Amendments to the Rules of Practice for Trials Before the Patent Trial and Appeal Board
other · US Patent and Trademark Office · Published 2015-05-19 · Effective 2015-05-19 · 80 FR 28561
Document
Document number
2015-12117
Federal Register citation
80 FR 28561
CFR reference
37 CFR 42
Type
Rule
Action
Final rule.
Category
other
Sub-agency
US Patent and Trademark Office
Publication date
2015-05-19
Effective date
2015-05-19
Commerce docket
Docket No. PTO-P-2015-0032
Abstract
This final rule amends the existing consolidated set of rules relating to the United States Patent and Trademark Office (Office or USPTO) trial practice for inter partes review, post-grant review, the transitional program for covered business method patents, and derivation proceedings that implemented provisions of the Leahy-Smith America Invents Act ("AIA") providing for trials before the Office.