# Rules of Practice for Trials Before the Patent Trial and Appeal Board and Judicial Review of Patent Trial and Appeal Board Decisions
> **US Patent and Trademark Office** · Final rule. · Published 2012-08-14 · Effective 2012-09-16 · 77 FR 48612
## Document
- **Document number:** 2012-17900
- **Category:** other
- **Sub-agency:** US Patent and Trademark Office
- **Federal Register citation:** 77 FR 48612
- **CFR reference:** 37 CFR 1
- **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.

## Source
- [Federal Register document](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2012/08/14/2012-17900/rules-of-practice-for-trials-before-the-patent-trial-and-appeal-board-and-judicial-review-of-patent)
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