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Lessons Learned Through the Patent Trial and Appeal Board’s Legal Experience and Advancement Program

To help prepare practitioners for oral advocacy before the PTAB, the USPTO offers free training on all aspects of conducting arguments before the PTAB, including how to improve oral advocacy, use of demonstratives, effective use of hearing time, decorum, logistics of an oral hearing, and more.

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I am honored to participate in the USPTO’s Legal Experience and Advancement Program (LEAP) during the past two years. Under LEAP, I got the opportunity to argue before a panel of three Administrative Patent Judges (APJs) in inter partes review (IPR) proceedings and gained valuable experience arguing in real cases. Compared to mock trials I had participated in while in law school, my experience as a LEAP practitioner is vastly more rewarding. It has provided me with invaluable hands-on experience and made me a better lawyer.

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