USPTO to Host Program about PTAB in Dallas on January 7, 2016

The Dallas USPTO is hosting a program in its Regional Office on Thursday, January 7th p.m. from 9 to 11:30 a.m. local time focused on tips and strategies for filing and managing ex parte appeals and AIA trials.
Specifically, the agency will begin the program with a tour of the new office followed by an overview of PTAB operations. Then, attendees may participate in small break-out sessions lead by local administrative patent judges to discuss (1) AIA trials; (2) ex parte appeals; (3) successful briefing; and (4) oral advocacy skills. Attendees also will have the opportunity to meet the new Regional Director Hope Shimabuku, on her first day at the Dallas USPTO.
Please meet in the lobby of the Dallas USPTO, Terminal Federal Building Annex, 207 South Houston Street, Dallas, TX, and you will be directed from there.
The event is free and open to the public. Space is limited. To RSVP, please send an email to dallas@uspto.gov.
For additional programming and services available through the Dallas USPTO, please visit http://www.uspto.gov/about-us/uspto-locations/dallas-texas