Biotechnology and Chemical Pharmaceutical Customer Partnership Meeting Tuesday June 13, 2006 United States Patent and Trademark Office Alexandria, Virginia Madison Auditorium South 600 Dulany Street, Alexandria, VA The next meeting of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office Biotechnology and Chemical Pharmaceutical Customer Partnership is scheduled for Tuesday, June 13, 2006 from 9:00 am to 4:30 pm at Auditorium South in Madison Building, 600 Dulany Street, Alexandria, Virginia. This meeting is also available on-line. Participation is limited to the first 100 individual registrants; so, if you are interested in attending this June meeting, please click on the link below to register: On-Line Registration The most recent quarterly meeting for the Biotechnology and Chemical Pharmaceutical Customer Partnership was held on March 7, 2006 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. Date: June 13, 2006 Time: 9 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. Place: In-person: Auditorium South in Madison Building, 600 Dulany Street, Alexandria, Virginia On-Line: Link to on-line registration For information of future meetings and presentations, please go to http://www.cabic.com/bcp/ 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 June 7, 2006.
Morning Session
9:00-9:15	Greetings and Overview	John LeGuyader, Bruce Kisliuk, George Elliott, Directors, Technology Center 1600
9:15-10:00	Advanced Notice of Public Rulemaking re: Markush Claims	Kathleen Fonda, Office Patent Legal Administration
10:00-10:15	Break
10:15-11:00	Green Paper comments	Kathleen Fonda, Office Patent Legal Administration
11:00-11:45	SCORE (Supplemental Complex Repository for Examiners)	Lisa Hobbs, SIRA
Afternoon Session
11:45-1:00	Lunch
1:00-1:45	Nanotech Update	Dave Nguyen, Supervisory Patent Examiner, Art Unit 1633
1:45-2:30	Polymorphs	Christopher Low, tQAS, TC1600
2:30-2:45	Break
2:45-3:30	ES cell practice	Irem Yucel, Supervisory Patent Examiner, Art Unit 1636
3:30-3:45	Closing Remarks/Discussion	John LeGuyader, Bruce Kisliuk, George Elliott, Directors, TC 1600

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