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Scientists & Inventors:

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• Dr. Prediman K. (PK) Shah, M.D.
• Dr. Gerrit Van den Engh, Cytopeia Inc.
• Joseph L. Slagel, Geospiza, Inc.
• Dr. Douglas McCreery, Huntington Medical Research Institutes
• Michèl Schummer, Ph.D., Scientist, MacroGenics
• Marc Giroux, CEO of Bothell, Washington's Kurve Technology
• Nancy L. Haigwood, Ph.D., Seattle Biomedical Research Institute and University of Washington
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• Dr. Peter Steyger and Dr. Sigrid Myrdal, Oregon Health Sciences University
• Dr. Max Cynader, Neuroscience Researcher, Vancouver, BC
• Dr. James Chen, co-founder of Light Sciences Corporation in Snoqualmie, Wash.
• Krassen Dimitrov, Ph.D, Founder, NanoString Technologies
• Dr. Edward Jenner: Discovering the Smallpox Vaccine

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Advisory Bulletins & Articles:

• USPTO's Proposed Rules on Claims and Continuations are Invalid
• Expert Declarations Merit Special Consideration In Patent Prosecution Says Federal Circuit
• Supreme Court Criticizes Rigid Application of Obviousness Test
• Patent Reform Nearing Reality in 2007
• Patent Licensees May Challenge Licensor Patents
• U.S. Patents on Medical Diagnostics: Valid…For Now
• U.S. Patents on Biotechnical Subject Matter: Challenges of the Written Description Requirement
• Intellectual Property Protection at Trade Shows, Conferences and Symposia
• Office of Inspector General Identifies Compliance Risk Areas for Researchers with Federal Funding
• National Clinical Trials Database Legislation Introduced; Registration Already a Requirement for Some Medical Journals
• U.S. Patent Office Announces Pilot Program for Pre-Appeal Brief Conferences
• New CREATE Act Affects Inventions and Patent Applications Arising from Research Collaborations
• Important Patent-Related News: Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2005 Took Effect on Dec. 8, 2004
• NIH Grants May Now Cover Patent and Licensing Costs
• Recipients of Federal Grants and Contracts Must Comply with Invention Reporting Requirements or Risk Forfeiting their Patents
• Past versus present: the importance of tense in
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• Is Your Life Sciences Company Ready for Financing?
  

Presentations & Resources:

• Getting the Target’s House in Order—Increasing the Likelihood of Deal Consummation Through Advance Preparation
• The Federal Circuit Year in Review
• Overview of Human Drug Regulation in China and the United States
• Sell Your Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients in the U.S.
• Intellectual Property Rights and Stem Cell Research:  Who Owns the Medical Breakthroughs?

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