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- From: srctran@world.std.com (Gregory Aharonian)
- Subject: Patent Office Day 1992 Conference
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- Organization: The World Public Access UNIX, Brookline, MA
- Date: Mon, 16 Nov 1992 02:15:15 GMT
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- There will be a one day conference in Washington on December 3, 1992,
- dealing with the US Patent Office. The conference is titled "Patent and
- Trademark Office Day 1992", and is sponsored by the Intellectual Property
- Owners organization. The registration fee is $250. Here's the agenda:
-
- COFFEE AND REGISTRATION 7:45am
-
- MORNING SESSION 8:30am - 11:30am
- Introduction: Richard White
- President, Intellectual Property Owners
- Moderator: Edward Kubasiewicz
- Counselor to the Patent Commissioner
-
- "CURRENT DEVELOPMENTS IN TRADEMARK PRACTICE"
- Jeffrey Samuels, Assistant Commissioner for Trademarks
-
- "PATENT REEXAMINATION: CURRENT PRACTICE AND PROPOSALS FOR CHANGE"
- Rene Tegtmeyer, Fish & Richardson, Washington, DC
-
- "CURRENT DEVELOPMENTS IN DESIGN PATENT PRACTICE"
- Robert Garret, Director Design Patent Examining Group
- J. William Frank, S.C. Johnson & Son, Racine, WI
-
- "RECENT COURT DECISIONS AFFECTING PTO PRACTICE"
- Donald Chisum, Morrison & Foerster, Seattle, WA
-
-
- RECEPTION 11:30 am - noon
-
- LUNCHEON noon
-
- Luncheon Address "NEW DIRECTIONS IN THE PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE"
- Douglas Comer, Act.Asst.Secr. of Commerce and Commissioner of the PTO
-
-
- BREAKOUT SESSIONS (these sessions held in parallel, some twice)
- ----------------------------------------------------------------
-
- BREAKOUT A "TIPS ON IMPROVING YOUR PATENT PRACTICE BEFORE THE PTO"
- one session only
- 1:30pm to 3:00pm
-
- Moderator: Stephen Kunin, Deputy Assistant Commissioner for Patents
-
- "PTO ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES"
- Theresa Brelsford, Asst.Comm. for Public Services and Administration
-
- "PRACTICING BEFORE THE PATENT EXAMINING CORPS"
- Al Lawrence Smith, Director, Patent Examining Group
-
- "PETITIONS TO THE COMMISSIONER"
- Jeffrey Nase, Director, Office of Petitions
-
-
-
- BREAKOUT B "PROFESSIONAL RESPONSIBILITY FOR INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY"
- PRACTITIONERS
- one session only
- 3:15pm to 5:15pm
-
- Moderator: Harry Manbeck, Morgan and Finnegan, Washington, DC
-
- "WHAT THE PRACTITIONER SHOULD KNOW ABOUT THE PTO'S CODE OF"
- PROFESSIONAL RESPONSIBILITY AND DISCIPLINARY PROCEEDINGS
- Cameron Weiffenbach, Director, Office of Enrollment and Discipline
-
- "NEW RULES ON THE DUTY OF DISCLOSURE IN PATENT CASES"
- J. Michael Thesz, Editor, Manual of Patent Examining Procedure
-
- "DUTY OF DISCLOSURE DECISIONS OF THE FEDERAL CIRCUIT:"
- PAST, PRESENT, AND FUTURE
- Ray Lupo, Willian Brinks Olds Hofer, Washington, DC
-
- "CONTROLLING THE EXPENSE OF COMPLYING WITH THE DUTY OF DISCLOSURE"
- Herbert Wamsley, Exec.Dir.,Intellectual Property Owners
-
-
-
- BREAKOUT C "HOW TO IMPROVE YOUR PATENT PRACTICE IN THE FIELD OF"
- COMPUTER RELATED INVENTIONS
- 1:30pm to 3:00pm
- 3:15pm to 4:45pm
-
- Moderator: John McDonnell, ATT, Basking Ridge, NJ
-
- "PATENTABILITY ISSUES AFFECTING COMPUTER-RELATED INVENTIONS:"
- POINT - COUNTERPOINT
- Michael Fleming, Supervisory Patent Examiner
- R. Lewis Gable, Welsh and Katz, Arlington, VA
-
- "HOW TO DO PRIOR ART SEARCHING FOR COMPUTER-RELATED INVENTIONS"
- Jeffrey Forman, IBM, Arlington, VA
-
-
-
- BREAKOUT D "HOW TO IMPROVE YOUR CHEMICAL AND BIOTECHNOLOGY"
- PATENT PRACTICE
- 1:30pm to 3:00pm
- 3:15pm to 4:45pm
-
- Moderator: John Klocko, E.I. du Pont de Nemours, Wilmington, DE
-
- "CURRENT ISSUES IN CHEMICAL PATENT OFFICE"
- John Terapane, Director, Patent Examining Group
-
- "CURRENT ISSUES IN BIOTECHNOLOGY PATENT PRACTICE"
- Charles Van Horn, Patent Policy and Projects Administrator
-
- "A CORPORATE VIEWPOINT ON PTO CHEMICAL AND BIOTECHNOLOGY PRACTICE"
- Alphonse Noe, American Cyanamid, Stamford, CT
-
-
- ADJOURNMENT 5:15pm
-
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-
- Also, the day before, Wednesday December 2, the Intellectual Property Owners
- organization will be having their annual meeting, which costs $125 to attend.
-
- For more information about the conference, contact:
- Intellectual Property Owners
- 1255 Twenty-Third Street, NW #850
- Washington, DC 20037
- 202-466-2396 fax: 202-833-3636
-
- (Note: I have no ties to this group. I'm posting this message because I
- thought people would be interested).
-
- ==============================================================================
-
- Gregory Aharonian
- Source Translation & Optimization
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- Source Translation & Optimiztion
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