The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office will be holding its next biotechnology/chemical/pharmaceutical (BCP) customer partnership meeting, as a virtual meeting, on June 15 and 16, 2021. The agenda for the meeting is as follows:
June 15, 2021
• Welcoming and Opening Remarks (1:00 - 1:10 pm ET) -- Daniel Sullivan and Gary Jones, Directors, and Renee Claytor, Director (Acting), TC1600, USPTO
• COVID-19 Prioritization Examination Pilot and CARE Act Updates (1:10 - 2:00 pm) -- Kery Fries, Senior Legal Advisor, Office of Patent Legal Administration (OPLA), USPTO
• Application of Cooperative Patent Classification (CPC) to Search & Routing of Patent Applications (2:00 - 2:30 pm) -- Fereydoun G. Sajjadi, SCE SPE, TC1600, USPTO
• Interview Practice Review (2:30 - 2:50 pm) -- Bethany Barham, SPE, TC1600, USPTO
• Break (2:50 – 3:00 pm)
• Precedential and Informative Decisions (3:00 - 3:30 pm) -- Kalyan Deshpande, Lead Administrative Patent Judge, PTAB, USPTO
• Appeals (3:30 - 4:00 pm) -- Michael Cygan, Eric Jeschke, and Kristi Sawert, Administrative Patent Judges, PTAB, USPTO
• Motions to Amend Practice in AIA Trials (4:00 - 4:00 pm) -- Michelle Ankenbrand, Lead Administrative Patent Judge, PTAB, USPTO
• Legal Experience and Advancement Program (LEAP) (4:30 – 5:00 pm) -- Amanda Wieker, Administrative Patent Judge, PTAB, USPTO
• Closing Remarks (5:00 - 5:05 pm) -- Directors, TC1600, USPTO
June 16, 2021
• Welcoming and Opening Remarks (12:30 - 12:35 pm ET) -- Daniel Sullivan and Gary Jones, Directors, and Renee Claytor, Director (Acting), TC1600, USPTO
• TC Decided Petitions (12:35 - 1:00 pm) -- Scarlett Goon, QAS, TC1600, USPTO
• Rule 130 Declarations Practice under the American Invents Act (AIA) (1:00 - 2:30 pm) -- Kathleen Fonda, Senior Legal Advisor, Office of Patent Legal Administration (OPLA), USPTO
• Patent Stakeholder Support Division (SSD) - An Overview (2:30 - 2:50 pm) -- Sudhanshu C. Pathak, Pro Se Assistance Program Coordinator, Office of Patent Experience, USPTO
• Break (2:50 – 3:00 pm)
• WIPO Standard ST.26 (for Sequence Listing) Introduction (3:00 - 4:30 pm) -- Anne Gussow, QAS, TC1600, USPTO, and Mindy Brown SPE, TC1600, USPTO
• Patent Electronic Business Center (4:30 - 5:00 pm) -- Jeffery Wong, Project Manager, OPIM, USPTO, and Marcus Jackson, Team Lead, OPIM, USPTO
• Closing Remarks (5:00 - 5:05 pm) – Directors, TC1600, USPTO
Additional information regarding the BCP customer partnership meeting, including registration information for those wishing to attend the meeting or register for online participation, can be found here. An agenda for the BCP customer partnership meeting can be found here.
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