The Patent Conference (PatCon) is the world’s largest annual conference for patent scholars. The conference is jointly hosted by KU Law, Northwestern University Pritzker School of Law, the University of San Diego School of Law, and Boston College Law School.
This interdisciplinary forum enables researchers from law, economics, business administration, public health, the history and philosophy of science, engineering, and other disciplines to share their findings. In addition, PatCon is distinguished by its commitment to involving judges, staff from the United States Patent and Trademark Office, and representatives from industry in order to promote the application of scholarly insights in broader practice.