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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 |
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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 |