PTAB Masters™ 2025 IPW Studios, Ashburn, VA
January 27-29, 2025
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Event Session

The PTAB Today: An Overview of the Current PTAB Landscape*

January 27, 2025 @ 2:00 PM EST

2:00 PM ET
January 27, 2025

The PTAB Today: An Overview of the Current PTAB Landscape*

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CLEThe creation of the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) forever changed patent enforcement proceedings in the United States. Join us as we kick off our fifth annual PTAB Masters taking a look at the current state of the PTAB Landscape. PTAB Chief Judge Scott Boalick, Vice-Chief Judge Michael Tierney, and Vice-Chief Judge Melissa Haapala will provide an overview of the PTAB and discuss what the Office is seeing in terms of petitions, institutions, and final written decisions. The panel will also discuss the evolving dynamics of practice before the PTAB, and answer questions from the audience.

Materials

PowerPoint: Patent Trial and Appeal Board (by the USPTO)

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The creation of the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) forever changed patent enforcement proceedings in the United States. Join us as we kick off our fifth annual PTAB Masters taking a look at the current state of the PTAB Landscape. PTAB Chief Judge Scott Boalick, Vice-Chief Judge Michael Tierney, and Vice-Chief Judge Melissa Haapala will provide an overview of…

Session Speakers

Scott Boalick - USPTO

Hon. Scott R. Boalick

Chief Judge for the Patent Trial and Appeal Board

USPTO

Hon. Melissa A. Haapala

Vice Chief Judge

Patent Trial and Appeal Board, USPTO

Judge Michael Tierney

Hon. Michael Tierney

Vice Chief Judge

Patent Trial and Appeal Board, USPTO

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