The
U.S. Patent and Trademark Office will be holding a combined customer partnership meeting
of Technology Center 3700 (medical devices) and Technology Center 1600 (biotechnology)
on January 29, 2013.  The agenda for the
meeting is as follows:

•
Sign-in — 8:30 – 9:00 am
•
Introduction — 9:00 – 9:30 am
•
CPC (Cooperative Patent Classification) — 9:30 – 10:30 am
•
101 (Patentable Subject Matter) — 10:45 – 11:45 am
•
AIA Update — 1:00 – 2:00 pm
•
Open round table discussion — 2:15 – 3:45 pm

The
meeting is being held in the USPTO's Madison Auditorium, 600 Dulany Street,
Alexandria, VA.  Those wishing to attend
the meeting can register here.  Additional information regarding the customer
partnership meeting can be found here.