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2021 KAIPO Annual Golf Tournament

On April 30th, KAIPO hosted its annual golf tournament.  Although 2020 golf tournament was cancelled due to COVID-19, we determined, with proper COVID-19 precautionary measures, it was the right time to hold our annual golf tournament. 

More than 30 players and volunteers attended the tournament.  For many, it’s been more than a year since we last met face to face.  Although the weather didn’t quite cooperate with us toward the end, it gave many of us an opportunity to finally meet in person to enjoy each other’s company doing what we love! GOLF!

We received numerous feedbacks after the tournament and one thing that was common was how everyone enjoyed seeing each other again and how wonderful it was seeing old faces again.  Based on that alone, it was a successful event with remarkable turnout!

Special thanks to Dong Kim, Dr. Kang, Taesik, Jae Lee, Sisley Kim, Dae Kim, and Patrick Kim for organizing the tournament and Daeho Song for taking the time out of his busy schedule to take pictures of our tournament.

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2021-4-29 KAIPO First Year Examiner Meetup Recap

On April 29th, we held a First Year Examiner Meetup session on WebEx for all first year examiners with Mr. Eric Yoon, president of the Silicon Valley Work Life Organization. The session was geared mainly towards addressing primary concerns of the first year examiners about the various topics related to the examination process and information about work life during the first year.

 

Mr. Eric Yoon presented a brief informal half hour talk regarding strategies for a successful first year and tips to achieve such success. The various topics included tips about searching and receiving help for searching, reaching out to other sources about questions that may come up during the examination process, and strategies to present a compelling case to the powers that be that determine the success or failure of the first year examiners. Then Mr. Eric Yoon progressed to a question and answer session where examiners’ specific questions and concerns were addressed.

 

We thank Mr. Eric Yoon for his generous willingness and devotion to helping out the first year examiners. The event provided incredibly helpful tips to the first year examiners and addressed general questions and concerns that the first year examiners. There will be a follow-up discussion session on the 13th of May for those interested in further attending the Q&A portion of the presentation held on the 29th.

 

If you have any questions, comments, feedback, or concerns regarding the First Year Examiner Meetup or the follow-up discussion session, please feel free to e-mail them to us at KAIPO@uspto.gov.

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2021-4-2 virtual BYOC

 

On April 2, we had our very first virtual BYOC event on WebEx for all KAIPO members and a few guests from APANET. We had a stunning turnout of 28 participants for the event and had great participation and discussion throughout the event.

The topic for the BYOC was the rise in Asian hate crime, discrimination against the Asian-American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) community, and anti-AAPI sentiments. Participants shared and discussed their past experiences with discrimination, serious difficulties we faced and continue to face as AAPI, what we can do as individuals and as a community to get help when we face such situations, and how we can raise our voices not only in our communities, but also at the USPTO level and beyond. There was also great discussion on how we can collaborate with APANET, the largest AAPI affinity group at the USPTO, to raise awareness and our voices at the PTO.

We are grateful and moved by everyone’s participation and support at this event. This event brought forth so many great voices from our members, and we strive to continue to provide a platform for our members to have their voices heard.

If you have any comments, feedback, or concerns you were not able to share at the time of the BYOC, please feel free to email them to us at KAIPO@uspto.gov.

-KAIPO

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2020-10-29 Mixer

  

KAIPO hosted a virtual social event, the Mixer, on Thursday, October 29 at 4PM ET. Total 43 members and new PTA examiners joined the Happy Hour type social event.

After a short welcoming, those PTA/junior/primary examiners were mixed into five small groups and continued to hang out, reconnect, catch up with old friends, and meet other KAIPO members. 

 

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2020-10-14 Welcoming New Examiners

KAIPO held another round of new Examiner Welcoming Event on October 14 and 15, 2020. In this welcoming, the eleven (11) new PTA examiners were split into three small group sessions and joined by several primary examiners and three newly joined KAIPO members. Welcome the March/July/August Classes.