Thursday, Feb. 19, 2026

Time: 10 AM Pacific / 12 PM Central / 1 PM Eastern

Place: Virtual - Zoom

Cost: Complimentary

CLE Credit: We will apply for 1.0 hours of CLE credit for Minnesota, California, Texas and Washington state

Robert Hirning will present the next episode of the AI-Driven Innovation in Medical Technologies webinar series, when he presents "Patent Eligibility Challenges" on February 19. Marvin Beekman will moderate.

In this presentation, Robert will discuss challenges in obtaining patents on AI-based medical technology, including patent eligibility and disclosure concerns for AI-related MedTech inventions in the US and other countries. He will also address recent case law and patent office developments in this area.

Robert Hirning is a registered patent attorney and a principal at SLW. His practice involves nearly all aspects of patent application preparation, patent prosecution, and portfolio management. He has experience in technology areas including consumer electronic devices, software-driven medical devices, data storage, medical imaging products, applied artificial intelligence, health information systems, consumer products, agriculture technologies, and various niche fields. His legal experience also includes general intellectual property and transactional counseling, due diligence for mergers and acquisitions, portfolio valuation and analysis, strategic licensing, and trade secret, copyright, and open source software license counseling.

Marvin Beekman is a registered patent attorney and a principal at SLW. His practice includes patent prosecution, intellectual property counseling, and opinions. His technical expertise includes active medical device systems, electronics, integrated circuit design and fabrication, computer hardware, applied artificial intelligence, control systems, telecommunications, hydraulic systems, electromechanical systems, and consumer products. He represents small, mid-size, and large companies—from startups to established global enterprises—as well as individual inventors. 

We will apply for CLE credit in MN, CA, TX and WA for this webinar. We invite you to share this registration form with a colleague. Sign up to reserve your place today.