Biotechnology/Chemical/Pharmaceutical Customer Partnership  

Tuesday, September 13, 2011 Meeting 
Madison Auditorium  

Starting Time of 10:00 AM

 United States Patent and Trademark Office
Alexandria, Virginia 
600 Dulany Street, Alexandria, VA, 

 

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Morning Session
10:00 - 10:15 AM. Greetings, TC Update and Overview
TC1600 Management Update 1 slide in Excel 50K
Jackie Stone, George Elliott and Remy Yucel, Directors, Technology Center 1600
10:15 - 11:15 AM PCT Sequence Rule Compliance in US National Phase Applications 47 slides 1.6M Presentation in PDF 47 pages 1.4M Sue Wolski Office of PCT Legal Administration

 


11:15 - 11:30 AM Break
11:30 - 12:30 PM Enhancing Compact Prosecution at BPAI 31 slides 2.6M Joe Mallon
Knobbe, Martens, Olson and Bear, LLP
Kate Gaudry
Townsend & Stockton, LLP

12:30 - 1:30 PM  Lunch   The Roundhouse Cafe Cafeteria is inside the Madison Building  lower level.
Menu for the Week in PDF is here.


Afternoon Session

1:30 - 2:30 PM Supplemental 112/2 Examination Guidelines 60 slides 2.6M

Kathleen Fonda Office of Patent Legal Administration

 

2:30 - 2:45 PM Break
2:45 - 3:45 PM The Myriad case (Association for Molecular Pathology v. USPTO) and Its Implications For Patent Practitioners and The Biotech Industry 47 slides 947K
Revised   slides in pdf after meeting with revisions to slides 11, 42 & 43 -- 46 slides 412K

 

Roberte Makowski, PhD, JD Connolly Bove Lodge & Hutz LLP

 

3:45 - 4:30 PM Common Issues Examiners Face Regarding PLT and Plant Utility Patents 28 slides 461K Anne Marie Grunberg, SPE Art Unit 1638/1661

 

4:30 - 4:45 PM Closing Remarks/Discussion
Jackie Stone, George Elliott and Remy Yucel, Directors, Technology Center 1600

Photos of the speakers  are here.

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Supplemental Materials:
    Carlyle Site Drawings
   
Perspective 3D drawing of the building on campus click here 
    Floor plan for a building (pdf 178K) click here
    Close-up plan view of campus map click here 
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 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.

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   Prior Meetings

  Meeting  June 8, 2011  - PowerPoint slides are here

  Meeting  March 2, 2011  - PowerPoint slides are here

  Meeting  December 8, 2010  - PowerPoint slides are here

  Meeting  September 8, 2010  - PowerPoint slides are here

  Meeting  June 1, 2010  - PowerPoint slides are here

  Meeting  March 2, 2010  - PowerPoint slides are here

  Meeting  December 9, 2009  - PowerPoint slides are here

  Meeting  September 2, 2009  - Power Point slides are here

  Meeting  June 2, 2009  - Power Point slides are here

  Meeting  March 3, 2009  - Power Point slides are here

   Meeting  December 3, 2008  - Power Point slides are here

   Meeting  September 9, 2008  - Power Point slides are here

   Meeting  June 4, 2008  - Power Point slides are here

   Meeting  March 12, 2008  - Power Point slides are here    

    Meeting  December 4,  2007  - Power Point slides are here

    Meeting  September 12, 2007  - Power Point slides are here

   Meeting  June 13, 2007  - Power Point slides are here

   Meeting  March 6, 2007  - Power Point slides are here

    Meeting  December 5, 2006  - Power Point slides are here

    Meeting  September 13, 2006  -
Power Point slides are here

   Meeting  June 13, 2006  - Power Point slides are here    

    Meeting  March 7, 2006  - Power Point slides are here

    Meeting November 10, 2005  - Power Point slides are here

    Meeting June 15, 2005  - Power Point slides are here

    Meeting March 15, 2005  - Power Point slides are here

    Meeting December 8, 2004  - Power Point slides are here

    Extra AIPLA Oct. 2004Power Point slides are here 

    Meeting August 3, 2004  - Power Point slides are here

    Meeting April 27, 2004  - Power Point slides are here

   Meeting February 3, 2004  - Power Point slides are here

    Meeting October 29, 2003  - Power Point slides are here

    Meeting July 29, 2003  - Power Point slides are here

    Meeting April 29, 2003  - Power Point slides are here

   Meeting January 14, 2003  - Power Point slides are here

    Meeting October 8, 2002 - Power Point slides are here

    Meeting July 9, 2002  - PTO site here has Agenda, but no links to the presentations

    Meeting March 19, 2002  - PTO site here has a notice for meeting, but no Agenda

   Meeting November 15, 2001  - PTO site here (link hidden to public) has Power Point slides 

    Meeting August 7, 2001  - PTO site here (link hidden to public) has Power Point slides

    Meeting April 17, 2001  - Power Point slides are here