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DOC/PTO RIN: 0651-AD47 Publication ID: Spring 2024 
Title: Changes Under Consideration to Discretionary Institution Practices, Petition Word-Count Limits and Settlement Practices for America Invents Act Trial Proceedings Before the Patent Trial & Appeal Board 
Abstract:

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. The Office obtained public feedback on its discretionary practices through a Request for Comments issued October 2020. The Office further issued an Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking on April 21, 2023, soliciting comments regarding a range of proposals that relate to the rules and received over 14,500 comments from stakeholders in response. The proposed rule takes into account the feedback received from stakeholders.

 
Agency: Department of Commerce(DOC)  Priority: Other Significant 
RIN Status: Previously published in the Unified Agenda Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Long-Term Actions 
Major: No  Unfunded Mandates: No 
CFR Citation: 37 CFR 42   
Legal Authority: 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 to 316    35 U.S.C. 321 to 326    Pub. L. 112-29    Pub. L. 112-274   
Legal Deadline:  None
Timetable:
Action Date FR Cite
ANPRM  04/21/2023  88 FR 24503   
ANPRM Comment Period End  06/20/2023 
NPRM  To Be Determined 
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No  Government Levels Affected: None 
Federalism: No 
Included in the Regulatory Plan: No 
RIN Data Printed in the FR: No 
Agency Contact:
Michael Tierney
Vice Chief Administrative Patent Judge
Department of Commerce
Patent and Trademark Office
600 Dulany Street, P.O. Box 1450,
Alexandria, VA 22313-1450
Phone:571 272-9797
Fax:571 273-0053
Email: michael.tierney@uspto.gov