Differences Between US and EPO Practice, Part I

How does European patent practice compare to practice in the United States? Find out in the next two installments of the SLW Institute’s International IP webinar series. In this installment, Dr. David Keston presents, “Differences Between US and EPO Practice, Part I.” Part II is scheduled for later in the month. David Keston is a UK Chartered Patent Attorney and European Patent Attorney in Schwegman’s UK office. David has a joint honours degree in Theoretical Physics and Mathematics from the University of St. Andrews, and a doctorate in Plasma Physics from the University of Glasgow for research into equal-mass plasmas. He began a career in patents in 1997. David has worked as an Examiner at the UK Patent Office, in-house with the legal functions at Siemens (UK) and Vodafone Group, and in tier 1 private practice patent attorney firms.