March 4, 2025 : PTAB Bar Association sends letters to the Secretary of Commerce and Congress (LINK).
March 12, 2025: Former Congressman Trey Gowdy publishes “Outcompeting China With Intellectual Property Leadership” on The Daily Signal’s Commentary webpage (LINK).
March 26, 2025: Former Congressman Bob Goodlatte publishes “The Case for the Patent Trial and Appeal Board That Congress Envisioned” in the American Bar Association’s Landslide magazine of Spring 2025 (LINK (requires ABA membership)).
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Chief Administrative Patent Judge
Board of Appeals and Interferences (May 8, 2011 – September 15, 2012)
Patent Trial and Appeal Board (September 16, 2012 – July 31, 2015)
U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
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Administrative Patent Judge
Patent Trial and Appeal Board
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Examiner-In-Chief
Administrative Patent Judge
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Examiner-In-Chief
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Examiner-In-Chief
Administrative Patent Judge
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Administrative Patent Judge
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Administrative Patent Judge
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Examiner-in-Chief
Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences, U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
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Patent Trial and Appeal Board, U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
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Examiner-In-Chief
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Administrative Patent Judge
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Administrative Patent Judge
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Examiner-in-Chief
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Administrative Patent Judge
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Administrative Patent Judge
Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences, U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
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Examiner-in-Chief
Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences, U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
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Examiner-in-Chief
Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences, U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
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Administrative Patent Judge
Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences, U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
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Hon. Elizabeth C. Weimar
Administrative Patent Judge
Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences, U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
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