| Meeting Materials
Meeting materials will appear here as they are made available. The materials will be made available for 60 days following the conference.
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Speaker: Chief Judge Michael Fleming
Chief Judge Fleming will provide an update on changes within the Board’s organization, its efforts to keep up with a growing workload, and its transition to a judicial model. |
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Speakers: Vice Chief Judge James Moore, Vice Chief Judge Allen MacDonald, Judge Ken Hairston, Judge Murriel Crawford
Judges from the Board will provide insights on the decision-making process (determining the issue, findings of fact, weighing the evidence), the role of judges to review for error, and the deliberation process among the panel members. |
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Moderator: Judge Linda Horner;
Panelists: Gary Harkcom, Greenblum & Bernstein, PLC, Chief Judge Michael Fleming, Judge Jack Jeffery, Judge Sally Lane
Panelists will discuss the top ten mistakes Appellants make when they appear before the Board, including a discussion of how to file briefs that are compliant with the Board’s rules. |
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Speakers: Michael Messinger, Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox, PLLC and Charles Van Horn, Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner, LLP
Panelists will discuss how to properly and persuasively present evidence and arguments to overcome rejections based on obviousness. |
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Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Director of the United States Patent & Trademark Office, David Kappos |
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Moderator: Stephen Kunin, Oblon, Spivak, McClelland, Maier & Neustadt, LLP; Panelists: Brad Pedersen, Patterson, Thuente, Christensen, Pedersen, PA, Todd Baker, Oblon, Spivak, McClelland, Maier & Neustadt, LLP, Gregory Morse, USPTO Central Reexam Unit
Panelists will discuss recent improvements to the inter partes reexamination process and provide an overview of the entire process. |
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Moderator: Teresa Rea, Crowell & Moring, LLP
Panelists: The Honorable Paul R. Michel, Chief Circuit Judge for the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit; The Honorable Randall R. Rader, Circuit Judge for the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit; Michael R. Fleming, Chief Judge of the BPAI
Judges from the Federal Circuit and Chief Judge Fleming will participate in a moderated panel discussion on the role of the Board in the development and advancement of the patent system. |
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