Biotechnology/Chemical/Pharmaceutical Customer Partnership  

Wednesday, October 29th, 2003

United States Patent and Trademark Office
Arlington, Virginia 22202
Patent Academy Room 1, Crystal Square 4, 7th Floor

Morning Session
9:00 � 9:45 AM Greetings and Overview Jasemine Chambers
John Doll
Bruce Kisliuk
Directors TC 1600
9:45 � 10:15 AM

TC1600 Restriction Action 
Plan

2 Page Word document Summary

Bruce Kisliuk
Director TC 1600
10:15 � 10:30 AM Break
10:30 � 11:30 AM Election of Species vs. 
Restriction
   
Joe McKane
SPE, Art Unit 1626
11:30 � 12:00 PM   Trilateral Haplotype Study 1.4 Megs  Linda Therkorn
Patent Examination Policy Advisor
12:00 PM to 1:15PM Lunch 
Afternoon Session
1:15 � 2:15 PM 

Reach-Through Claims
Continued
   

George Elliott
 BPS, TC 1600
2:15 � 2:45 PM

35 USC 112/1 v. 103
"Squeeze" 
 

Yvonne (Bonnie) Eyler
SPE AU 1646
2:45 � 3:00 PM  Break
3:00 � 3:30 PM Examination Issues in Natural Products Unity  6.8 Megs

Bredna Brumback
SPE Art Unit 1654

3:30 � 3:45 PM

Closing Remarks

Jasemine Chambers
John Doll
Bruce Kisliuk
Directors TC 1600
 

Handouts:
TC 1600 Vital Statistics (Word document 8 pages)  
Centralized Delivery and Facsimile Transmission Requirements coming

For photos of the speakers click here.

  Next Meeting tentatively set for February  3, 2004. 

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 Cecilia Tsang at Cecilia.Tsang@USPTO.GOV

To be placed on the BCP's e-mail announcement list 
contact Cecilia Tsang at Cecilia.Tsang@USPTO.GOV

   Prior Meetings

    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