Clean Technology Partnership Meeting

The USPTO will host its first Clean Technology Partnership Meeting on Wednesday, April 27, 2011 in an effort to bring clean technology leaders together to share insights and ideas and provide perspective on how the USPTO can expand its clean technology programs. Foley’s J. Steven Rutt, Chair of the Nanotechnology Team and member of the Green Energy Technologies Team, will moderate the forum and lead a discussion on cleantech innovation, sharing insights from the firm’s soon-to-be released 2011 Annual Cleantech Patent Landscape Report.

Additional speakers include:

• Bruce Kisliuk, Assistant Deputy Commissioner for Patents, Mechanical Disciplines, USPTO


• Jacqueline Stone, Group Director TC 1600, USPTO


• Neil Feltham, Senior Patent Counsel, DuPont


• William S. Elias, General Counsel, UChicago Argonne, LLC


• Mike Nelson, Chief Technology Officer, NanoInk, Inc.


• Alan Brown, Executive Director, Pennsylvania NanoMaterials Commercialization Center

The meeting will be held at USPTO Headquarters in Alexandria, Virginia, from 1:00-5:00 p.m.