The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office will be holding its next biotechnology/chemical/pharmaceutical (BCP) customer partnership meeting on Wednesday, August 2, 2017. The upcoming BCP meeting will also be a Bicoastal BCP (BCBCP) event, with the meeting being held simultaneously in the Madison Auditorium on the USPTO Alexandria Campus (East Coast) and the California Training Room of the Silicon Valley U.S. Patent and Trademark (West Coast). During the BCBCP, participants will be able to interact with Office personnel in person on both coasts, or alternatively, via webcast.
The agenda for the meeting is as follows:
• Opening Remarks (12:00 - 12:20 pm EDT) -- John Cabeca, Director, Silicon Valley Office, USPTO (San Jose); Andrew Wang, Director, TC1600, USPTO (Alexandria); Daniel Sullivan, Director, TC1600, USPTO (San Jose); Wanda Walker, Director, TC1600, USPTO (Alexandria)
• USPTO Guidelines on Subject Matter Eligibility (101) (12:20 - 1:20 pm EDT) -- Daniel Kolker, Supervisory Patent Examiner AU1644, TC1600 (San Jose)
• Stakeholders' Perspectives on Subject Matter Eligibility (101) (1:20 - 2:10 pm EDT) -- Jasemine Chambers, Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati (Alexandria)
• Discussion/Break/Lunch (2:10 – 2:40 pm)
• Subject Matter Eligibility Discussion Panel (2:40 - 4:10 pm EDT) -- Moderators: Daniel Sullivan, Director TC1600, USPTO (San Jose) and Zachariah Lucas, Quality Assurance Specialist, TC1600 (Alexandria); Panelists: Ali Alemozafar, Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati (San Jose); Daniel Kolker, Supervisory Patent Examiner AU1644, TC1600 (San Jose); June Cohan, Legal Advisor, OPLA, USPTO (Alexandria); and Leslie Fischer, I&D, NS, Ophtha Patent Group (Alexandria)
• Update on Cancer Immunotherapy Program & WIPO Standard ST.26 Update (Nucleotide and Amino Acid Sequence Disclosures) (4:10 - 4:50 pm EDT) -- Gary Nickol, Supervisory Patent Examiner AU1645, TC1600 (Alexandria); Dave Nguyen, Supervisory Patent Examiner AU1634, TC1600 (Alexandria)
• Closing Remarks/Discussion (4:50 - 5:00 pm EDT) -- Directors
Additional information regarding the BCBCP customer partnership meeting, including registration information for those wishing to attend the meeting or register for online participation, can be found here.
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