Rules of Practice for Trials Before the Patent Trial and Appeal Board and Judicial Review of Patent Trial and Appeal Board Decisions
other · US Patent and Trademark Office · Published 2012-08-14 · Effective 2012-09-16 · 77 FR 48612
Document
Document number
2012-17900
Federal Register citation
77 FR 48612
CFR reference
37 CFR 1
Type
Rule
Action
Final rule.
Category
other
Sub-agency
US Patent and Trademark Office
Publication date
2012-08-14
Effective date
2012-09-16
Commerce docket
Docket No. PTO-P-2011-0082
Abstract
The United States Patent and Trademark Office (Office or USPTO) is revising the rules of practice to implement the provisions of the Leahy-Smith America Invents Act ("AIA") that provide for trials before the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (Board). This final rule provides a consolidated set of rules relating to Board trial practice for inter partes review, post-grant review, the transitional program for covered business method patents, and derivation proceedings. This final rule also provides a consolidated set of rules to implement the provisions of the AIA related to seeking judicial review of Board decisions.