The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office will be holding its next biotechnology/chemical/pharmaceutical (BCP) customer partnership meeting on Monday, September 14, 2015. The meeting will be simultaneously available at the USPTO Headquarters (Alexandria, VA) and the Midwest Regional Office (Detroit, MI). During the BCP meeting, participants will be able to interact with Office personnel in person at both locations, or alternatively, via webcast.
The agenda for the meeting is as follows:
• Welcoming and Opening Remarks (9:00 - 9:20 am EDT) -- Christal Sheppard, Director, Elijah J. McCoy USPTO (Detroit); Jerry Lorengo, Director, TC1600, USPTO (Detroit); Daniel Sullivan, Director, TC1600, USPTO (Alexandria); Wanda Walker, Director, TC1600, USPTO (Alexandria); Gladys Corcoran, Director, TC1700, USPTO (Alexandria); Yvonne (Bonnie) Eyler, Director, TC1700, USPTO (Alexandria); and Karen Young, Director, TC1700, USPTO (Alexandria)
• Cooperative Patent Classification (CPC) Overview (9:20 - 10:00 am EDT) -- Jerry Lorengo, Director, TC1600, USPTO (Detroit)
• Practitioner's Perspective on 101 as Applied to Biotech Applications (10:00 - 11:00 am) -- Noel E. Day, Ph.D., Honigman Miller Schwartz and Cohn LLP (Detroit)
• Break (11:00 - 11:10 am EDT)
• Trends in Subject Matter Eligibility for Biotechnology Inventions (11:10 am - 12:00 pm EDT) -- Leslie T. Grab Ph.D., and Tina W. McKeon, Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP (Alexandria)
• Lunch (12:00 - 1:00 pm EDT)
• Third Party Submission (1:00 - 2:00 pm EDT) -- Bennett Celsa, Quality Assurance Specialist, TC1600, USPTO (Alexandria)
• AIA 130 Declaration (2:00 - 3:00 pm EDT) -- Kathleen Fonda, Senior Legal Advisor, Office of Patent Legal Administration (OPLA), USPTO (Alexandria)
• Break (3:00 - 3:10 am EDT)
• Corrections/Amendments and Priority/Benefits Claims in International and National Stage (3:10 - 3:50 pm EDT) -- Susan Wolski, PCT Special Programs Examiner, International Patent Legal Administration, USPTO (Alexandria)
• Double Patenting (3:50 - 4:40 pm EDT) -- James Wilson, Supervisory Patent Examiner (SPE), TC1600, USPTO (Alexandria)
• Closing Remarks (4:40 - 5:00 pm EDT) -- Directors
Additional information regarding the BCP customer partnership meeting, including registration information for those wishing to attend the meeting, can be found here.
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