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DOC/PTO RIN: 0651-AD47 Publication ID: Fall 2022 
Title: Changes To Institution and Settlement Practices for Trial Proceedings Before the Patent Trial and 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 amendment would, among things, modify and clarify the factors applied by the Board when determining whether to exercise the Director’s discretion to deny petitions and clarify that pre-institution settlement agreements must be filed with the Board.

 
Agency: Department of Commerce(DOC)  Priority: Other Significant 
RIN Status: Previously published in the Unified Agenda Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Prerule Stage 
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  01/00/2023 
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