AIPLA/FICPI Colloquium

9:00 a.m.

Welcome, Introduction and Outline of the Agenda
Moderator—Mr. Malcolm Royal, President, FICPI

9:05 a.m.

PCT Today: History, Status and Projected Growth

• WIPO – Jay Erstling (200K- PowerPoint and Oral Presentation (17K - pdf)

9:20 a.m.

Problems and Advantages PCT has for Offices

• European Patent Office – York Busse (395K- PowerPoint and Oral Presentation )
• Japan Patent Office - Shinjiro Ono (280K-PowerPoint and Oral Presentation)
• IP Australia – Janet Werner (1.1M-PowerPoint and Oral Presentation)

Why and How PCT is Used – Advantages and Problems

• UNICE – Thierry Sueur (246K-PowerPoint and Oral Presentation)
• Institute of Patent and Trade Mark Attorneys of Australia – Michael Caine ( 185K-PowerPoint and Paper 26K; Oral Presentation)

11:30 a.m.

User Needs

• Search Quality – FICPI – Julian Crump (Paper 59K; Oral Presentation)

Examination Quality

• European Patent Institute – Walter Holzer (Paper 24K and Oral Presentation)
• Situation in Singapore—James Greene-Kelly (Paper  26K and Oral Presentation)

2:00 p.m.

Impact of Recent Changes, Including those Adopted by the PCT Assembly at its September 23, 2002 meeting and since

• Overview of Recent Changes Now Adopted
  • WIPO – Claus Matthes (130K- PowerPoint and Oral Presentation)

2:15 p.m.

—Impact on Offices

• European Patent Office – Colin Philpott (236K-PowerPoint and Oral Presentation)
• Canadian Intellectual Property Office – Scott Vasudev (2.1MB—PowerPoint and Oral Presentation)
• IP Australia – Janet Werner (1.1MB-PowerPoint and Oral Presentation)

• AIPLA – Melvin Garner (45K-PowerPoint and 22K-Paper and Oral Presentation)
• Intellectual Property Institute of Canada - Carol Hitchman (Oral Presentation)

—Impact on Third Parties

• AIPPI – Gianfranco Dragotti (Oral Presentation)
• Chartered Institute of Patent Agents – Tony Rollins (235K-PowerPoint and Oral Presentation)
• Intellectual Property Owners Association – Larry Welch (61K-PowerPoint and Oral Presentation)

Open discussion

Comments:

• Asian Patent Attorneys Association
• European Patent Institute
• Intellectual Property Institute of Canada 
• Institute of Patent and Trade Mark Attorneys of Australia
• Open

• Proposals for Further PCT Reform
  • Future Evolution of Search & Examination – Philip Thomas (88K-PowerPoint and Oral Presentation) – WIPO
  • New PCT Treaty? – Francis Gurry (Oral Presentation)— WIPO

• Trilateral Office Proposals/Comments/Views
  • European Patent Office – Ingo Kober (25K)
  • Japan Patent Office - Shinjiro Ono (221K-PowerPoint and Oral Presentation)
  • USPTO Strategic Plan – Rick Nydegger (109K-PowerPoint and Oral Presentation)

• Other Office Comments
  • Swedish Patent and Registration Office - Marie Eriksson (61K-PowerPoint and Oral Presentation)
  • British Patent Office – Ron Marchant (Oral Presentation)
  • Canadian Intellectual Property Office – David Tobin (2.1MB—PowerPoint and Oral Presentation)

• Views of Users on

• Merger of Chapters I and II – AIPLA – Rick Nydegger (49K-PowerPoint and Oral Presentation)

• Creation of a Universal Data Base – Problems and Advantages
  • APAA – Ichio Shamoto (Paper (19K) and Oral Presentation)

• Open Forum for Users to Express Their Goals for a Reformed PCT Comments

• AIPLA (Oral Presentation by Andrea Ryan-pdf)
• AIPPI (Oral Presentation by
  Heinz Bardehle-pdf)
• APAA (Oral Presentation by
  Ichio Shamoto-pdf)
• UNICE (Oral Presentation by Mike Barlow-pdf)
• European Patent Institute (Oral Presentation by Chris Mercer-pdf)
• Others

• Mr. Malcolm Royal, President, FICPI