PTAB LEAP Oral Hearing Boot Camp
August 20 to September 17, 2021
Location
Credits
No CLE
Registration
The PTAB’s Legal Experience and Advancement Program (LEAP) is designed to encourage new oral advocacy opportunities for patent attorneys and agents that have three or fewer substantive oral arguments in any federal tribunal (including PTAB) and seven or fewer years of experience as a licensed attorney or agent. The program allows PTAB judges to grant up to 15 minutes additional argument time, upon request for oral hearing participation by a LEAP-eligible practitioner.
In furtherance of the LEAP initiative, the PTAB and AIPLA are jointly organizing an oral hearing virtual boot camp in which practitioners will be able to present an argument before sitting PTAB judges and obtain invaluable feedback post-argument. The boot camp will be held mainly on Fridays beginning August 20. The current schedule is below:
- August 20, 2021, time TBD: Information session for participants, with details regarding mock argument logistics & PTAB oral hearing practice tip
- September 8, 2021, 10am – 11am ET: (Optional) LEAP Office Hours
- September 8, 2021, 12pm – 1pm ET: Panel discussion “The Night Before Argument: Preparing for your AIA argument” (this session will be open to the public)
- September 10, 2021, 1pm – 4pm ET: AIPLA/LEAP AIA Trials Mock Argument
- September 17, 2021, 12pm – 1pm ET: AIA Oral Argument Encore, in which experienced practitioners argue the same case (this session will be open to the public)
News
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September 9, 2024
Arlington, VA. September 6, 2024 - The American Intellectual Property Law Association (AIPLA) has filed an amicus brief with the U.S. Supreme Court in Dewberry Group, Inc. v. Dewberry Engineers, Inc., expressing concern over the Fourth Circuit's decision regarding the scope of a district court's discretion under 15 U.S.C. § 1117(a). -
AIPLA Comments on Withdrawal of Changes to the Post Registration Response Deadlines
August 20, 2024
Arlington, VA. August 19, 2024 - The American Intellectual Property Law Association (AIPLA) submitted comments to the USPTO on their recent Withdrawal of Changes to Post Registration Response Deadlines. -
AIPLA Comments to USPTO on AI Generated Prior Art
July 30, 2024
Arlington, VA. July 29, 2024 - The American Intellectual Property Law Association (AIPLA) submitted comments to the USPTO in response to their Request for Comments Regarding the Impact of the Proliferation of Artificial Intelligence on Prior Art, the Knowledge of a Person Having Ordinary Skill in the Art, and Determinations of Patentability Made in View of the Foregoing (“the RFC”). -
AIPLA Comments on Terminal Disclaimer Practice to Obviate Nonstatutory Double Patenting
July 12, 2024
Arlington, VA. July 9, 2024 - The American Intellectual Property Law Association (AIPLA) submitted comments to the USPTO in response to their Notice of Proposed Rule Making on terminal disclaimer practice to obviate nonstatutory double patenting.