Appeal No. 2006-0132
Application No. 09/946,627
of Material and Process Engineering (“SAMPE”), with key
responsibilities over two technical journals (SAMPE
Journal and Journal of Advanced Materials), technical
conferences, technical symposia and overall society
technical guidance. I am familiar with the policies
and procedures set by the Board of Directors of SAMPE
for “closed session” papers at technical conferences/
symposia, including the SAMPE symposium in, on, or
about May 22, 2000 (“the May 2000 International SAMPE
Symposium & Exhibition”) in which the Wanthal paper was
presented in a “closed session” on May 22, 2000.
...
The procedures for attending the “closed session”
presentations at the May 2000 International SAMPE
Symposium & Exhibition, were the same as the policies
and procedures set by the Board of Directors for SAMPE
in 1996 ... The procedures for Closed Paper Admittance
were also published in the Preliminary Program of the
May 2000 SAMPE Conference.
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In order to attend the “closed sessions,”
including the session in which the Wanthal paper was
presented, U.S. and Canadian government employees had
to provide photographic identification and proof of
employment with their respective government…. Those
who were not employed by the U.S. or Canadian
governments had to provide proof of citizenship,
photographic identification, and certification
credentials based upon Department of Defense Form 2345
(“DD Form 2345”)… The DD Form 2345 could be for the
attendee individually, or for the attendee’s employer
with proof of employment… To the best of my knowledge
and understanding, anyone not complying with these
rules was not admitted to the “closed sessions.”
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SAMPE also provides copies of the “closed
sessions” papers for sale on site during the Symposium
days only. It is our policy that approximately twenty
copies of each of the papers presented in the “closed
sessions” are bound together and sold at the SAMPE
conference. In order to purchase the bound, collection
of “closed sessions” papers, the purchaser had to
provide the same information required to attend the
“closed sessions.”
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