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(May 30, 2025, Washington, DC) – Steptoe LLP is pleased to announce that Kate Cappaert has been named one of the Top 50 Women in PTAB Trials by the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) Bar Association. This recognition highlights her leadership and contributions to the practice of intellectual property law as one of the most active female practitioners in the field.
The Top 50 Women in PTAB Trials list, prepared by the PTAB Bar Association's Women's Committee, is based on data provided by DocketAlarm and recognizes attorneys with significant experience in PTAB proceedings. The PTAB Bar Association is an organization dedicated to preserving and promoting the highest professional and ethical standards among lawyers and stakeholders who appear before the PTAB.
Kate Cappaert helps clients navigate all aspects of intellectual property disputes. She is a hands-on litigator and takes an active role in each case that she works on, from developing case strategies, taking and defending fact and expert depositions, arguing motions before the court, and taking key witnesses at trial. Her litigation experience extends across several venues, including experience with Section 337 investigations before the US International Trade Commission (ITC), patent validity challenges before the PTAB, patent litigation in district courts, and appeals before the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit. Kate represents clients across a wide range of technologies including solar manufacturing, semiconductors, consumer electronics and smartphones, fiber optics, cloud and distributed computing systems, seismic surveying operations, subsea oil exploration, and the automotive industry.
About Steptoe
In more than 110 years of practice, Steptoe has earned an international reputation for vigorous representation of clients before governmental agencies, successful advocacy in litigation and arbitration, and creative and practical advice in structuring business transactions. Steptoe has more than 500 lawyers and other professional staff across offices in Beijing, Brussels, Chicago, Hong Kong, Houston, London, Los Angeles, New York, San Francisco, and Washington. For more information, visit www.steptoe.com.
