The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) periodically hosts Medical Device Technology Partnership Meetings to bring industry stakeholders and patent examiners and directors from Technology Center 3700 (TC 3700) together to share ideas, experiences, and insights on best practices in advancing prosecution and provide a forum for discussion on how the agency can improve and expand its relationship with the medical device technology community.
Some of this the past topics have included the America Invents Act (AIA), advancing prosecution, interview best practices, 35 U.S.C. 112, 6th paragraph guidelines, and new Board of Appeals rules and pre-appeal/appeal conferences.
UPCOMING PARTNERSHIP MEETING
Title: TC3700 Medical Tech Fair & Medical Device Partnership Meeting
Date: Tuesday 6/2/15 & Wednesday 6/3/15
Location: Madison Auditorium, Alexandria VA
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Please click here to register
If you would like to present a topic or would like to suggest a topic for future meetings contact the
customer partnership team at Medical_Device_Customer_Partnership_TC3700@uspto.gov.
PREVIOUS PARTNERSHIP MEETING INFORMATION AND PAST PRESENTATIONS
July 2011
November 2011
May 2012
January 2013
June 2015
Medical Device Partnership USPTO Presentation 6-2-15
Patent Eligibility (Presentation Version)
Examples for Medical Device Partnership Meeting 6-2-15
After Final Practice 6.02.2015
Michele Frank Compact Prosecution Slides MD Symposium 6.02.2015
Update on Case Law Related to Functional Language
Previous Presentations
America Invents Act (AIA)
35 U.S.C. 112, 6th paragraph guidelines
Advancing prosecution
New Board of Appeals rules and pre-appeal/appeal conferences
Interview best practices