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DOC/PTO RIN: 0651-AD01 Publication ID: Spring 2016 
Title: Amendments to the Rules of Practice for Trials Before the Patent Trial and Appeal Board 
Abstract: This rule would amend 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. 
Agency: Department of Commerce(DOC)  Priority: Info./Admin./Other 
RIN Status: Previously published in the Unified Agenda Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Completed Actions 
Major: No  Unfunded Mandates: No 
CFR Citation: 37 CFR 42   
Legal Authority: 35 U.S.C. 136    35 U.S.C. 2(B)(2)    35 U.S.C. 21    35 U.S.C. 23    35 U.S.C. 311    35 U.S.C. 312    35 U.S.C. 316    35 U.S.C. 321-326    35 U.S.C. 41    35 U.S.C. 6   
Legal Deadline:  None
Timetable:
Action Date FR Cite
NPRM  08/20/2015  80 FR 50720   
NPRM Comment Period End  10/19/2015 
Second NPRM  11/03/2015  80 FR 67680   
Second NPRM Comment Period End  11/18/2015 
Final Rule  04/01/2016  81 FR 18750   
Final Rule -- Correction  04/27/2016  81 FR 24702   
Final Rule Effective  05/02/2016 
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No  Government Levels Affected: None 
Small Entities Affected: Businesses  Federalism: No 
Included in the Regulatory Plan: No 
RIN Data Printed in the FR: No 
Agency Contact:
Susan Mitchell
Lead Administrative Patent Judge
Department of Commerce
Patent and Trademark Office
600 Dulany Street, P. O. Box 1450,
Alexandria, VA 22313
Phone:571 272-8715
Fax:571 273-8715
Email: susan.mitchell@uspto.gov