Date/Time
7/22/2025
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM Eastern
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM Eastern
Event Type(s)
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Event Description
Young Lawyers & Agents Committee
Lunch & Learn Series: “Learn about LEAP”
Tuesday, July 22, 2025 | 12:00-1:00pmET
The PTAB Bar Association’s YLA Committee presents its first in-person event in the Lunch & Learn Series, which will discuss the PTAB Legal Experience and Advancement Program (LEAP). The panelists will explore topics related to their own experiences with LEAP practitioners, and the overall benefits of the program. The panelists will further explore topics such as how to advocate for the opportunity to be a LEAP practitioner.
This is the second event in the YLA’s Lunch & Learn Series, a series of in-person and virtual informational panels on various topics held over the lunch hour. Attendees are invited to join us for lunch as we discuss.
Panelists:
Acting Deputy Chief Judge Kalyan Deshpande, United States Patent and Trademark Office
Kristi Sawert, Fish & Richardson PC
Michael Milea, Groombridge, Wu, Baughman & Stone LLP
Carlos Duarte-Guevara, Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP
Moderator:
Rachel Wu Hankinson, Paul Hastings LLP
Location:
Offices of Paul Hastings LLP, 2050 M Street NW, Washington, DC 20036
REGISTER HERE
There is no charge for this program but registration is strongly encouraged. A light lunch will be provided to attendees.
Questions? Please contact the YLA Committee at young.lawyers.committee@ptabbar.org.
Lunch & Learn Series: “Learn about LEAP”
Tuesday, July 22, 2025 | 12:00-1:00pmET
The PTAB Bar Association’s YLA Committee presents its first in-person event in the Lunch & Learn Series, which will discuss the PTAB Legal Experience and Advancement Program (LEAP). The panelists will explore topics related to their own experiences with LEAP practitioners, and the overall benefits of the program. The panelists will further explore topics such as how to advocate for the opportunity to be a LEAP practitioner.
This is the second event in the YLA’s Lunch & Learn Series, a series of in-person and virtual informational panels on various topics held over the lunch hour. Attendees are invited to join us for lunch as we discuss.
Panelists:
Acting Deputy Chief Judge Kalyan Deshpande, United States Patent and Trademark Office
Kristi Sawert, Fish & Richardson PC
Michael Milea, Groombridge, Wu, Baughman & Stone LLP
Carlos Duarte-Guevara, Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP
Moderator:
Rachel Wu Hankinson, Paul Hastings LLP
Location:
Offices of Paul Hastings LLP, 2050 M Street NW, Washington, DC 20036
REGISTER HERE
There is no charge for this program but registration is strongly encouraged. A light lunch will be provided to attendees.
Questions? Please contact the YLA Committee at young.lawyers.committee@ptabbar.org.
Location
Setting: In-Person
Offices of Paul Hastings LLP
2050 M Street NW
Washington, DC 20036
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Offices of Paul Hastings LLP
2050 M Street NW
Washington, DC 20036
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