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Biotechnology, Chemical, and Pharmaceutical (BCP) Customer Partnership Meeting - March 19, 2024

Jun 3, 2024, 09:32 AM by AIPLA Admin
BCP meetings are part of a long-standing partnership between the USPTO and our valued stakeholders that works to improve the quality of our products and services. The meeting’s discussion topics include:Prior art in a litigation world, After final practice and request for continued examination, Using Food and Drug Administration and National Institutes of Health databases to search drugs, formulations and their methods of use, and Enablement in the chemical arts.
March 19, 2024 Noon – 5 p.m. ET
Clara Barton Auditorium, Silicon Valley Regional Office, and webinar
United States Patent and Trademark Office

BCP meetings are part of a long-standing partnership between the USPTO and our valued stakeholders that works to improve the quality of our products and services. The meeting’s discussion topics include:

Agenda:

12 - 12:10 p.m.

Welcome and Opening Remarks
Mary Fuller, Regional Director
Silicon Valley Regional Office (San Jose)

12:10 - 1 p.m.

Prior art in a litigation world
Richard Matthews, Shareholder-Williams Mullen (Online)

1 - 2:15 p.m.
Alicia Otton, Search and Classification Examiner (Online)
Janet Epps-Smith, Search and Classification Examiner (Alexandria)

2:15 - 2:45 p.m.
Break

2:45 - 3:45 p.m.
Jeffrey Childers, Shareholder-Casimir Jones (Online)

3:45 - 4:30 p.m.
Gregory Emch, Supervisory Patent Examiner (San Jose)
James (Doug) Schultz, Supervisory Patent Examiner (San Jose)

4:30 - 4:40 p.m.
Closing Remarks
Daniel Sullivan, Technology Center Director-TC 1600 (Alexandria)
Melenie Gordon, Acting Director-TC 1600 (Alexandria)
Winston Shen, Acting Director-TC 1600 (Alexandria)