AIPLA Rapid Response Webinar
AIPLA Rapid Response Webinar: USPTO Sequence Listing Rules
June 29 to 30, 2022
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Standard ST.26, requiring XML formatting, will go into effect worldwide
on Friday, July 1. The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO)
is adopting new rules to implement this standard as recently published
in the Federal Register. Beginning July 1, sequence listings filed
electronically in XML format must be filed via the USPTO’s Patent
Center.
Join us for a Rapid Response webinar focused on the new
USPTO Sequence Listing rules. Learn about the new process BEFORE it
goes into effect July 1. We will be joined by speakers from the USPTO
and WIPO, as well as experienced practitioners to provide guidance on
how to submit a compliant sequence listing in U.S. patent applications
and Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) applications.
Moderator: Carla Mouta-Bellum, Arrigo, Lee, Guttman & Mouta-Bellum, LLP, Washington, DC
Confirmed Speakers:
Kathleen Kalafus, USPTO
Hanna Kang, WIPO
Alice Martin, Barnes &Thornburg, LLP, Chicaog, IL - Chair, AIPLA Biotechnology Committee
Mary Till, USPTO
PRESENTATION SLIDES:
USPTO Sequence Listing Presentation
WIPO Sequence Listing Presentation
LINK TO RECORDING WILL BE POSTED HERE
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