Biotechnology/Chemical/Pharmaceutical Customer Partnership April 29, 2003

Biotechnology/Chemical/Pharmaceutical
Customer Partnership April 29, 2003

Greetings and Overview TC 1600 Vital Statistics	Jasemine Chambers John Doll Bruce Kisliuk Directors, TC 1600
Opening Remarks	Jon Dudas, Deputy Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Deputy Director of the USPTO.
Town Hall Meeting Part I "Utility"	Steve G. Kunin, Deputy Commissioner for Patent Examination Policy. Esther M. Kepplinger, Deputy Commissioner for Patent Operations.
Town Hall Meeting Part II "Written Description" (Slides - see above "Utility")	Steve G. Kunin, Deputy Commissioner for Patent Examination Policy. Esther M. Kepplinger, Deputy Commissioner for Patent Operations.
ePhoenix [aka Image File Wrapper (IFW)] 2M and ePair 596kb	John Doll & Mary Small
Priority Claims to Prior Applications (21 slides), Rescission of Non-publication Requests (2 slides), Highlights of Recent Legislative Changes (7 slides), Electronic Processing Changes including Revised Amendment Format (15 slides), and Checking PTO Web Site for Important Announcements (3 slides)	Robert Spar, OPLA

Handout - WIPO Standing Committee on the Law of Patents Ninth Session
May 12 to 16, 2003 (17 pages)

     Handouts - One Page Case Summaries
         1. Amgen Inc. v. Hoechst Marrion Roussel, Inc. (Fed. Cir 1/6/03)
         2. Moba, B.V., Staalkat, B.V. v. Diamond Automation, Inc. (Fed. Cir. 4/1/03)

For Photos from the meeting click here

Next Meeting tentatively set for July 22, 2003

For questions about obtaining these materials
contact Cecilia Tsang at Cecilia.Tsang@USPTO.GOV

Prior Meetings
Meeting January 14, 2003 - Power Point slides are here

Meeting October 8, 2002 - Power Point slides are here