USPTO Biotech/Chemical Partnership (BCP) Meetings
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BCP Meeting - August 2, 2017
The United States Patent and Trademark Office
The Bicoastal Biotechnology, Chemical and Pharmaceutical (BCBCP) Partnership Meeting
Wednesday, August 2, 2017
9:00am to 2:00pm (PDT)
12:00pm to 5:00pm (EDT)
AIPLA has NOT received material for this meeting.
Date and Location: The Partnership Meeting will be held on August 2nd from
12:00pm – 5:00pm (EDT) on the east coast and, at the same time, from
9:00am – 2:00pm (PDT) on the west coast. Participants in Central and
Mountain time zones may join via webcast.
East Coast Location:
United States Patent and Trademark Office Headquarters
Madison Auditorium
600 Dulany Street
Alexandria, VA
West Coast Location:
Silicon Valley U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
26 S. Fourth Street
San Jose, CA 95113
Some of the topics to be discussed by USPTO staff and industry customers will include:
- Stakeholders’ perspectives on subject matter eligibility (101)
- USPTO guidelines on subject matter eligibility (101)
- Roundtable discussion on 101 with industry stakeholders and USPTO personnel
- Update on Cancer Immunotherapy Pilot Program (Patents 4 Patients)
- Update on the Sequence Rules
Please check back and click here to view the final BCBCP 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.