LEAP events

Join the Patent Trial and Appeal Board's (PTAB) Legal Experience and Advancement Program (LEAP) for an America Invents Act (AIA) oral argument encore. Register today. Practitioners Erick Palmer (Mayer Brown LLP), Roger Lee (Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney PC), Tim Fink (O’Melveny & Myers LLP), and...

Join the USPTO's Legal Experience and Advancement Program (LEAP) and the American Intellectual Property Law Association (AIPLA) for an America Invents Act (AIA) trials mock argument. The session offers an opportunity for practitioners to hone their oral argument skills by presenting an AIA trials...

LEAP webinar about oral argument before PTAB.

Join the USPTO in celebrating the successful first year of the Legal Experience and Advancement Program (LEAP)! Register today for the program, which will feature an overview of LEAP, as well as a panel discussion regarding development opportunities for newer practitioners. Patent Trial and Appeal...

If you are a new patent practitioner, don’t miss this chance to witness “The ‘Perfect’ Oral Argument” before the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB). Join us as Todd R. Walters (Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney) presents an ex parte appeal before a panel of judges followed by a panel discussion. Join...

A presentation with panelists W. Karl Renner of Fish & Richardson and Erin M. Dunston of Panitch Schwarze Belisario & Nadel LLP.

If you are a new patent practitioner, don’t miss this chance to witness “The ‘Perfect’ Oral Argument” before the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB). Join us as Deputy Director Laura Peters presents along with 30 administrative patent judges. Join the free online training via Webex. A question and...

If you are a new patent practitioner, don’t miss this chance to witness “The ‘Perfect’ Oral Argument” before the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB). Join us as Director Andrei Iancu, Chief Judge Scott Boalick, Deputy Chief Judge Jacqueline Bonilla, and 30 administrative patent judges offer a free...

A presentation on use of demonstratives, effective use of hearing time, decorum, and the logistics of an oral hearing.

A webinar with Deputy Chief Judge Jackie Bonilla, Vice Chief Judge Janet Gongola, Lead Judge Stacey White, and Judges Amanda Wieker and Christa Zado on use of demonstratives, effective use of hearing time, decorum, and the logistics of an oral hearing.