8:00-9:00  

9:00- 9:10

Welcome & VIP Introductions

Wayne Highley,

Pres. Illinois Innovators and Inventors, Inc.

9:10-9:40

Success Story I

 Henry Leischner & Patrick  Cagle

Honeypoint, LLC, Arenzville, IL

9:45-10:15

Beginning the Process - Don't Get Scammed, How to Evaluate Your Invention, Who to Contact

 Linda Lewis, Esq.

Greensfelder, Hempker & Gale, 10th Fl.,  Equitable Center, St. Louis, MO

10:20-10:50

How the Patent Office Works, Independent Inventor Office at the Patent Office , and the American Invention Protection Act

John Calvert

Deputy Director, Independent Inventor Program and Supervisory Patent Examiner

United States Patent and Trademark Office, Arlington, Virginia

11:00-11:30

What if your idea is not patentable?  How can you protect it?

Carol Hamilton, Esq.

Partner at Polster, Lieder, Woodruff & Lucchesi, L.C. of Creve Coeur, MO

11:30-12:30

 Success Story 2

12:30-1:15

 LUNCH

Science Center Cafeteria 

1:15-1:30  

Success Story 3 - Don Weder, of  Highland Supply Corporation  in nearby Highland, Illinois, the most prolific American inventor in history

Don Weder

2:00-3:00 Legal Options for Protection

Bruce Burdick,

Burdick Law Firm

Alton, IL

and

F. Scott Kief, Associate Professor of Law, Washington University School of Law and JM Olin Research Fellow, Harvard Law School

3:30-4:00 Panel Discussion

4:30-4:45 Close

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ILLINOIS INNOVATORS & INVENTORS

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