Class Information
Fall 2026
6205 Patent Prosecution - ANGELO- 25773
Professor(s):
Basil Angelo (ADJUNCT)
Credits: 2
Course Areas: Intellectual Property and Information Law
Time: 4:00p-6:00p T Location: 200
Course Outline: This simulation course approaches patent prosecution from a practical perspective, aiming to equip students with fundamental skills not only in claim drafting, but also in argumentation, advocacy, and collaboration with inventors, clients, and patent examiners. An overarching goal of this course is to help students to begin developing an identity as an intellectual property counselor—a practitioner whose mission is far broader than merely to secure patent protection.
Course Syllabus: Syllabus
Course Notes: (Face-to-Face) The UH registration system instruction mode for this course is listed in parenthesis. For this instruction mode, instructors and students are expected to normally be physically present in the classroom. If the course has a final examination, it will be in a classroom requiring your physical presence. Other assessment, such as a mid-term exam, may also be in a classroom. Whether this instructor will offer “remote presence” (starting a zoom meeting from the podium computer to enable student remote access on an occasional basis) for part or all of the semester is not known, but students should not rely on an expectation that remote presence will be available.
Quota=8.
Prerequisites: Yes Either Patent Law or IP Survey in a prior semester or in the same semester as this course; or permission of the instructors
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Final Exam Schedule:
This course will have:
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Satisfies Senior Upper Level Writing Requirement: No
Experiential Course Type: simulation
Bar Course: No
DistanceEd ABA: No
Pass-Fail Student Election: Unavailable (Instructor Preference)
Course Materials
No book required for this course
Course materials required: Title 35 United States Code (aka the “Patent Law”), Title 35 United States Code (aka the “Patent Rules”), USPTO Manual of Patent Examining Procedure (online searchable version)
