Biotechnology/Chemical/Pharmaceutical Customer Partnership

The most recent quarterly meeting for the Biotechnology and Chemical Pharmaceutical Customer Partnership was held on February 3, 2004 at the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.  The Biotechnology and Chemical Pharmaceutical Customer Partnership is designed and developed to be a forum to share ideas, experiences, and insights between individual users and the USPTO.  The USPTO does not intend to use these customer partnership groups to arrive at any consensus.  Invitations to participate will indicate that individual opinions are sought, rather than a group consensus and that the meetings are intended to be informal in nature and have varying participants.  These customer partnership groups are formed with full recognition of the USPTO's responsibility under the Federal Advisory Committee Act (FACA), and that these customer partnership groups are not established as FACA compliant committees.

We value our customers in obtaining feedback from individual participants is important in our efforts to continuously improve the quality of our products and services.  Your willing participation is helpful in providing us with insights and experiences in this informal process to assist us.

The next meeting of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office Biotechnology and Chemical Pharmaceutical Customer Partnership is scheduled for Tuesday, April 27, 2004, from 9:00 am to 4:30 pm at Conference Room in Jefferson Building, 500 Dulany Street, Alexandria, Virginia. 

Please contact Cecilia Tsang at 571-272-0562, or by fax at 571-273-0562, or email Cecilia.Tsang@uspto.gov or contact Sharlamar Taliaferro at 703-306-4094 or by fax 703-305-3900 or email sharlamar.taliaferro@uspto.gov to decline or confirm your attendance by April 19, 2004.  

Time	Morning Session	Presenter
9:00 - 9:30 AM	Greetings and Overview	Jasemine C. Chambers,  Bruce Kisliuk Directors, TC 1600
9:30 -10:15AM	Inter Partes Reexam Procedures	Gerald Dost Office of Patent Legal Administration
10:15 -10:30 AM	Break
10:30 - 11:15 AM	Genus/Species Election versus Restriction	James Wilson SPE Art Unit 1623
11:15AM - Noon	Proposed Attorney Recertification	Office of Enrollment and Discipline
Noon - 1:15 PM	Lunch

Time	Afternoon Session	Presenter
1:15 - 2:15 PM	Wands Analysis Revisited - Specific Examples	Remy Yucell SPE Art Unit 1636
2:15 - 3:00 PM	Double Patenting Update	Deborah Reynolds TC 1600 Practice Specialist
3:00 -  3:15 PM	Break
3:15 - 3:45 PM	Examination Issues in Treatment Claims Reciting Mechanisms of Action	Brian Stanton TC 1600 Quality Assurance Specialist
3:45-4:00 PM	Closing Remarks	Jasemine C. Chambers  Bruce Kisliuk Directors TC 1600