The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office will be holding its next biotechnology/chemical/pharmaceutical (BCP) customer partnership meeting on Wednesday, April 16, 2014. The agenda for the meeting is as follows:
Morning Session
• Welcoming Remarks (9:00 - 9:10 am ET) -- Andy Faile, Deputy Commissioner for Patent Operations
• Opening Remarks/Overview of TC/Collecting Feedback from Participants (in person and online (online participants can submit comments/feedbacks through the chat function in WebEx or email to [email protected]) (9:10 - 9:40 am): Wanda Walker, Jerry Lorengo, and Jeffrey Stucker (Acting), Directors, TC1600
• Patent Law Treaties (PLT) Implementation Act (9:40 - 10:40 am): Eugenia Jones, Senior Legal Advisor, Office of the Deputy Commissioner for Patent
• Break (10:40 - 11:00 am)
• FITF Overview and Tips on Responding to Prior Art Rejections (11:00 am - 12:00 pm): Kathleen Fonda, Senior Legal Advisor, Office of Patent Legal Administration (OPLA)
• Lunch (12:00 – 1:15 pm)
Afternoon Session
• An Overview of the Myriad Guidance (1:15 - 3:45 pm): Dan Sullivan, TC1600; June Cohan and Ali Salimi, Office of Patent Legal Administration (OPLA)
• Closing Remarks/Discussion (3:45 - 4:00 pm): Wanda Walker, Jerry Lorengo, and Jeffrey Stucker (Acting), Directors, TC1600
The meeting can be viewed online here. The event number is 995 652 820 and the event password is 12345. Additional information regarding the BCP customer partnership meeting can be found here.
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