Amendments to the Rules of Practice for Trials Before the Patent Trial and Appeal Board
other · US Patent and Trademark Office · Published 2016-04-01 · Effective 2016-05-02 · 81 FR 18750
Document
Document number
2016-07381
Federal Register citation
81 FR 18750
CFR reference
37 CFR 42
Type
Rule
Action
Final rule.
Category
other
Sub-agency
US Patent and Trademark Office
Publication date
2016-04-01
Effective date
2016-05-02
Commerce docket
Docket No. PTO-P-2015-0053
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 ("IPR"), post-grant review ("PGR"), the transitional program for covered business method patents ("CBM"), and derivation proceedings that implemented provisions of the Leahy-Smith America Invents Act ("AIA") providing for trials before the Office.