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Congratulations to the regional winners of the 2025 National Patent Application Drafting Competition

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Congratulations to the regional winners of the 2025 National Patent Application Drafting Competition

With the support of several law school programs, 50 volunteer patent practitioners serving as judges, and its regional outreach offices, the USPTO hosted five virtual regional rounds of the National Patent Application Drafting Competition (NPADC) on March 1. More than 40 teams competed, with five teams advancing to the upcoming national round at the USPTO headquarters in Alexandria, Virginia on April 4.

Congratulations and good luck to all of the 2025 NPADC regional round finalists:

University of Pittsburgh School of Law: Ryan Estatico and Matthew Nealon (Northeast Regional Outreach Office round)
University of Minnesota Law School: Ola Ayaso, Ross Brink, and Richard Klinger (Midwest Elijah J. McCoy Regional Outreach Office round)
University of Wisconsin Law School: Brent Brunner and Wonkyo Jeong (Rocky Mountain Regional Outreach Office round)
Arizona State University - Sandra Day O'Connor College of Law: Alessandra Gualtieri, Tanner Murray, Ian Shaw, and Kylie Snow (Western Regional Outreach Office round)
University of St. Thomas School of Law: Jessica Gutierrez, Christopher Osborn, Sabrina Possia, and Alec Singer (Southwest Regional Outreach Office round)

The competition provides law students the opportunity to develop patent prosecution skills by applying legal principles to a hypothetical invention scenario.

To learn more about the competition, please visit the NPADC page on the USPTO website.

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