NAPP Annual Meeting and Conference - Agenda At a Glance
July 23-25, 2025
American University Washington College of Law, Washington, DC.
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Wednesday, July 23, 2025
| Time | Event |
|---|---|
| 7:00 AM | Registration Open |
| 8:00 AM | Nuts & Bolts Session – Claim Drafting Workshop / Exhibitor Set-up |
| 11:30 AM | Lunch and Exhibitors Open (open to all guests) |
| 12:30 PM | Conference Begins |
| 12:30-1:15 PM | TBD |
| 1:15-2:00 PM | A Series of Historical Accidents: Development of American Patent Remedies Chris Storm | IP Legal Director at Uber Technologies, Inc. |
| 2:00-2:15 PM | Break |
| 2:15-3:00 PM | Reasonable Royalties & Prosecution: How Patent Drafting Can Affect Damages Jeff Saltman | Partner at Cole Schotz LLP |
| 3:00-3:30 PM | Ethics of Overflow Work Dan Krueger | Partner at Ramey LLP |
| 3:30-3:45 PM | Break |
| 3:45-4:15 PM | Patent Litigation Funding Phillip Goter | Partner at Barnes & Thornburg |
| 4:15 – 5:15 PM | Traps, Gaps and Mishaps: IP Cautionary Case Tales & The Lessons Learned Emil Ali | Partner at McCabe & Ali, LLP |
| 5:15 PM | Cocktail Reception/Visit with Sponsors |
| 6:15 PM | Dinner “Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Patents” Included in conference registration fee |
Thursday, July 24, 2025
| Time | Event |
|---|---|
| 7:00 AM | Registration Open/Breakfast at Hotel |
| 8:30-9:30 AM | OED Ethics Update including Succession Planning Considerations Dahlia Girgis |
| 9:30-10:00 AM | AI and Patent Prosecution Nalini Mummalaneni | Senior Legal Advisor in the Office of Patent Legal Administration (OPLA) at the USPTO |
| 10:00-10:15 AM | Break |
| 10:15-11:00 AM | Patenting from In House Greg Kavounas | Principal at Kavounas Patent Law Firm, PLLC |
| 11:00-11:30 AM | All Things Revival Mike Locklar | Principal at Ewing & Jones |
| 11:30 AM-1:00 PM | Lunch and NAPP Annual Meeting Committee Chair Roundtables |
| 1:00-1:30 PM | Questel Presentation: It’s Like Having Two of Me: Thank You, Qthena! Kevin Bronson | Patent Attorney Colson Law Group |
| 1:30-2:00 PM | Research & Development Tax Credits and Patent Box: The Tax Incentive Benefits No One Seems to Know or Talk About James D. Bennett | Consultant at InovativSolutions |
| 2:00-2:45 PM | Drive to Survive: Prosecution Practices that Drive Value for Clients Sarah Foley | Founder of Foley IP Law, PLLC |
| 2:45-3:15 PM | Zen and the Art of IP Law Ed Ergenzinger, JD, PhD |
| 3:15-3:30 PM | Break |
| 3:30 – 4:15 PM | Expert Opinion Declarations in Patent Practice: Benefits and Pitfalls Jennifer Bales | Partner in the intellectual property firm Macheledt Bales LLP |
| 4:15-5:15 PM | USPTO Powers after Loper Bright Saurabh Vishnubhakat | Professor of Law and Director of the Intellectual Property & Information Law Program at the Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law |
| 5:15-6:15 PM | Happy Hour Reception at American University Atrium |
| 6:30 PM | Dinner on your own |
| 7:15 PM | Meet in the lobby of the Embassy Suites to uber to Capitol River Cruises |
| 8:00 PM | Sunset Sightseeing River Tours (Optional) Location: Capitol River Cruises – Washington Harbour Georgetown (please book the sunset tour on your own to participate. Use code ‘group20‘ to receive 20% off the ticketed price) |
Friday, July 25, 2025
| Time | Event |
|---|---|
| 7:00 AM | Registration Open/Breakfast at Hotel |
| 8:30-9:30 AM | What PTAB Judges Wish Patent Practitioners Knew About Patents that Withstand PTAB Challenges Kit Crumbley |
| 9:30-10:00 AM | Heard around the NAPP Forum Tom Bassolino | Founder of Bass Patent Law, LLC |
| 10:00-10:15 AM | Break |
| 10:15 AM-11:00 PM | Effective Strategies for Successful Ex Parte Appeal David Boundy | Partner at Pierson Ferdinand LLP |
| 11:00-11:30 AM | Innovation Without Barriers: Creating an Accessible Patent System Tiffany Johnson |
| 11:30 AM -12:15 PM | What Every Patent Prosecutor Should Know About PTAB Trials (IPRs & PGRs) Justin Krieger | Managing Partner, Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP |
| 12:15 PM | Conference Concludes |
2025 AMC Topics
- Inventor Declaration and Assignment Issues
- Reasonable Royalty/Licensing/History
- Reissue and Ex Parte Reexam as IPR Alternative
- Ethics of Overflow Work
- Patent Litigation Funding
- Traps, Gaps and Mishaps: IP Cautionary Case Tales & The Lessons Learned
- Patent Update
- Perils of Using AI in Patents from the PTO Perspective
- Patenting from In House
- All Things Revival
- Insight from Congress on Patents
- Directed prosecution to drive value for clients and align with specific business goals
- Tax Tips for Patent Applicants
- Effective Use of Declarations (Expert and Otherwise) in Patent Prosecution
- Succession Planning for Patent Practices
- 101 and 103 Tension in Software
- What PTAB Judges Wish Patent Practitioners Knew About Patents that Withstand PTAB Challenges
- USPTO Electronic Systems (Patent Center, AI Searching, AI Chat, etc)
- PCT Pitfalls
- (Non-)Analogous Art – Winning Arguments
- Patent Prosecution v. Big Data Analytics