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Berkeley Town Hall Meeting to Focus on Improvements to Patent Review Process

Posted by J Matthew Buchanan at February 27, 2006 08:32 AM







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February 24, 2006
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Berkeley Town Hall Meeting to Focus on Improvements to Patent Review Process


Washington, D.C. – Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property Jon Dudas will lead a town hall meeting to provide background information regarding proposed new rule changes to improve patent examination. The changes will make the patent examination process more effective and efficient by reducing the amount of rework by the USPTO and reducing the time it takes for the patent review process. In addition, the USPTO will demonstrate its new Web-based patent electronic filing system ( EFS Web ).















What

Town Hall Meeting


An overview of the challenges the USPTO faces and the reasons why the proposed new rules are necessary.


A question and answer session will follow immediately after presentations.

Who

Jon Dudas, Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Director of the USPTO


Patent attorneys, patent agents, independent inventors and members of the small business community

When

Tuesday, February 28, 2006
1:00 p.m.

Where

University of California, Berkeley International House
2299 Piedmont Avenue
Berkeley, California


For more information, please go to http://www.uspto.gov/web/patents/townhall.htm .

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