USPTO Biotech/Chemical Partnership (BCP) Meetings

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BCP - Tues, Sep 13, 2011

Sep 13, 2011, 16:02 PM by AIPLA Admin
Biotechnology/Chemical/Pharmaceutical Customer Partnership  

Tuesday, September 13, 2011 Meeting 
Madison Auditorium  

Starting Time of 10:00 AM

United States Patent and Trademark Office
Alexandria, Virginia 
600 Dulany Street, Alexandria, VA

Morning Session
10:00 - 10:15 AM. Greetings, TC Update and Overview
TC1600 Management Update (1 slide in Excel 50K)
Jackie Stone, George Elliott and Remy Yucel, Directors, TechnologyCenter 1600
10:15 - 11:15 AM PCT Sequence Rule Compliance in US National Phase Applications (47 pages 1.4M) Sue Wolski Office of PCT Legal Administration

 


11:15 - 11:30 AM Break
11:30 - 12:30 PM Enhancing Compact Prosecution at BPAI (31 slides 2.6M) Joe Mallon
Knobbe, Martens, Olson and Bear, LLP
Kate Gaudry
Townsend & Stockton, LLP

12:30 - 1:30 PM Lunch The Roundhouse Cafe Cafeteria is inside the Madison Building lower level.

Afternoon Session

1:30 - 2:30 PM Supplemental 112/2 Examination Guidelines (60 slides 2.6M)

 

Kathleen Fonda Office of Patent Legal Administration

 

2:30 - 2:45 PM Break
2:45 - 3:45 PM The Myriad case(Association for Molecular Pathology v. USPTO)and Its Implications For Patent Practitioners and The Biotech Industry (47 slides 947K)

 

Roberte Makowski, PhD, JD Connolly Bove Lodge & Hutz LLP

 

3:45 - 4:30 PM Common Issues Examiners Face Regarding PLT and Plant Utility Patents (28 slides 461K) Anne Marie Grunberg, SPE Art Unit 1638/1661

 

4:30 - 4:45 PM Closing Remarks/Discussion
Jackie Stone, George Elliott and Remy Yucel, Directors, Technology Center 1600