Program

Friday, October 25
13:30 - 18:00 (JST)
By the Patent Office
- Presentation, Mock Oral Proceedings and Panel Discussion
  • Presentation (The Current State of Trials/Appeals, Relationship between Patent Office and Courts)
  • Mock Oral Proceedings by the Japan Patent Office
  • Panel Discussion (Oral Proceedings, Determination on Novelty and Inventive Step)

13:30
Remarks
ONO Yota
Commissioner, Japan Patent Office
13:35
Presentation
TAMURA Kiyoko
Director-General , Trial and Appeal Department, Japan Patent Office
Scott Boalick
Chief Administrative Patent Judge, Patent Trial and Appeal Board, United States Patent and Trademark Office
Ingo Beckedorf
Chair of the Legal Board of Appeal, Boards of Appeal, European Patent Office
15:05
Break
15:15
Mock Oral Proceedings by the Japan Patent Office
16:15
Break
16:25
Panel Discussion
Oral Proceedings, Determination on Novelty and Inventive Step
Moderators
MORIFUJI Atsushi
Executive Chief Administrative Judge, Trial and Appeal Department, Japan Patent Office
Panelists
Michael Tierney
Vice Chief Administrative Patent Judge, Patent Trial and Appeal Board, United States Patent and Trademark Office
Ingo Beckedorf
Chair of the Legal Board of Appeal, Boards of Appeal, European Patent Office
17:55
Closing Remarks
FUCHIGAMI Reiko
President, Japan Federation of Bar Associations
18:00
Scheduled to end