Name
Intellectual Property Rights Workshop (All virtual - RSVP for special access link - Closed to Media)
Date & Time
Thursday, June 24, 2021, 11:00 AM - 12:30 PM
Description

Join us for a special virtual workshop with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, hosted by the ASTA Intellectual Property Rights Committee and open to all. Click here for the draft agenda. This meeting will be on a different link from the main conference sessions; to receive a link to attend, contact Abigail Struxness at astruxness@betterseed.org. 

The meeting agenda is as follows: 
 

Welcome

•           Anti-Trust Statement

•           Meeting Overview
 

 Corinne Marshall, ASTA Intellectual Property Rights Committee Chair

Meet the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office

 

  1. Perspective from a utility patent examiner
     
  2. Perspective from a plant patent examiner
     
  3. Perspective from the USPTO Office of Policy and International Affairs

USPTO
Amjad Abraham

Supervisory Patent Examiner

Art Unit 1663 (utility patent - plants)

 

Shubo (Joe) Zhou

Supervisory Patent Examiner

Art Unit 1661 (plant patent) and Art Unit 1662 (utility patent - plants)

 

Elaine Wu, Office of Policy & International Affairs

Questions and Answers  

 

Perspectives from ASTA

  1. Emerging technologies seeking patent protection
  2. Plant breeding and utility patent protection

 

 

Chris Holly, Partner, Cooley LLP

John Duesing, Independent Consultant

Adjourn