First-Inventor-to-File Public Forum

The USPTO’s First-Inventor-to-File (FITF) Public Forum is this coming Monday, March 17, 2014, at the USPTO headquarters, Madison Auditorium, in Alexandria, Virginia from 12:30 to 5 pm ET. The forum is being held on the first anniversary of the FITF implementation. You are invited to attend in person or via webcast (access instructions below):
Access Instructions:
First-Inventor-to-File Public Forum
Monday, March 17, 2014
12:30 to 5 pm ET
Webcast access:
Event number: 996 792 614
Event password: 12345
Click here to access the event: (https://uspto-events.webex.com/uspto-events/onstage/g.php?t=a&d=996792614)

All presentation materials will be available in advance of the forum on the AIA (FITF) micro-site at (http://www.uspto.gov/aia_implementation/index.jsp)

 Agenda: 

•  12:30 to 1:00 PM - Meet and Greet
•  1:00 to 1:15 PM - Welcome -  Janet Gongola, Senior Advisor to the Deputy Director: Opening Remarks -  Michelle K. Lee, Deputy Under Secretary and Deputy Director 
•  1:15 to 2:15 PM - Will My Application Be Examined Under AIA (FITF) Or Not? - Cassandra Spyrou, QAS in TC 2800
•  2:15 to 3:00 PM FITF -- A Year in Review - Tom Hughes, SPE in TC 3700
•  3 to 3:15 PM BREAK
•  3:15 to 4:20 PM FITF Overview and Tips on Responding to Prior Art Rejections - Kathleen Fonda, Senior Legal Advisor Office of Patent Legal Administration
•  4:20 to 4:30 PM Tour of the AIA (FITF) Website - Kathleen Bragdon, QAS in TC 1600
•  4:30 to 5:00 PM Q&A Panel Discussion (Hughes, Spyrou, Fonda, Bragdon) Christopher Grant, QAS in TC 2400 (Moderator) 

Visit the AIA micro-site (http://www.uspto.gov/aia_implementation/index.jsp)  to view other newly added features.