[d@DCC] Manual of Patent Office Practice (MOPOP) - updates..

From: Russell McOrmond <russell _-at-_ flora.ca>
To: General Copyright Discussions <discuss (at) list.digital-copyright.ca>
Date: Fri, 17 Dec 2004 15:03:01 -0500 (EST)

  Louis-Pierre Riel, the person in charge of the updates of MOPOP, gave me
a call. http://strategis.ic.gc.ca/sc_mrksv/cipo/patents/mopop/mopop-e.html

  They had a meeting last Monday with patent agents, and while there is
still discussions about a chemical area of their updates (updates to
chapter 16 on statutory subject matter, and 12 on classifications) the
work is pretty much finalized.  He is as interested in getting this
publicly published as I am, which is great news.

  The next step once the current practice is published is to try to get 
the patent policy directorate to work on this area of policy.  This will 
likely require many letters to the Industry minister and other MPs to make 
this a more politically known topic.


  For those who are interested in such things, here is where Patent Policy
sits within the government hierarchy.

# Government of Canada
# Industry Canada
# National Capital Region
# OFFICE OF THE DEPUTY MINISTER
# POLICY SECTOR
# Marketplace Framework Policy Branch
# Patent Policy 

Source:  http://direct.srv.gc.ca/cgi-bin/direct500/BE


Louis-Pierre Riel is a Project Officer at Patent Branch - Examination.

# Government of Canada
# Industry Canada
# National Capital Region
# OFFICE OF THE DEPUTY MINISTER
# ASSOCIATE DEPUTY MINISTER
# OPERATIONS SECTOR
# Canadian Intellectual Property Office
# Patent Branch
# Patent Branch - Examination 

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