Thursday, October 25, 3:30 – 5:30 pm
PATENT COOPERATION TREATY ISSUES/PATENT-RELATIONS WITH THE USPTO (JOINT SESSION)
Thurgood Marshall Ballroom, Marriott Wardman Park Hotel, Washington, DC
PCT Best Practices
Moderator: Carl Oppedahl, Oppedahl Patent Law Firm, LLC, Broomfield, CO
PCT Issues Committee Incoming Chair: Mark Guetlich, Viziv Technologies, LLC, Waxahachie, TX
PCT Issues Committee Incoming Vice-chair: Mary Drabnis, McGlinchey Stafford PLLC, Baton Rouge, LA
- Latest PCT Developments at the EPO – Camille-Rémy Bogliolo, European Patent Office, Munich, Germany (slides)
- PCT and International Cooperation Updates from the USPTO – Mike Neas, United States Patent and Trademark Office, Alexandria, VA (slides)
- The view from WIPO: PCT update and certain best practices – Matthew Bryan, World Intellectual Property Organization, Geneva, Switzerland (slides) and the video which Matthew Bryan presented: