October 10, 2018 CIPLA Meeting


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The Connecticut Intellectual Property Law Association (CIPLA) is pleased to announce its first meeting in the 2018-2019 schedule.  We are welcoming Matthew Hutman of Serco Inc. Serco is the classification contractor to the USPTO and has classified over 3.9 million newly filed utility patent applications. Mr Hutman will speak on “USPTO Art Unit Determinations” and the value of using classification at the USPTO to inform pre-filing drafting and strategy.  The meeting will be held on Wednesday, October 10, 2018 at the Graduate Club in New Haven. Please RSVP by October 5, 2018 on the CIPLA website or by emailing CIPLA Program Chair Ray Zenkert at  zenkert@gtv-ip.com.