1. Biotechnology/Chemical Pharmaceutical Customer Partnership Welcome to today’s conference. The morning session will get underway at 9am EST. For those of you attending via the Internet, you will hear the audio portion of today’s sessions directly through the speakers in your computer. Please make certain that the soundcard and speakers on your computer are enabled and that the volume is turned up. If you are having audio difficulties, please email Rebecca Lutomske at rlutomske@websurveyor.com rlutomske@websurveyor.com John LeGuyader Bruce Kisliuk George Elliott

2. If you are having audio difficulties, email rlutomske@websurveyor.com Biotechnology/Chemical/ Pharmaceutical Customer Partnership For those of you attending via the Internet, please submit your questions and/or suggestions for future topics online. We’ll post questions/answers and suggestions after today’s meeting at http://www.cabic.com/bcp/

3. If you are having audio difficulties, email rlutomske@websurveyor.com Biotechnology/Chemical/ Pharmaceutical Customer Partnership TC1600 New SPEs Thomas McKenzie Peter Paras, Jr. Gary Nickol Art Unit 1625 Art Unit 1632 Art Unit 1642

4. If you are having audio difficulties, email rlutomske@websurveyor.com Biotechnology/Chemical/ Pharmaceutical Customer Partnership The following manager assignments are also effective April 30, 2006. Christopher Low, SPE in 1614, reassigned as tQAS in 1600. Thurman Page, SPE 1615, reassigned as SPE in 1621. Johann Richter, SPE 1621, reassigned as SPE in 1616. Cecilia Tsang, SPE 1625, reassigned as SPE in 1654. Ardin Marschel, SPE 1631, reassigned as SPE in 1614. Andrew Wang, SPE in 1635 and 1639, reassigned as SPE in 1631. Bruce Campell, SPE 1654, reassigned as SPE in 1648. Michael Woodward, tQAS in 1600, reassigned as SPE in 1615. Jim Housel, SPE in 1648, has accepted a position as a patent attorney in the Office of International Relations.

5. If you are having audio difficulties, email rlutomske@websurveyor.com Agenda 9:00-9:15Greetings and OverviewJohn LeGuyader, Director, Technology Center 1600 9:15-10:00International Cooperative Projects Mark Powell Director, Technology Center 2600 10:00-10:15Break 10:15-11:00Restriction Reform and TC1600 Restriction Practice Action Plan Kathleen Fonda, Office of Patent Legal Administration 11:00-11:45SCORE (Supplemental Complex Repository for Examiners) Lisa Hobbs, SIRA Morning Session

6. If you are having audio difficulties, email rlutomske@websurveyor.com Agenda Afternoon Session 1:00-1:45Update on Nanotech-related Initiatives and Examination at the USPTO Dave Nguyen, Supervisory Patent Examiner, Art Unit 1633 1:45-2:30Polymorphs in Pharmaceutical Products Christopher Low, tQAS, TC1600 2:30-2:45Break 2:45-3:30ES Cell PracticeDeborah Reynolds, tQAS, TC1600 3:30-3:45Closing Remarks/Discussion John LeGuyader, Director, TC 1600

7. If you are having audio difficulties, email rlutomske@websurveyor.com Technology Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry