Software Partnership Meeting, Dec. 5, 2013

The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) will host the next public Software Partnership Meeting on Thursday, December 5, 2013, from 1:00pm – 4:00pm at the Madison Auditorium North on the USPTO campus in Alexandria, Virginia. The meeting will focus on educating the public about prior art resources utilized by USPTO examiners in the software area. There will be presentations from external speakers on additional prior art resources and search techniques followed by an interactive discussion with the meeting attendees.

Submit requests to attend the meeting in person by electronic mail through the Internet to SoftwareRoundtableAlexandria@uspto.gov. Requests for attendance must include the attendee's name, affiliation, title, mailing address, and telephone number. An Internet e-mail address, if available, should also be provided.

For online access via WebEx use the following:

• Event number: 997 360 308
• Event password: 123456
• Event address for attendees: https://uspto-events.webex.com/uspto-events/onstage/g.php?d=997360308&t=a

More information is available on the Software Partnership page at  http://www.uspto.gov/patents/init_events/software_partnership.