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 (slides) (presentation)

9:20 a.m.

Problems and Advantages PCT has for Offices

• European Patent Office – York Busse (slides) (presentation)
• Japan Patent Office - Shinjiro Ono (slides) (presentation)
• IP Australia – Janet Werner (slides) (presentation)

10:50 a.m.  

Why and How PCT is Used – Advantages and Problems

• UNICE – Thierry Sueur (slides) (presentation)
• Institute of Patent and Trade Mark Attorneys of Australia – Michael Caine (slides) (presentation) (paper)

11:10 a.m.  - Open Discussion 

11:30 a.m.

User Needs

• Search Quality – FICPI – Julian Crump (paper) (presentation)

11:40 a.m. 

Examination Quality

• European Patent Institute – Walter Holzer (paper) (presentation)
• Situation in Singapore—James Greene-Kelly (paper) (presentation)

12:00 p.m. - Open Discussion 

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 (slides) (presentation)

2:15 p.m.

Impact on Offices

• European Patent Office – Colin Philpott (slides) (presentation)
• Canadian Intellectual Property Office – Scott Vasudev (slides) (presentation)
• IP Australia – Janet Werner (slides) (presentation)

2:45 p.m. - Open Discussion 

• AIPLA – Melvin Garner (slides) (presentation)
• Intellectual Property Institute of Canada - Carol Hitchman (presentation)

3:50 p.m.  

Impact on Third Parties

• AIPPI – Gianfranco Dragotti (presentation)
• Chartered Institute of Patent Agents – Tony Rollins (slides) (presentation)
• Intellectual Property Owners Association – Larry Welch (slides) (presentation)

4:20 p.m.  - 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 (slides) (presentation) – WIPO
• New PCT Treaty? – Francis Gurry (presentation)— WIPO

Trilateral Office Proposals/Comments/Views

• European Patent Office – Ingo Kober (presentation)
• Japan Patent Office - Shinjiro Ono (slides) (presentation)
• USPTO Strategic Plan – Rick Nydegger (slides) (presentation)

Other Office Comments

• Swedish Patent and Registration Office - Marie Eriksson (slides) (presentation)
• British Patent Office – Ron Marchant (presentation)
• Canadian Intellectual Property Office – David Tobin (slides) (presentation)

Views of Users on

11:20 a.m.  

• Merger of Chapters I and II – AIPLA – Rick Nydegger (slides) (presentation)

11:30 a.m.  

• Requirements for Filing Large Specifications
• BIO – Dave Fitzgerald (paper) (presentation)

11:40 a.m.  

• Opportunity for a Dialogue
• FICPI — Jan Modin (slides) (presentation)

11:50 a.m.  

• Contracting Out Searches
• ABA/IPL – Charles Baker (slides) (paper) (presentation)
• JPAA –Takaaki Kimura (Oral Presentation)

12:10 p.m.  

• Creation of a Universal Data Base – Problems and Advantages
• APAA – Ichio Shamoto (paper) (presentation)

12:20 p.m.  

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

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

1:00 p.m.  Summary, Conclusions and Close

• Mr. Malcolm Royal, President, FICPI