Rule on Attorney-Client Privilege for Trials Before the Patent Trial and Appeal Board
other · US Patent and Trademark Office · Published 2017-11-07 · Effective 2017-12-07 · 82 FR 51570
Document
Document number
2017-24190
Federal Register citation
82 FR 51570
CFR reference
37 CFR 42
Type
Rule
Action
Final rule.
Category
other
Sub-agency
US Patent and Trademark Office
Publication date
2017-11-07
Effective date
2017-12-07
Commerce docket
Docket No. PTO-P-2016-0029
Abstract
This final rule on attorney-client privilege amends the existing 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.