Transitional Program for Covered Business Method Patents-Definitions of Covered Business Method Patent and Technological Invention
bis-export-control · US Patent and Trademark Office · Published 2012-08-14 · Effective 2012-09-16 · 77 FR 48734
Document
Document number
2012-17904
Federal Register citation
77 FR 48734
CFR reference
37 CFR 42
Type
Rule
Action
Final rule.
Category
bis-export-control
Sub-agency
US Patent and Trademark Office
Publication date
2012-08-14
Effective date
2012-09-16
Commerce docket
Docket No. PTO-P-2011-0087
Abstract
The United States Patent and Trademark Office (Office or USPTO) is revising the rules of practice to implement the provision of the Leahy-Smith America Invents Act ("AIA") that requires the Office to issue regulations for determining whether a patent is for a technological invention in a transitional post-grant review proceeding for covered business method patents. The provision of the AIA will take effect on September 16, 2012, one year after the date of enactment. The AIA provides that this provision and any regulations issued under the provision will be repealed on September 16, 2020, with respect to any new petitions under the transitional program.