The Biotechnology Chemical Pharmaceutical Customer Partnership is designed and developed to be informal face-to-face meetings with small groups of biotech/chemical/pharmaceutical patent customers to gain their insights as to how well U.S. Patent and Trademark Office initiatives are working and how these initiatives affect our customers. The most recent quarterly meeting for the Biotech Chemical Pharmaceutical Customer Partnership meeting was held on November 15, 2001 at the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. The Biotechnology Chemical Pharmaceutical Customer Partnership is designed and developed to be informal face-to-face meetings with small groups of biotech/chemical/pharmaceutical patent customers to gain their insights as to how well U.S. Patent and Trademark Office initiatives are working and how these initiatives affect our customers. During these meetings, individual customer participants provide TC 1600 with general commentary, suggestions, raw data and feedback which is important to the Technology Center's efforts to continuously improve the quality of biotech patent products and services. TC 1600 also informs its customers of PTO goals, issues, resources and processes and seeks to identify better ways of working with its customers to meet mutual needs. 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 Chemical Pharmaceutical Customer Partnership is scheduled for Tuesday March19 , 2002 from 9am -noon and 1:00PM - 4:15 PM in Crystal Square 4 Suite 700 located on 1745 Jefferson Davis Highway, Arlington, Virginia.

Please contact Cecilia Tsang at 703-308-0254 or by fax at 703-308-3890 or Sharlamar Taliaferro at 703-306-4094 or by fax 703-305-8002 to decline or confirm your attendance

During these meetings, individual customer participants provide TC 1600 with general commentary, suggestions, raw data and feedback which is important to the Technology Center's efforts to continuously improve the quality of biotech patent products and services. TC 1600 also informs its customers of PTO goals, issues, resources and processes and seeks to identify better ways of working with its customers to meet mutual needs. 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 Chemical Pharmaceutical Customer Partnership is scheduled for Tuesday March19 , 2002 from 9am -noon and 1:00PM - 4:15 PM in Crystal Square 4 Suite 700 located on 1745 Jefferson Davis Highway, Arlington, Virginia.

Please contact Cecilia Tsang at 703-308-0254 or by fax at 703-308-3890 or Sharlamar Taliaferro at 703-306-4094 or by fax 703-305-8002 to decline or confirm your attendance.

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