The Toledo Intellectual Property Law Association (TIPLA) is pleased to sponsor a program titled “Role of the U.S. Patent Examiner; Patent Examiner Training Academy” on Friday, May 15, 2009. The program will be held at the University of Toledo, College of Law. The program will include a presentation by Ms. Deborah J. Reynolds, Patent Training Program Administrator at the United States Patent and Trademark Office in Alexandria, Virginia. Topics such as an overview of the role played by the U.S. Patent Examiner, how to become a U.S. Patent Examiner, and rules and regulations taught at the Patent Examiner Training Academy will be discussed. Specific modules used to train new Patent Examiners will be reviewed during the presentation.
Continuing legal education (CLE) of 3.0 credit hours has been applied for with the Supreme Court of Ohio. Attorney admission is $40.00 for TIPLA members, and $60.00 for non-members. Admission to the program is free for law and science/engineering students and professionals interested in a career with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.
Any persons interested in attending the program are encouraged to e-mail the TIPLA officers at ToledoIPLA@gmail.com for more information. The registration form may also be downloaded here, for completion and returning to TIPLA as indicated.
BIOGRAPHY – Ms. Deborah J. Reynolds, Patent Training Program Administrator
Ms. Reynolds holds the position Patent Training Program Administrator in the Office of Patent Training at the United States Patent and Trademark Office. She oversees operations of the Patent Training Academy, which includes the new patent examiner training program; and has graduated over 2400 new patent examiners over the past 3 years. Previously Ms. Reynolds was a class manager in the Patent Training Academy where she oversaw 3 on-going classes, with over 300 employees under her responsibility. Prior to joining the Office of Patent Training, Ms. Reynolds was both a Quality Assurance Specialist and a Supervisory Patent Examiner for Technology Center 1600. Ms. Reynolds came to the USPTO in July 1996 and examined in the gene therapy and transgenic animal arts in Technology Center 1600. She progressed to Primary Examiner and was promoted to Supervisory Patent Examiner in November of 2000. Ms. Reynolds holds a Bachelor’s of Science in Chemistry from Pikeville College, in Kentucky. Before beginning her career at the USPTO, she worked in the Biochemistry Department at Uniformed Services University and the National Institute of Allergies and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health.
