April 13, 2012
Richard Maulsby or Paul Fucito
(571) 272-8400 or richard.maulsby@uspto.gov;
paul.fucito@uspto.gov
Press Release, 12-26
USPTO to Host Medical Device Technology Partnership Meeting
Washington – The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) will host a Medical Device Technology Partnership Meeting on Wednesday, May 9, 2012 to bring industry stakeholders and patent examiners and directors from Technology Center 3700 (TC 3700) together to share ideas, experiences, and insights on best practices in advancing prosecution and provide a forum for discussion on how the agency can improve and expand its relationship with the medical device technology community.
Some of this year’s discussion topics will include the America Invents Act (AIA), advancing prosecution, interview best practices, 35 U.S.C. 112, 6th paragraph guidelines, and new Board of Appeals rules and pre-appeal/appeal conferences.
What: Medical Device Technology Partnership Meeting
When: May 9, 2012
Where: USPTO Campus, Madison North Auditorium
600 Dulany Street
Alexandria, VA 22314
Who:
Rick Seidel, Assistant Deputy Commissioner for Patents, Mechanical Disciplines
Angela Sykes, Group Director TC 3700
Donald Hajec, Group Director TC 3700
Andrew Wang, Group Director TC 3700
Space is limited and registration will be done on a first-come, first-served basis. To register, please RSVP to Medical_Device_Customer_Partnership_TC3700@uspto.gov
For more information, please contact Linda Dvorak at (571) 272-4764 or Kevin Sirmons at (571) 272-4965.
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