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Nanotechnology Customer Partnership Meeting
September 11, 2003, United States Patent and Trademark Office
Arlington, VA 22202, Patent Theater, Crystal Park 2, 2nd Floor

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This Nanotechnology Customer Partnership initiative 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. This initiative 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.

Our first meeting is scheduled for Thursday, September 11, 2003 from 9:00 am to 4:30 pm, Patent Theater, Crystal Park 2, 2nd Floor, located on 2121 Crystal Drive, Arlington, Virginia.

Due to space limitations, please RSVP to Jill Warden at (703) 308-4037 or e-mail Jill.Warden@uspto.gov to confirm your attendance. If it becomes necessary to restrict the number of attendees, we will do so on a first come-first served basis.


Tentative Agenda

Morning Session  


9:00-9:30AM Greeting and Opening Remarks Nicholas Godici
Commissioner for Patents
9:30-10:00AM

General Patent Process Overview

USPTO Presentation
10:00-10:30AM "Size" Considerations in Patent Presentation Examination, Inherent Properties of Materials USPTO Presentation
TC1700
10:30-10:45 AM Break  
10:45-11:15AM §112-1 Enablement Issues in Emerging, High-tech USPTO Presentation
TC1600
11:15-11:45AM Nanotechnology Examination
Issues in Semiconductor Technologies
USPTO Presentation
TC2800
11:45-12:15 Nanotechnology Issue in Patent Classification USPTO Presentation
Classification Operations
12:15 - 1:45PM Lunch  
Afternoon Session    
1:45-3:15PM Town Hall Meeting Esther Kepplinger
Deputy Commissioner
for Patent Operations

Steve Kunin
Deputy Commissioner
for Patent Examination Policy
3:15-3:30 PM Break  
3:30-4:00 Wrap Up  


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