PTO 96-02     

Contact:    Richard Maulsby
       (703)305-8341
                                                               
                                  PTO AND ITS SUNNYVALE PARTNER
                                  CO-SPONSOR PATENTS SEMINAR IN
                                   CALIFORNIA
                                                               
MEDIA ADVISORY

          Event:    The Commerce Department's Patent and Trademark, and the
          Sunnyvale Center for Innovation, Invention and Ideas 
          (SCI3), will hold a two-day Patent Seminar, Washington
          and the West.  The seminar will focus on changes to
          patent practice and patentability of computer related
          software and biotechnology inventions, both of great
          importance to California's economy. 
          
          Date:     Tuesday and Wednesday, January 30-31, 1996
          
          Location: Sunnyvale Community Center
                    550 East Remington Avenue
                    Sunnyvale, California
          
          Contact:  Mary Clare Sprott
                    Sunnyvale Center for Innovation, Invention and Ideas, SCI3
                    465 South Mathilda Ave.
                    Sunnyvale , California  94086
                    (408) 737-4945
          
                                
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January 16, 1996