Matt Phillips on USPTO Panel on Ex Parte Appeals at the PTAB

L&P partner Matt Phillips is a panelist in today’s United States Patent and Trademark Office (PTO) webinar entitled “Preparing for Your Appeal Oral Argument” about oral arguments before the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) in an ex parte appeal hearing.  The moderator is PTAB Judge Miriam Quinn, and Matt’s co-panelist in Courtenay Brinkerhoff, partner at Foley & Lardner.  The panel will give advice about how to prepare for an oral argument before the PTAB.  The program is especially geared for attorneys in the PTAB’s Legal Experience and Advancement Program (LEAP).  Matt is an experienced oral advocate in appeals, including numerous appeals at the PTAB and nearly ten oral arguments at the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit.  “I am thrilled to share with other practitioners my particular approach for preparing for an oral argument in an appeal.  That approach has served me well, and I hope it will do the same for others.”