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Biotechnology/Chemical/Pharmaceutical Customer Partnership Meeting - Tuesday, April 7, 2015

Apr 7, 2015, 09:00 AM by AIPLA Admin

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The United States Patent and Trademark Office
Biotechnology/Chemical and Pharmaceutical (BCP) Partnership Meeting

Tuesday, April 7, 2015

9:00am to 3:00pm (MDT)
USPTO Rocky Mountain Regional Office (Denver), Byron G. Rogers Federal Building,
Longs Peak A Conference Room (2nd Floor)

11:00am to 5:00pm (EDT)
United States Patent and Trademark Office
USPTO Main Campus (Alexandria), Madison Auditorium

We are pleased to announce the USPTO’s next Biotechnology, Chemical and Pharmaceutical Customer Partnership (BCP) Meeting. This BCP meeting expands our long-standing partnership in this industry sector to customers across the country. The next BCP Meeting will be held on April 7th and will be simultaneously available at locations in the USPTO Headquarters (Alexandria, VA) and the Rocky Mountain Regional Office (Denver Satellite Office). During this BCP, participants will be able to interact with Office personnel in person at both locations, or alternatively, via webcast. Please see below for registration information on how you can participate.
  

Date and Location:  The Partnership Meeting will be held on April 7th from 11:00am – 5:00pm at Alexandria, VA and, at the same time, from 9:00am – 3:00pm at Denver, CO

Headquarters Location:

USPTO Headquarters
Madison Auditorium
600 Dulany Street
Alexandria, VA 22314

Rocky Mountain Regional Office  Location:

Longs Peak A Conf. Room (2nd Floor)
Byron G. Rogers Federal Building
1961 Stout Street
Denver, CO 80294

The Biotechnology, and Chemical and Pharmaceutical Customer Partnership was developed to create a collaborative forum for USPTO customers in this industry sector to share ideas, experiences, and insights with USPTO staff.  The BCP is intended to be informal in nature and will include participants from across the industry. 

Some of the topics to be discussed by USPTO staff and industry customers will include:

  • Patent Quality Initiatives
  • Patent Term Adjustment and Extension
  • Sequence Filings
  • Interim Guidance on Patent Subject Matter Eligibility (101)

Please check back and click here to view the final BCP Agenda once posted. The USPTO looks forward to hearing the individual views from its customers and does not intend to use this forum to seek or arrive at any consensus.  This customer partnership is formed with full recognition of the USPTO's responsibility under the Federal Advisory Committee Act (FACA), and accordingly, is not established as FACA compliant committee. 

 

9:00 – 9:20am (MDT)

11:00 – 11:20am (EDT)

Welcoming and Opening Remarks

Jerry Lorengo

Director, TC1600, USPTO (Alexandria)

 

Daniel Sullivan

Director, TC1600, USPTO (Denver)

 

Wanda Walker

Director, TC1600, USPTO (Alexandria)

 

Michael Carone

Regional Manager, USPTO (Denver)

 

9:20 – 10:30am (MDT)

11:20am – 12:30pm (EDT)

Patent Quality Initiatives








Quality & Best Practices In Prosecution Interactions







Patent Quality in Biotech and Chem

Valencia Martin-Wallace, Deputy Commissioner for Patent Quality, USPTO (Alexandria)

 

Esther Kepplinger, Chief Patent Counselor, Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati (Alexandria)

 

Robert Stoll, Partner, Drinker Biddle (Alexandria)

 

10:30 – 11:00am (MDT)

12:30 – 1:00pm (EDT)

Break (Lunch for Alexandria)

 

 

 

11:00–11:50am (MDT)

1:00 – 1:50pm (EDT)

 

Recent Updates in Patent Term Adjustment and Patent Term Extension

 

Mary Till, Senior Advisor, OPLA, USPTO (Alexandria)

Kery Fries, Senior Advisor, OPLA, USPTO (Alexandria)

 

11:50am–12:50pm (MDT)

1:50 – 2:50pm (EDT)

 

Filing Sequence Listings in International and National Stage Applications

 

 

 

Susan Wolski, International Patent Legal Administration, USPTO (Alexandria)

 

 

12:50 –1:20pm (MDT)

2:50–3:20pm (EDT)

Break (Lunch for Denver)

 

 

 

 

 

1:20 – 2:50pm (MDT)

3:20 – 4:50pm (EDT)

Interim Guidance on Patent Subject Matter Eligibility

Raul Tamayo, Senior Legal Advisor, OPLA, USPTO (Denver)

 

June Cohan, Legal Advisor,OPLA, USPTO (Alexandria)

 

 

2:50 – 3:00pm (MDT)

4:50 – 5:00pm (EDT)

Closing Remarks/Discussion

Michael Carone, Regional Manager, USPTO (Denver)

Jerry Lorengo, Director, TC1600, USPTO (Alexandria)

Daniel Sullivan, Director, TC1600, USPTO (Denver)

Wanda Walker, Director, TC1600, USPTO  (Alexandria)