PPAC Quarterly Meeting - February 19, 2015

Public Session 9:00 a.m. - 3:30 p.m.

Time	Topic	Principal(s)
9:00 - 9:05	Call To Order Session Opening •Introductions •PPAC Remarks	Esther Kepplinger, PPAC Chair
9:05 - 9:10	Opening Remarks	Peggy Focarino, Commissioner for Patents
9:10 - 9:35	Quality Initiatives	Valencia Martin-Wallace, Deputy Commissioner for Patent Quality
9:35 - 10:05	101 Update	Drew Hirshfeld, Deputy Commissioner for Patent Examination Policy
10:05 - 10:35	Operations Update and Discussion	Andrew Faile, Deputy Commissioner for Patent Operations
10:35 - 10:50	>>> Break <<<
10:50 - 11:05	International Update and Discussion	Mark Powell, Deputy Commissioner for International Patent Cooperation
11:05 - 11:25	Human Capital - Telework	Andrew Faile, Deputy Commissioner for Patent Operations
11:25 - 12:25	PTAB Update and Discussion	James Smith, Chief Judge, PTAB
12:25 - 12:45	>>> Lunch <<<
12:45 - 1:30	Executive Session: Ethics Briefing	Arthur Warren, Senior Counsel for Ethics, Department of Commerce
1:30 - 2:10	Demonstration of PE2E: Docket and Application Viewer Tool	Nadia Khoshnoodi, Patent Examiner, TC 2400
2:10 - 2:25	OCIO/Patent-End-to-End Update	John Owens, Chief Information Officer Debbie Stephens, Associate Commissioner for Patent Information Management David Landrith, PE2E Portfolio Manager
2:25 - 2:40	>>> Break <<<
2:40 - 2:55	Finance/Budget Update	Tony Scardino, Chief Financial Officer
2:55 - 3:10	Legislative Update	Dana Colarulli, Director, Office of Governmental Affairs
3:10 - 3:20	Closing Remarks	Michelle K. Lee, Deputy Under Secretary and Deputy Director of the USPTO
3:20 - 3:30	Discussion/Wrap-Up	Esther Kepplinger, PPAC Chair