Event Summary

August 20, 2015

8:30 AM ET - 2:45 PM ET

USPTO Headquarters

600 Dulany Street

Madison South Auditorium

Alexandria, VA 22314

Add to Calendar 2015-08-20 08:30:00 2015-08-20 08:30:00 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 USPTO Headquarters 600 Dulany Street Madison South Auditorium Alexandria, VA 22314 United States USPTO Headquarters 600 Dulany Street Madison South Auditorium Alexandria, VA 22314 United States USPTO Headquarters America/New_York public

Virtual Location

Recorded LiveStream

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