MIDWEST
INVENTORS CONFERENCE
AUGUST 25, 2000 Southern Illinois University at
Edwardsville Conference Center, Edwardsville, Illinois
PROGRAM - "Protecting and Profiting From Inventions…the
Right Way"
7:30-8:45 Continental
Breakfast & Check-In
9:00-9:45 Beginning the
Process - Don't Get Scammed
(Director,Wal-Mart
Innovation Network, Springfield, MO
Director, Business
Department, Southwest Missouri State University, Springfield, MO)
10:00-10:45
(Director, Patent
Trademark Copyright Research Foundation, Academy of Applied Science,
Washington, DC)
11:00-11:45 Resources for
the Independent Inventor
12:00-12:45 Luncheon
Buffet : The Patent Office and What We Do.
John Calvert, Supervisory
Primary Examiner, US Patent Office
(Representative,
Independent Inventor Office, United States Patent and Trademark Office,
Arlington, Virginia)
1:00-1:45 Developing Your
Business
Director, Small
Business Development Center, Southern Illinois University, Edwardsville
2:00-2:45 The Law of
Inventions - How to Obtain Legal Protection for Your Invention
(Registered Patent
Attorney, Burdick Law Firm, St. Louis, Missouri)
3:00-3:45 Questions & Closing
Comments – Wayne Highley, Conf. Chairman
Sponsored by: ILLINOIS INNOVATORS & INVENTORS, P.O. Box 623, Edwardsville, IL 62025
For details, see www.burdlaw.com, e-mail invent@charter-il.com or bruce@burdlaw.com, or telephone Mr. Phil
Curry at 618-656-7445.