The
U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has announced the agenda for the next
biotechnology/chemical/pharmaceutical (BCP) customer partnership meeting to be
held on March 2, 2010.  The
proposed agenda is as follows:

Morning
Session

•
Greetings and Overview (10:00 – 10:15 am EDT):  George Elliott and Remy Yucel, Directors, Technology Center
1600

•
Best Practice in Reissue — Part II (10:15 – 11:00 am):  Jean Vollano, QAS, TC1600

•
Green Technology (11:00 am – 11:30 pm): Blaine Copenheaver, SPE, TC1700

•
Break (11:30 – 11:45 pm)

•
Patent Term Adjustment (11:45 – 12:45 pm):  Kery Fries, Office of Patent Legal Administration

•
Lunch (12:45 – 2:00 pm)

Afternoon
Session

•
Patents and Synthetic Biology (2:00 – 2:45 pm):  Kathleen Bragdon, QAS, TC1600

•
Break (2:45 – 3:00 pm)

•
Accelerated Examination (3:00 – 3:45 pm): 
Bennett Celsa, QAS, TC1600

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Closing Remarks/Discussion (3:45 – 4:00 pm):  George Elliott and Remy Yucel, Directors, TC1600

The
meeting can be attended in person at the USPTO's Madison Auditorium, 600 Dulany
Street, Alexandria, VA, or viewed online here
(select the "enter as guest" option).  The Patent Office asks that non-USPTO employees login using
their e-mail addresses.