[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 214 (Friday, November 7, 2025)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Page 50492]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2025-19817]


========================================================================
Proposed Rules
                                                Federal Register
________________________________________________________________________

This section of the FEDERAL REGISTER contains notices to the public of 
the proposed issuance of rules and regulations. The purpose of these 
notices is to give interested persons an opportunity to participate in 
the rule making prior to the adoption of the final rules.

========================================================================


Federal Register / Vol. 90, No. 214 / Friday, November 7, 2025 / 
Proposed Rules

[[Page 50492]]



DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Patent and Trademark Office

37 CFR Part 42

[Docket No. PTO-P-2025-0025]
RIN 0651-AD89


Revision to Rules of Practice Before the Patent Trial and Appeal 
Board

AGENCY: United States Patent and Trademark Office, Department of 
Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of proposed rulemaking; extension of comment period.

-----------------------------------------------------------------------

SUMMARY: The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) is 
extending the comment period for the proposed rule titled ``Revision to 
Rules of Practice before the Patent Trial and Appeal Board'' that was 
published in the Federal Register on October 17, 2025. The proposed 
rule's comment period is extended until December 2, 2025.

DATES: The comment period for the proposed rule published on October 
17, 2025 at 90 FR 48342 is extended until December 2, 2025. The USPTO 
does not anticipate granting further extensions to the comment period. 
This extension for the current proposed rule does not imply the USPTO 
will grant extensions for any future proposed rules.

ADDRESSES: For reasons of Government efficiency, comments must be 
submitted through the Federal eRulemaking Portal at: https://www.regulations.gov. To submit comments via the portal, one should 
enter docket number PTO-P-2025-0025 on the homepage and select the 
``Search'' button. The site will provide search results listing all 
documents associated with this docket. Commenters can find a reference 
to this notice and select the ``Comment'' button, complete the required 
fields, and enter or attach their comments. Attachments to electronic 
comments will be accepted in Adobe[supreg] portable document format 
(PDF) or Microsoft Word[supreg] format. Because comments will be made 
available for public inspection, information that the submitter does 
not desire to make public, such as an address or phone number, should 
not be included in the comments.
    Visit the Federal eRulemaking Portal for additional instructions on 
providing comments via the portal. If electronic submission of, or 
access to, comments is not feasible due to a lack of access to a 
computer and/or the internet, please contact the USPTO using the 
contact information below for special instructions.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Sharon Israel, Vice Chief 
Administrative Patent Judge, PTAB at 571-272-9797.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On October 17, 2025, the USPTO published a 
proposed rule titled ``Revision to Rules of Practice before the Patent 
Trial and Appeal Board'' that proposed modifications to the rules of 
practice for inter partes review (IPR) before the Patent Trial and 
Appeal Board (PTAB or Board) that the Under Secretary of Commerce for 
Intellectual Property and Director of USPTO and, by delegation, the 
PTAB will use in instituting IPR. See 90 FR 48342. The USPTO is 
extending the written comment period until December 2, 2025, to ensure 
that all stakeholders have a sufficient opportunity to submit comments 
on the proposed revisions. Any comments for the USPTO's consideration 
must be tailored to be responsive to this proposed rule. Commenters 
should not incorporate by reference comments submitted in response to 
prior rulemakings.
    The USPTO does not anticipate granting further extensions to the 
comment period. This extension for the current proposed rule does not 
imply the USPTO will grant extensions for any future proposed rules.

John A. Squires,
Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Director of 
the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
[FR Doc. 2025-19817 Filed 11-6-25; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 3510-16-P