate-level robotics events.</div>\n<h2>&nbsp\;</h2>\n<h2>Presentation: Pat ents for Scientists and Engineers</h2>\n<div>&nbsp\;</div>\n<div>Abstract: What we know today as a &ldquo\;utility patent&rdquo\; can be traced back to Renaissance Italy. Over the 500+ years since then\, patents have becom e widely recognized as beneficial to society in many ways. As a result\, m ost countries in the world today have a patent system and the number of pa tents issued annually continues to grow exponentially. In the first part o f this talk\, I will review the basics of what a patent is\, including its components\, how to get one\, and some of the ways they are used to prote ct inventors (and their employers). In the second part of the talk\, I wil l discuss what is and is not patentable by law\, showing many examples fro m history of unusual patents and court cases that have shaped modern-day p atent law. Of note is the recent explosion in artificial intelligence and machine learning\, technologies that are particularly difficult to patent in the United States.</div>\n<p>&nbsp\;</p>\n<h2>Location:&nbsp\;Universit y of Denver</h2>\n<h2>Invited: Everyone is welcome.</h2>\n<h2>Cost: Free</ h2> END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR