Vice Chief Administrative Patent Judge

0651-AD47 202004 Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions 0651 Patent and Trademark Office PTO 0600 Department of Commerce DOC Amendments to the Rules of Practice for Trials Before the Patent Trial and Appeal Board

The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO or Office) would amend the existing consolidated set of rules relating to the 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.

]]> Substantive, Nonsignificant First Time Published in The Unified Agenda Proposed Rule Stage No No Not subject to, not significant 37 CFR 42 35 U.S.C. 2(b)(2) 35 U.S.C. 6 35 U.S.C. 21 35 U.S.C. 23 35 U.S.C. 41 35 U.S.C. 135 35 U.S.C. 311 35 U.S.C. 312 35 U.S.C. 316 35 U.S.C. 321-326 Pub. L. 112-29 Pub. L. 112-274 No NPRM 06/00/2020 NPRM Comment Period End 08/00/2020 Final Action 09/00/2020 Final Action Effective 11/00/2020 No None No No No Scott Weidenfeller Vice Chief Administrative Patent Judge 0651 Patent and Trademark Office PTO 571 272-9797 571 273-9797 scott.weidenfeller@uspto.gov 600 Dulany Street, Alexandria VA 22313