FICPI/AIPLA International Colloquium
Amsterdam

8-9 June 2007

Presentations
  • On June 8th and 9th, FICPI and AIPLA hosted an international Colloquium at Amsterdam to address issues surrounding the quality of patent prosecution and patents granted. Officials from Patent Offices, sister organizations and user groups were invited to attend.
    -- see Colloquium Agenda

  • Please note, all transcripts and presentations are in Acrobat PDF format.

  • N/A = not available
FRIDAY, 8 June 2007
Session 1 Speaker Session Transcript Powerpoint Presentation
Deficiencies in patent applications and problems created by applicants and attorneys Moderator:
Mr Danny Huntington
President of FICPI
FICPI/Transcript_1  
Mr James Pearce
Director Metrics & Standards, EPO
  1_EPO_Pearce.pdf
Mr Toshimichi Moriya
Deputy Commissioner, JPO
  1_JPO_Moriya.pdf
Mr Mark Powell
Director of Technology Centre 2600, USPTO
  1_USPTO_Powell.pdf
Session 2 Speaker Session Transcript Powerpoint Presentation
Examination problems encountered by applicants Moderator: Mr Danny Huntington FICPI/Transcript_2  
EPO user: Mr Daniel Alge
Member, FICPI
  2_FICPI_Alge.pdf
USPTO user: Mr Samson Helfgott -
Chair - Patents Division, ABA/IPL
  2_ABA-IPL_Helfgott.pdf
JPO user: Mr Kazuo Kamisugi
President, JIPA
  2_IPA_Kamisugi.pdf
Session 3 Speaker Session Transcript Powerpoint Presentation
What is a quality prosecution? Moderator: Mr Danny Huntington FICPI/Transcript_3  
Industry perspective: Mr Marc Adler
President, IPO
  3_IPO_Adler.pdf
Private attorney perspective:
Mr Chris Mercer -
President, epi
  3_epi_Mercer.pdf
EPO: Mr Colin Philpott
Principal Director of Quality Management
  3_EPO_Philpott.pdf
Luncheon Speech Ms A. Brimelow Speech transcript Transcript_Brimelow.pdf
Session 4 Speaker Session Transcript Powerpoint Presentation
PCT quality and timeliness:
     1. Impact of PCT changes
Moderator: Mr Danny Huntington FICPI/Transcript_4  
Mr Juha Rekola - Finnish Patent Office
Development Director
  4_FPO_Rekola.pdf
Mr Harrie Marsman - Netherlands Institute of Patent Attorneys (NIPA)
Private attorney
  4_NIPA_Marsman.pdf
Mr Philip Thomas
Senior Director-Advisor (PCT & Patents), WIPO
  4_WIPO_Thomas.pdf
PCT quality and timeliness:

2. Quality assurance of PCT searches
Moderator:
Mr Danny Huntington
   
USPTO - Mr Mark Powell
Director of Technology Centre 2600
  4_USPTO_Powell.pdf
JPO - Mr Toshimichi Moriya
Deputy Commissioner
  4_JPO_Moriya.pdf
EPO - Mr Colin Philpott
Principal Director of Quality Management
  4_EPO_Philpott.pdf
Session 5 Speaker Session Transcript Powerpoint Presentation
What is a quality patent?
     1. User perspective
Moderator: Mr Danny Huntington FICPI/Transcript_5  
Mr Jacques Combau - Business Europe
Patent Owner
  5-Combeau_revised.pdf
Dr Jochen Bühling - AIPPI)
Reporter General
  5-AIPPI-Buhling.pdf
Mr James E. Malackowski - LESI
Venture capitalist
  5-LESI-Malackowski.pdf
What is a quality patent?

     2. Judicial perspective
Moderator:
Mr Danny Huntington
   
DE - Prof. Dr. Peter Meier-Beck
Judge, Federal Supreme Court
  5-DE-Meier-Beck.pdf
DUTCH - Mr Jan Brinkhof
former Presiding Judge of The Hague Court of Appeal
  5-Dutch-Brinkhof.pdf
US - Mr Lee Yeakel
District Judge, Austin, Texas
  5-US-Yeakel(outline).pdf
Session 6 Speaker Session Transcript Powerpoint Presentation
Problems encountered by applicants in adequately protecting inventions:

Differing National
Application Formats

Timely, Comprehensive Search

Claim Set Necessary
To Cover Infringements

Moderator: Mr. Michael Kirk
Executive Director, AIPLA
FICPI/Transcript_6  
AIPLA: Mr. Alan Kasper
Second Vice President
  6-AIPLA-Kasper.pdf
TMPDF: Dr. Michael Jewess
Vice President
  6-TMPDF-Jewess.pdf
FACPA: Mr. Kim Finnilä
President
  6-FACPA-Finnila.pdf
BIO: Mr. Hans Sauer
Associate General Counsel for Intellectual Property
  6-BIO-Sauer.pdf
Session 7 Speaker Session Transcript Powerpoint Presentation
Defining a Role for Smaller Offices Moderator: Mr. Michael Kirk FICPI/Transcript_7  
Swedish Patent & Registration Office: Mr. Herman Phalén
Principal Director, Patent Processor
  7-PRV-Phalan.pdf
Intellectual Property Office: Mr. Sean Dennehey
Director of Patents
  7-UK-IPO-Dennehey.pdf
IP Australia: Dr. Ian Heath
Director General
  7-IPAustralia-Heath.pdf
Session 8 Speaker Session Transcript Powerpoint Presentation
Managing growth while enhancing quality Moderator: Mr. Michael Kirk FICPI/Transcript_8  
USPTO: Mr. John Doll
Commissioner of Patents
  8-USPTO-Doll.pdf
EPO: Mr. Fernand Eiden
Principal Director, Biotechnology
  8-EPO-Eiden.pdf
JPO: Mr. Toshimichi Moriya
Deputy Commissioner
  8-JPO-Moriya.pdf
KIPO: Mr. Jin-Gyun Shin
Director of Patent Examination Policy Team
  8-KIPO-Shin.pdf
 
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