Co-sponsored by the Center for the Protection of Intellectual Property (CPIP) and the Center for the Study of the Administrative State (CSAS) at Antonin Scalia Law School, George Mason University, this conference, Perspectives on the PTAB: The New Role of the Administrative State in the Innovation Economy, will investigate and assess the role of the Patent Trial & Appeal Board (PTAB) as it has impacted patent law and innovation policy. The conference takes place Nov. 9, 2017.