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Meet the new IP attachés

Cairo Jennings and Katherine Hiner protect the IP rights of U.S. businesses in other countries
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Policies, procedures, rules, guides, tools and manuals related to proceedings before the Patent Trial and Appeal Board
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Understanding the Patent Trial and Appeal Board's (PTAB) role during and after the patenting process
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