USPTO Biotech/Chemical Partnership (BCP) Meetings

Jan 29, 2013, 13:35 PM by AIPLA Admin

Biotech/Medical Device Technology Customer Partnership Forum  
Tuesday January 29th, 2013 Meeting 
Madison Auditorium
9:00am to 5:00pm

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

Biotech/Medical Device Customer Partnership Forum  
The forum was established to promote discussion between practitioners and the USPTO on current practices and challenges facing all parties in the biotech and medical device technology areas.

Program Agenda

Morning Session
8:30 - 9:15 AM	Registration and Meet and Greet
9:15 AM	Teresa Stanek Rea,Deputy Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Deputy Director of the USPTO: Introduction
9:30 - 10:30 AM	Don Hajec, Director TC 3700 and Derris Banks, Director, TC 2600:CPC – Cooperative Patent Classification (12 slides, 761K)
10:30 - 10:45 AM	Break
10:45 - 11:45 AM	Marjorie Moran, Supervisory Patent Examiner, AU 1631:Evaluating Subject Matter Eligibility Under 35 USC § 101 (27 slides,158K)
11:45 - 1:00 PM	Lunch The Roundhouse Cafe Cafeteria is inside the Madison Building lower level.
Afternoon Session
1:00 - 2:00 PM	Janet Gongola, Associate Commissioner for Patent Examination Policy; Patent Reform Coordinator: America Invents Act (AIA) Update including First-to-File (47 slides, 2.57M) Presented by Mary Till, Legal Advisor Office of Patent Legal Administration
2:00 - 2:15 PM	Break
2:15 - 3:45 PM	Open Round Table Discussion
	Topics for Open Round Table Discussion (2 pgs, 32K)
	Panalists:
	Don Hajec, Director, Technology Center 3700
	Jerry Lorengo,Director, Technology Center 1600
	Angela Sykes,Director, Technology Center 3700 (Panel Moderator)
	Mary Till,Legal Advisor, Office of Patent Legal Administration
	Wanda Walker,Director, Technology Center 1600
	Andrew Wang,Director, Technology Center 3700