The PTAB offers training on oral advocacy, covering topics such as the use of demonstratives, effective use of hearing time, decorum, and logistics of an oral hearing. Training is available free of charge and via webinar.
The PTAB also encourages LEAP practitioners to participate in other aspects of PTAB proceedings, including conference calls, pre-hearing conferences, and depositions.
Webinar training session | Time | Webinar information | Speakers |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wednesday, June 12, 2024 | 2-4:30 p.m. Eastern Time | In-person at the Midwest Regional office Apply by Monday, June 3, 2024 | Various Administrative Patent Judges |
| Friday, May 17, 2024 | noon to 1:30 p.m. Eastern Time | PTAB LEAP: AIA oral hearing encore | Practitioner Larissa Bifano (DLA Piper) Practitioner David Cavanaugh (Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr, LLP) Practitioner Jeremy Monaldo (Fish & Richardson) Practitioner Sangeeta Shah (Brooks Kushman) |
| Friday, May 10, 2024 | 1- 4 p.m. Eastern Time | PTAB LEAP Mock Argument Practicum Registration is closed | Various Administrative Patent Judges |
| Friday, May 3, 2024 | noon to 1 p.m. Eastern Time | PTAB LEAP: Preparing for your AIA oral hearing | Administrative Patent Judge, Cynthia Murphy Practitioner Monica Grewal, Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr, LLP Practitioner David Higer, Winstead PC Practitioner Ben Haber, O’Melveny & Myers, LLP |
| Friday, October 27, 2023 | 10 a.m.-2:30 p.m. Central Time | LEAP to Chambers - Texas A&M Law School In-person at the Texas A&M Law School | Various Administrative Patent Judges |
| Wednesday, October 11, 2023 | 2-4:30 p.m. Mountain Time | In-person at the Rocky Mountain Regional office Registration is closed. | Various Administrative Patent Judges |
| Friday, May 19, 2023 | noon to 1 p.m. Eastern Time | Ex parte Appeal Argument Encore | Practitioner Todd Baker, Kirkland & Ellis LLP |
| Friday, May 12, 2023 | 1-4 p.m. Eastern Time | PTAB LEAP Mock Argument Practicum Registration is closed. | Various Administrative Patent Judges |
| Friday, May 5, 2023 | noon to 1 p.m. Eastern Time | Lead Administrative Patent Judge Miriam Quinn Practitioner Courtenay Brinckerhoff, Foley & Lardner LLP Practitioner Matt Phillips, Laurence & Phillips IP Law | |
| Wednesday, February 8, 2023 | 1-4 p.m. Pacific Time | In-person at the Silicon Valley Regional office Registration is closed. | Various Administrative Patent Judges |
| Wednesday, November 9, 2022 | 10 a.m. to noon Eastern Time | In-person event at the Alexandria, Virginia office Registration is closed. | Various Administrative Patent Judges |
| Thursday, August 11, 2022 | 4-5 p.m. Eastern Time
| Second Anniversary and Recognition Event | Director Kathi Vidal Chief Judge Scott Boalick Deputy Chief Judge Jackie Bonilla Former PTAB Judge and current Block litigation counsel Kamran Jivani ITC Chief Judge Clark Cheney |
| Friday, May 20, 2022 | noon to 1 p.m. Eastern Time
| AIA Oral Argument Encore | Practitioner Erika Harmon Arner (Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner, LLP) Practitioner Gene W. Lee (Perkins Coie, LLP) Practitioner Megan R. Raymond (Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison, LLP) Practitioner John D. Vandenberg (Klarquist Sparkman, LLP) |
| Friday, May 13, 2022 | 1:30-4 p.m. Eastern Time | PTAB LEAP Mock Argument Practicum Registration is closed. | Various Administrative Patent Judges |
| Friday, May 6, 2022 | noon to 1 p.m. Eastern Time | Lead Administrative Patent Judge Miriam Quinn Practitioner Andrew S. Ehmke (Haynes and Boone, LLP) Practitioner Eldora L. Ellison (Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox, PLLC) | |
| Friday, Sept. 17, 2021 | noon to 1 p.m. Eastern Time | AIA Oral Argument Encore | Practitioner Erick Palmer (Mayer Brown, LLP) Practitioner Roger Lee (Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney, PC) Practitioner Tim Fink (O’Melveny & Myers, LLP) Practitioner Kristina Caggiano Kelly (Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox, PLLC) |
| Friday, Sept. 10, 2021 | 1-4 p.m. Eastern Time | LEAP AIA Trials Mock Argument Practicum: Registration is closed. | Various Administrative Patent Judges |
| Wednesday, Sept. 8, 2021 | noon to 1 p.m. Eastern Time | ’Twas the Night Before Oral Argument: Preparing for your AIA argument | Vice Chief Administrative Judge Janet Gongola Practitioner Gabrielle Higgins (Desmarais, LLP) Practitioner Joshua Goldberg (Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner, LLP) |
| Tuesday, May 18, 2021 | noon to 1 p.m. Eastern Time | LEAP First Anniversary Event | Julie Mar-Spinola (Finjan) Kathi Vidal (Winston & Strawn, LLP) Ian Soule (Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox, PLLC) Lead Administrative Patent Judge Michelle Ankenbrand (USPTO PTAB) |
| Monday, April 5, 2021 | 1-3 p.m. Eastern Time | The "Perfect" Oral Argument | Todd R. Walters (Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney) |
| Friday, March 26, 2021 | 1-4 p.m. Eastern Time | Ex parte Appeals Mock Argument Practicum | Various Administrative Patent Judges |
| Friday, March 19, 2021 | 1-2 p.m. Eastern Time | W. Karl Renner (Fish & Richardson) Erin M. Dunston (Panitch Schwarze Belisario & Nadel) |