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Help us LEAP forward with PTAB assistance for practitioners and inventors
Blog by Kathi Vidal, Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Director of the USPTO
 LEAP-eligible practitioners speak with PTAB judges (in person and on screen) about logistics for oral hearings, during a LEAP to Chambers event at a PTAB hearing room in Alexandria, Virginia
Since the moment I was sworn in as Director of this great agency two years ago, I have been guided by the conviction that we must open the doors of opportunity in the innovation community to everyone, not just a select few. Only when every inventor and entrepreneur has an equal chance to bring their new ideas and products to the global marketplace, on a level playing field, does our nation truly thrive.
There are many things we have done at the USPTO to push those doors of opportunity wide open, but I want to highlight a few in particular that I need your help in sharing with others. Collectively, they make access to the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) easier and more transparent than ever, for both legal practitioners and the inventors they represent.
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