The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office will be holding a customer partnership meeting of Technology Center 3600 (Transportation, Electronic Commerce, Construction, Agriculture, Licensing, and Review) and Technology Center 3700 (Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products), together with the American Intellectual Property Law Association (AIPLA), from 8:45 am to 5:00 pm (EDT) on April 30, 2019 at the USPTO Headquarters in Alexandria, VA. The agenda for the meeting is as follows:
• Opening remarks by USPTO Director Andrei Iancu
• Japan Patent Office Director General Masanori Katsura – Patent Examination Department (Mechanical Technology)
• Functional language training at the USPTO
• Intended use and purely functional limitations
• Means-plus-function limitations applied to mechanical devices
• Industry presentations
• Presentation regarding the revised 101 guidance
Those wishing to attend the meeting can register here. The USPTO notes that registrations will be honored on a first-come, first-served basis according to the time and date of receipt of each request, but that in order to ensure a broad cross-section of attendees, the USPTO reserves the right to limit the number of attendees from any single organization or law firm, and therefore, organizations and law firms must designate their official representatives. Additional information regarding the customer partnership meeting can be found here.
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