Patent Public Advisory Committee Quarterly Meeting - August 2015

Public Session: 8:30 a.m. - 2:45 p.m.

Please submit questions to ppac@uspto.gov.

Time	Topic	Principal(s)
8:30 - 8:35	Call To Order Session Opening •Introductions •PPAC Remarks	Esther Kepplinger, PPAC Chair
8:35 - 8:45	Opening Remarks	Michelle Lee, Under Secretary and Director of the USPTO Drew Hirshfeld, Commissioner for Patents
8:45 - 9:45	Quality Initiative Update •Outcome of the roundtables	Valencia Martin Wallace, Deputy Commissioner for Patent Quality Tom Hughes, Supervisory Patent Examiner, Tech Center 3700
9:45 - 10:15	Patent Examination Policy Update •Petitions Dashboard Demonstration	Brian Hanlon, Director, Office of Patent Legal Administration John Cottingham, Director, Office of Petitions
10:15 - 10:30	>>> Break <<<
10:30 - 11:00	Operations Update • Patent Statistics	Andrew Faile, Deputy Commissioner for Patent Operations
11:00 - 11:30	WebEx Interview Program Demonstration	Tim Callahan, Director, Technology Center 2400
11:30 - 11:50	International Update •OPIA Update •IPLA Update	Shira Perlmutter, Chief Policy Officer and Director for International Affairs Charlie Pearson, Director, Office of International Patent Legal Administration
11:50 - 12:50	>>> Lunch <<<
12:50 - 1:10	PTAB Update	Nathan Kelley, Acting Chief Judge, PTAB
1:10 - 1:30	OCIO/Patent-End-to-End Update	John Owens, Chief Information Officer Debbie Stephens, Associate Commissioner for Patent Information Management David Landrith, PE2E Portfolio Manager
1:30 - 1:40	USPTO-Smithsonian Collaboration Update •Inventing in America Press Release •Innovation Festival Press Release	Elizabeth Dougherty, Director of Inventor Education, Outreach, and Recognition for the Office of Innovation Development
1:40 - 1:55	>>> Break <<<
1:55 - 2:05	Pro Bono Update	Jennifer McDowell, Pro Bono Program Coordinator
2:05 - 2:25	Finance/Budget Update	Tony Scardino, Chief Financial Officer
2:25 - 2:35	Closing Remarks	Drew Hirshfeld, Commissioner for Patents
2:35 - 2:45	Discussion/Wrap-Up	Esther Kepplinger, PPAC Chair

Speakers:

Michelle K. Lee

Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Director of the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO)

Drew Hirshfeld

Commissioner for Patents

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