The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has announced the agenda for the next biotechnology/chemical/pharmaceutical (BCP) customer partnership meeting to be held on December 8, 2010. The proposed agenda is as follows:
Morning Session
• Greetings and Overview (10:00 - 10:15 am EDT): Jackie Stone, George Elliott, and Remy Yucel, Directors, Technology Center 1600
• PPH/Workshare (10:15 - 11:00 am): Bruce Kisliuk, Assistant Deputy Commissioner for Patent Operations for Chemical Disciplines
• Break (11:00 - 11:15 am)
• Patents End-to End: Update and Focus Session (11:15 am - 12:50 pm): Christian Chace, Project Director, Patent Process Reengineering - this session will cover applicant/Office communication (interviews, etc.), filing applications (including artifacts, etc.), fee payment and processing, maintaining application and patent data, eGrant, double patenting, and color drawings
• Lunch (12:50 – 2:00 pm)
Afternoon Session
• Therasense (2:00 - 2:45 pm): Mercedes K. Meyer, Ph.D., Esq., Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP
• Break (2:45 - 3:00 pm)
• KSR Update (3:00 - 3:45 pm): Kathleen Fonda, Office of Patent Legal Administration
• Closing Remarks/Discussion (3:45 - 4:00 pm): Jackie Stone, George Elliott, and Remy Yucel, Directors, Technology Center 1600
The meeting can be attended in person at the USPTO's Auditorium in Madison East, 600 Dulany Street, Alexandria, VA, or viewed online here (select the "enter as guest" option). Those wishing to attend the meeting in person should contact Cecilia Tsang at 571-272-0562, by fax at 571-273-0562, or by e-mail at [email protected] to confirm attendance by November 29, 2010. The Patent Office asks that non-USPTO employees login using their e-mail addresses.
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