Tuesday, March 15, 2005
United States Patent and Trademark Office
Alexandria, Virginia
Madison Building, Auditorium North
600 Dulany Street, Alexandria, VA
The most recent quarterly meeting for the Biotechnology and Chemical
Pharmaceutical Customer Partnership was held on December 8, 2004
at the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. The
Biotechnology and Chemical Pharmaceutical Customer Partnership is
designed and developed to be a forum to share ideas, experiences,
and insights between individual users and the USPTO. The
USPTO does not intend to use these customer partnership groups to
arrive at any consensus. Invitations
to participate will indicate that individual opinions are sought,
rather than a group consensus and that the meetings are intended
to be informal in nature and have varying participants. These
customer partnership groups are formed with full recognition of the
USPTO's responsibility under the Federal Advisory Committee Act (FACA),
and that these customer partnership groups are not established as
FACA compliant committees.
We value our customers in obtaining feedback from individual participants
is important in our efforts to continuously improve the quality of
our products and services. Your
willing participation is helpful in providing us with insights and
experiences in this informal process to assist us.
The next meeting of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office Biotechnology
and Chemical Pharmaceutical Customer Partnership is scheduled for
Tuesday, March 15, 2005, from 9:00 am to 4:30 pm at Auditorium North
in Madison Building, 600 Dulany Street, Alexandria, Virginia.
Please contact Cecilia Tsang at 571-272-0562, or by fax at 571-273-0562,
or email Cecilia.Tsang@uspto.gov to decline or confirm your attendance by March 10th, 2005.
| Morning Session |
| 9:00-9:15 |
Greetings and Overview |
Jasemine C. Chambers, Bruce Kisliuk, Directors, TC 1600 |
| 9:15-10:00 |
USPTO Goals Update |
John Doll, Deputy Commissioner for Patent Resources and Planning |
| 10:00-10:30 |
Incorporation by Reference in view of 37 CFR 1.57 |
Deborah Reynolds, Quality Assurance Specialist, TC1600 |
| 10:30-10:45 |
Break |
|
| 10:45-11:45 |
New Board Rules |
Jeffrey Nase and Richard Torczon Administrative Patent Judges Board
of Patent Appeals and Interferences |
| Afternoon Session |
| 1:00-1:45 |
Post Grant Cancellations |
James Toupin, General Counsel |
| 1:45-2:45 |
New Matter Training Module |
Rob Hill, Quality Assurance Specialist, Office of Patent Quality Assurance
with Paula Hutzell, Practice Specialist TC1600 |
| 2:45-3:00 |
Break |
|
| 3:00-3:45 |
New Chemical Examples for Enablement Materials |
Gary Kunz, Supervisory Patent Examiner, AU1616 |
| 3:45-4:00 |
Interview Practice |
Cecilia Tsang, Supervisory Patent Examiner, AU1625 |
| 4:00-4:15 |
Closing Remarks/Discussion |
Jasemine C. Chambers, Bruce Kisliuk, Directors, TC 1600 |
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