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Nanotechnology
Customer Partnership Meeting, September 11, 2003
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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| Afternoon
Session |
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| 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 |
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| 3:30-4:00 |
Wrap Up |
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