Schedule
2016
Friday, February 12th
8:30 AM

Breakfast and Coffee/Registration

Duke Law School

8:30 AM - 9:00 AM
9:00 AM

Introductions and Opening Remarks

Jyoti Rani Jindal
Melissa Wasserman

Duke Law School, Room 3041

9:00 AM - 9:10 AM
9:10 AM

Session 1: PTO & Chevron Deference: Administrative Power in the Era of Patent Stare Decisis

Stuart M. Benjamin, Duke Law School
Arti K. Rai, Duke Law School
Christopher Walker

Duke Law School, Room 3041

9:10 AM - 9:50 AM
9:50 AM

Session 1: PTO & Chevron Deference: Working Without Chevron: The PTO as a Prime Mover

John Golden
Sapna Kumar

Duke Law School, Room 3041

9:50 AM - 10:30 AM
10:30 AM

Session 1: PTO & Chevron Deference: Audience question and answer session

Duke Law School, Room 3041

10:30 AM - 11:10 AM
11:10 AM

Break

Duke Law School

11:10 AM - 11:20 AM
11:20 AM

Session 2: Patent Office Cohorts

Michael D. Frakes, Duke Law School
Melissa Wasserman
Tejas Narechania

Duke Law School, Room 3041

11:20 AM - 12:00 PM
12:00 PM

Session 2: Patent Office Cohorts: Audience question and answer session

Duke Law School, Room 3041

12:00 PM - 12:20 PM
12:20 PM

Break

Duke Law School

12:20 PM - 12:30 PM
12:30 PM

Lunchtime Remarks by Federal Circuit Judge Kimberly Ann Moore

Kimberly Ann Moore

Duke Law School

12:30 PM - 1:30 PM
1:40 PM

Session 3: CBA at the PTO

Jonathan Masur
Rochelle Dreyfus
Jerome H. Reichman, Duke Law School

Duke Law School, Room 3041

1:40 PM - 2:20 PM
2:20 PM

Session 3: CBA at the PTO: Audience question and answer session

Duke Law School, Room 3041

2:20 PM - 2:40 PM
2:40 PM

Break

Duke Law School

2:40 PM - 2:45 PM
2:45 PM

Closing Remarks by Former PTAB Chief Judge James D. Smith

James D. Smith

Duke Law School, Room 3041

2:45 PM - 3:45 PM