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Post-Grant USPTO Proceedings Seminar Live Blog: Patent Trial, Appeal Board Transformation & AIA Implementation

Welcome to the Post-Grant USPTO Proceedings Seminar live blog! This morning’s panel is entitled Patent Trial, Appeal Board Transformation and AIA Implementation. The panel’s moderator is Oblon, Spivak Partner and seminar co-chair Scott A. McKeown, and the featured panelists are Hon. Robert Clarke, Chief of Staff, United States Patent and Trademark Office, Office of Patent Legal Administration, Oblon, Spivak’s Stephen G. Kunin, and  Irem Yucel, Director of the Central Reexamination Unit (CRU), USPTO. Here are some highlights:

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