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morning concurrent track #1 (9:00 am - 12:00 noon)<br />
Win o r Lo s e :<br />
Be Pr e pa r e d t o Pr o s e c u t e Pat e n t s Un d e r t h e Ne w USPTO Ru l e s !<br />
Legends Ballroom<br />
V-VII<br />
Moderator:<br />
H. Lisa Koh<br />
Research in Motion, Ltd.<br />
Mississauga, Ontario, Canada<br />
9:00 am Predictions & Strategies for the New USPTO Rules<br />
Speaker:<br />
Robert J. Spar<br />
Former Director, Office of Patent Legal Administration<br />
US Patent & Trademark Office (retired)<br />
Silver Spring, MD<br />
9:30 am The Purposes Behind the New USPTO Rules<br />
Speaker:<br />
Representative Invited<br />
US Patent & Trademark Office<br />
Alexandria, VA<br />
9:55 am New Rules of Practice Before the Board of Patent Appeals & Interferences<br />
Speaker:<br />
Richard Neifeld<br />
Neifeld IP Law, PC<br />
Alexandria, VA<br />
10:20 am Prosecuting in the Face of the New Information Disclosure Rules<br />
Speaker:<br />
W. Todd Baker<br />
Oblon Spivak McClelland Maier & Neustadt, PC<br />
Alexandria, VA<br />
10:45 am Best Practices for Restriction Practice & the New Rules on Alternative Claims<br />
Speaker:<br />
Mark A. Williamson<br />
Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto<br />
Washington, DC<br />
11:10 am In-House Perspective for Getting Ready for New Patent Prosecution Rules<br />
on the Horizon<br />
Speaker:<br />
Mark S. Walker<br />
IBM Corporation<br />
Austin, TX<br />
11:35 am Preparing BioPharma Clients Now for Patent Prosecution Rules of the Future<br />
Speaker:<br />
Denise M. Kettelberger<br />
Merchant & Gould, PC<br />
Minneapolis, MN<br />
2008 spring meeting • houston, tx • sign up now! www.aipla.org • 13
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