# Consideration of Interlocutory Rulings at Final Hearing in Interference Proceedings
> **US Patent and Trademark Office** · Interim rule with request for comments. · Published 1999-03-16 · 64 FR 12900
## Document
- **Document number:** 99-6346
- **Category:** other
- **Sub-agency:** US Patent and Trademark Office
- **Federal Register citation:** 64 FR 12900
- **CFR reference:** 37 CFR 1
- **Publication date:** 1999-03-16
- **Commerce docket:** Docket #: 990204043-9043-01
## Abstract

The Patent and Trademark Office (Office) is amending its interference regulations to clarify the standard under which the Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences (Board) considers interlocutory decisions entered by a single administrative patent judge (APJ) at the time of the final hearing.

## Source
- [Federal Register document](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/1999/03/16/99-6346/consideration-of-interlocutory-rulings-at-final-hearing-in-interference-proceedings)
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