| Morning Session | ||
| 9:00 – 9:30 AM | Opening Remarks | Jasemine Chambers John Doll Directors TC 1600 |
| 9:30 – 10:10 AM | The Electronic Filing System (421K) |
Mary Small, Search and Information Resources Administration (SIRA) |
| 10:10 – 10:30 AM | Break | |
| 10:30 – 10:50 AM | New Amendment Format, (36K) and TC 1600 Customer Service Center (565K) | Helen Childs/Margaret Stevens, Head Supervisory Legal Instruments Examiners, TC 1600 |
| 10:50 – 11:20 AM | Pre-Grant Publications (1,020K) | Hiram Bernstein, Legal Advisor, Office of Patent Legal Administration |
| 11:20 - 11:30 AM | Closing Remarks (morning session) | |
| 11:30 AM to 1:00PM | Lunch | |
| Afternoon Session | ||
| 1:00 - 1:10 | Introductory Remarks | |
| 1:10 – 1:45 PM | Chemical Claim Language/Red Flag Terms (79K) | Joseph McKane, Supervisory Patent Examiner, TC 1600 |
| 1:45 – 2:20 PM | Pharmaceutical Compositions and Enablement (62K) | Robert Hill, Quality Assurance Specialist, TC 1600 |
| 2:20 – 2:40 PM | Break | |
| 2:40 – 3:15 PM | Examination Practice in the Single Nucleotide Polymorphisms (SNP) Art (699K) | Gary Jones, Supervisory Patent Examiner, TC 1600 |
| 3:15 – 3:50 PM | Sequence Homology and Prediction of Function (458K) | James Martinell, Senior Level Examiner, TC 1600 |
| 3:50 – 4:00 PM | Closing Remarks | Jasemine Chambers John Doll Directors TC 1600 |