USPTO Biotech/Chemical Partnership (BCP) Meetings
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Biotechnology/Chemical/Pharmaceutical Customer Partnership - October 19, 2016
Biotechnology/Chemical/Pharmaceutical Customer Partnership
Wednesday, Oct 19, 2016
United States Patent and Trademark Office
USPTO Main Campus (Alexandria), Madison Auditorium
| 10:00 – 10:10am (EDT) | Welcoming and Opening Remarks | Jerry Lorengo Director, TC1600, USPTO Daniel Sullivan Director, TC1600, USPTO Wanda Walker Director, TC1600, USPTO |
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| 10:10 – 11:00am (EDT) | Writing a 35 USC 112(a)-Enablement Rejection for Methods of Treatment with Organic Compounds | Bennett Celsa, QAS, TC1600, USPTO Sreeni Padmanabhan, SPE, TC1600, USPTO |
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| 11:00 – 11:45am (EDT) | Claim Interpretation | Jeffrey Lundgren, SPE, TC1600, USPTO | ||
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Lunch | |||
| 12:55 – 1:45pm (EDT) | Functional Claiming in the Life Sciences | Joe Mallon, Partner, Knobbe, Martens, Olson & Bear, LLP | ||
| 1:45 – 2:30pm (EDT) | Enhanced Patent Quality Initiative (EPQI) Updates | Andrea Wellington, Senior Advisor, Office of the Deputy Commissioner for Patent Quality, USPTO | ||
| 2:30 – 2:40pm (EDT) | BREAK | |||
| 2:40 – 3:25pm (EDT) | Rule 130 Declarations for First-Inventor-to-File Applications | Kathleen Fonda, Senior Legal Advisor, Office of Patent Legal Administration (OPLA), USPTO | ||
| 3:25 – 4:00pm (EDT) | Special Programs for Patent Prosecution | Fereydoun Sajjadi, SPE, TC1600, USPTO | ||
| 4:00 – 4:10pm (EDT) | Closing Remarks | Directors, TC1600, USPTO |
We are pleased to announce the USPTO¡¦s next Biotechnology, Chemical and Pharmaceutical Customer Partnership (BCP) Meeting.
Date and Location: The Partnership Meeting will be held on
October 19th (Wednesday) from 10:00am – 5:00pm (EDT) at Alexandria, VA
| Headquarters Location: USPTO Headquarters Madison Auditorium 400 Dulany Street Alexandria, VA 22314 |
The Biotechnology, 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.
Registration Information
Please email USPTOBCP1600@USPTO.GOV to RSVP. Please include ¡§BCP RSVP¡¨ in the email subject line. In the email body, please include the following information:
• Your name, title and organization
• Contact information (e-mail, phone, etc.)
• Your attending location (In Person or online).
Directions and Parking information
Headquarters Location: USPTO Headquarters, Alexandria, Virginia
• Directions: http://www.uspto.gov/about/contacts/locations/directions.jsp
• Campus map: http://www.uspto.gov/about/locations/alexandriaoffice.jsp
• Parking options: http://www.uspto.gov/about/contacts/locations/directions.jsp - heading-6
For information on past and future meetings and presentations, please go to http://www.aipla.org/committees/committee_pages/Biotechnology/usptobcp/default.aspx
and http://www.uspto.gov/patents/init_events/bcp/index.jsp
See the BCP's PTO web page http://www.uspto.gov/web/patents/biochempharm/ for the official announcement for the next meeting close to the final date.
For questions about obtaining these materials
contact Sue Liu at SueX.Liu@USPTO.GOV
To be placed on the BCP's e-mail announcement list
contact Sue Liu at SueX.Liu@USPTO.GOV