Biotechnology/Chemical/Pharmaceutical Customer Partnership
Thursday, December 1, 2011
9:00am to 5:15pm
United States Patent and Trademark Office
Alexandria, Virginia
Remsen Building Conference Center
400 Dulany Street, Alexandria, VA
The most recent quarterly meeting for the Biotechnology and Chemical Pharmaceutical Customer Partnership was held on September 13, 2011 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 Thursday, December 1, 2011 from 9:00 AM to 5:15 PM at Conference Center in the Remsen building, 400 Dulany Street, Alexandria, Virginia.
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 November 25, 2011.
Agenda & Schedule
| Morning Session | ||
| 9:00 - 9:45 | Meet and Greet & Opening Remarks | Jackie Stone, George Elliott and Remy Yucel, Directors, TC1600 |
| 9:45 - 11:15 | Patent Reform Legislation (AIA) | Janet Gongola, Patent Reform Coordinator |
| 11:15 - 11:30 | Break | |
| 11:30 - 1:30 | Track 1 Briefing | Krista Zele, SPE, Art Unit 2453 |
| Lunch 12:30 - 1:30 | ||
| Afternoon Session | ||
| 1:30 - 2:30 | Professional Responsibility for IP Practitioners | William Covey, Office of Enrollment and Discipline |
| 2:30 - 3:00 | TC1600 35USC 112, Supplemental Guideline Training | Bennett Celsa, QAS TC1600 |
| 4:00 - 5:00 | Therasense and Duty of Candor | Hans Sauer, Associate General Counsel for Intellectual Property |
| 5:00 - 5:15 | Closing Remarks/Discussion | Jackie Stone, George Elliott and Remy Yucel, Directors, TC1600 |
Accessing the event online
Instructions for the Public
(on-campus participants are expected to attend the live event in person)
1. Double click on the link below (or copy it into your Internet Browser)
https://uspto.connectsolutions.com/r80345544/
2. Use the "Enter as a Guest" option.
2. Sign-in using your first and last name.
3. Click on the "Enter Room" button.
4. You will be admitted to the meeting.
Assistance
If you need assistance with login or if there is a problem with the webcast, please contact the OCIO Service Desk at 571-272-9000.
Instruction for Teleworkers
Instructions for Teleworkers
AFTER performing the access instructions that follow below, to log-out of your RDP session
(does not apply to ULP users) and sign out of your VPN session.
Double click on the link below (or copy it into your Internet Browser)
https://uspto.connectsolutions.com/r80345544
Detailed access instructions are as follows:
Completely log out of your RDP session (does not apply to ULP users) and sign out
of your VPN session. Once out of the VPN, paste the URL link into your local browser.
You can do this by following the detailed instructions below:
1. Select and copy or write down the above URL link for the Adobe Connect session or leave
the associated e-mail in your Inbox (email can only be accessed using web mail – https://email.uspto.gov ).
2. Save all open files on your desktop. Files can remain open.
*** (ULP users, skip to step 4)***
3. Disconnect from your RDP session.
Start > Disconnect
4. Exit MCS (if applicable).
5. Disconnect from the VPN – There are 2 options to disconnect from the VPN.
Option 1 - In the top right corner of the Enterprise Remote Access – Client Application
Sessions Internet Explorer window, click “Sign Out”.
Option 2 - To the left of the system clock in the system tray, right click the golden padlock icon and left click “Sign Out”.
6. You are now ready to access the live event via Adobe Connect
Accessing Adobe Connect to view Webcast
Accessing Adobe Connect to view Webcast
1. Paste or type the link below (same as above) into your Internet browser.
https://uspto.connectsolutions.com/r80345544/
2. Use the "Enter as a Guest" option.
3. Sign-in using your first and last name.
4. Click on the "Enter Room" button.
5. You will be admitted to the meeting.
Assistance
If you need assistance with login or if there is a problem with the webcast, please contact the OCIO Service Desk at 571-272-9000.
