Calendar

November 9, 2011 – Optimizing Relations with the USPTO: All the Questions You Always Wanted to Ask and Could Never Get Answers For (Association of Intellectual Property Firms) – 12:30 – 1:30 pm (EST)

November 14, 2011 – Global Perspectives on the Role of Intellectual Property Rights in Innovation and Development (The World Bank) – Washington, DC

November 15, 2011 – Patent Reform: First to File Provisions (Strafford) – 1:00 – 2:30 pm (EST)

November 17, 2011 – The America Invents Act: Key Facts You Need To Know Now About Provisions that Are Already Law (American Bar Association) – 1:00 – 2:30 pm (Eastern)

November 18, 2011 – Recent Developments in Biotech Patent Law Practice (Intellectual Property Law Association of Chicago) – Chicago, IL

November 18, 2011 – The US Patent Reform Congress (IBC Legal Conferences) – London, UK

November 30 to December 1, 2011 – Advanced Forum on Biotech Patents*** (American Conference Institute) – Boston, MA

December 1, 2011 – Biotechnology/Chemical/ Pharmaceutical (BCP) Customer Partnership Meeting (U.S. Patent and Trademark Office) – 9:00 am – 5:15 pm (ET)

December 5-7, 2011 – Drug and Medical Device Litigation*** (American Conference Institute) – New York, NY

December 6, 2011 – Biosimilars: Emerging Legal Challenges (Strafford) – 1:00 – 2:30 pm (EST)

December 6-7, 2011 – Paragraph IV Disputes*** (American Conference Institute) – San Francisco, CA

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    Lewis B. Sternfels

    Question for the 09 conference: Based upon experience with at least one art unit, I question whether an examiner finds reasons for rejections so as to force an RCE and, therefore, increase his/her disposal rate. One basis of rejection is 35 U.S.C. §112, first paragraph, as constituting new matter, viz., as allegedly failing to comply with the written description requirement. Also, at least in one application, the examiner appeared not to have read the claim language with sufficient care in applying prior art thereto. This leads me to wonder if the pressures for disposal force the examiner to “cut corners.”

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