UPCOMING TECH-BREAKFAST
The America Invents Act – How It Alters Your Ability to Patent Your Invention
Speaker: Dave Bassett, President
Bassett Statistical Company, LLC
Abstract:
The recently signed America Invents Act will bring many changes to the US Patent System. It will bring about major changes, such as converting from a ‘first to invent’ to a ‘first inventor to file’ system and minor changes as well. Many inventors and small business owners were unsure of how the patenting system works and what value a patent provides for their intellectual property prior to these landmark changes. Dave will review the patenting process and the protections patents provide to inventors and how these changes to the law will affect inventors. He will discuss what steps inventors should take to preserve their intellectual property and the timing of these actions.
About the Speaker:
Dave has been a Patent Agent registered to practice before the US Patent and Trademark Office since 2004 and has experience in biomedical, optics, business method, and computer utility patenting, and design patenting. In 2005, he started Bassett Statistical Company LLC, a full service consulting firm serving the needs of individual inventors and small businesses. The company specializes in solving problems regarding operations, finance, and intellectual property issues.
Dave worked as a Chemical Engineer for Consulting and Manufacturing Firms for 14 years. While working as a Chemical Engineer, Dave attended the University of Rochester’s Simon School of Business where he received his MBA and earned the 2004 Hugh H. Whitney Award as the Outstanding Student of his class. Dave has a broad background and is familiar with a wide range of businesses from manufacturing and contract packaging, to environmental, oil & gas, biomedical, and microelectronics. He is an experienced ISO 9001 auditor and has been trained in Kaizen and lean manufacturing. Dave is a Director of the Rochester Chapter of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers and a member of the Independent Entrepreneurs Council, the American Intellectual Property Law Association, and the National Association of Patent Practitioners.
Registration is limited to 10 persons. Register by Friday, January 13th.
Registration fee is $10 and reservations are required.
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