United States Government Publishing Office publisher pbl distributor dst United States National Archives and Records Administration Office of the Federal Register author aut Government Organization text government publication eng FR Regulatory Information 2006_register executive 2010-09-22 article Proposed Rules D09002ee1c80fc489 D09002ee1c80fc517 United States Department of Commerce originator org United States Government Agency or Subagency United States Patent and Trademark Office originator org United States Government Agency or Subagency The United States Patent and Trademark Office (Office) is proposing changes to the rules of practice relating to ex parte and inter partes reexamination. The Office is proposing to provide for a patent owner reply to a request for an ex parte reexamination or an inter partes reexamination prior to the examiner's decision on the request. The Office is also proposing to prohibit supplemental patent owner responses to an Office action in an inter partes reexamination without a showing of sufficient cause. The Office additionally proposes to designate the correspondence address for the patent as the correct address for all communications for patent owners in an ex parte reexamination or an inter partes reexamination, and to simplify the filing of reexamination papers by providing for the use of a single "mail stop" address for the filing of substantially all ex parte reexamination papers (such is already the case for inter partes reexamination papers). The Office is further proposing to make miscellaneous clarifying changes as to terminology and applicability of the reexamination rules. Comment Deadline Date: To be ensured of consideration, written comments must be received on or before May 30, 2006. No public hearing will be held. 71 FR 16072 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/FR-2006-03-30/06-2962 06-2962 fr30mr06-21 RIN 0651-AB77 3510-16-P Docket No.: PTO-P-2005-0016 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/FR-2006-03-30/06-2962 https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2006-03-30/html/06-2962.htm https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2006-03-30/pdf/06-2962.pdf Administrative Practice and Procedure Courts Freedom of Information Inventions and Patents Reporting and Recordkeeping Requirements Small Businesses Biologics Lawyers 15 p. 16072 16086 71 FR 16072 Title 37 Part 1 37 CFR Part 1 Title 37 Part 41 37 CFR Part 41 RIN 0651-AB77 Revisions and Technical Corrections Affecting Requirements for Ex Parte and Inter Partes Reexamination; Federal Register Vol. 71, Issue PRORULE 06-2962 DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE Patent and Trademark Office 2006-05-30 Docket No.: PTO-P-2005-0016 3510-16-P 06-2962 Notice of proposed rule making.

The United States Patent and Trademark Office (Office) is proposing changes to the rules of practice relating to ex parte and inter partes reexamination. The Office is proposing to provide for a patent owner reply to a request for an ex parte reexamination or an inter partes reexamination prior to the examiner's decision on the request. The Office is also proposing to prohibit supplemental patent owner responses to an Office action in an inter partes reexamination without a showing of sufficient cause. The Office additionally proposes to designate the correspondence address for the patent as the correct address for all communications for patent owners in an ex parte reexamination or an inter partes reexamination, and to simplify the filing of reexamination papers by providing for the use of a single "mail stop" address for the filing of substantially all ex parte reexamination papers (such is already the case for inter partes reexamination papers). The Office is further proposing to make miscellaneous clarifying changes as to terminology and applicability of the reexamination rules. Comment Deadline Date: To be ensured of consideration, written comments must be received on or before May 30, 2006. No public hearing will be held.

To be ensured of consideration, written comments must be received on or before May 30, 2006. No public hearing will be held. By telephone--Kenneth M. Schor, at Administrative Practice and Procedure Courts Freedom of Information Inventions and Patents Reporting and Recordkeeping Requirements Small Businesses Biologics Lawyers Patent cases: Ex parte and inter partes reexamination requirements; revisions and technical corrections, AB77.comments@uspto.gov kenneth.schor@uspto.gov http://www.regulations.gov http://www.uspto.gov Vol. 71, no. 61 Office of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration 2006-03-30 continuing daily deposited born digital 190 p. Table of Contents: AE 2.7: GS 4.107: AE 2.106: KF70.A2 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/FR-2006-03-30 P0b002ee180967335 0097-6326 0042-1219 0364-1406 769-004-00000-9 000582072 f:fr30mr06 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/FR-2006-03-30 https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2006-03-30/pdf/FR-2006-03-30.pdf https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2006-03-30/xml/FR-2006-03-30.xml fdlp 16015 16192 DGPO 2010-09-22 2024-06-06 FR-2006-03-30 machine generated eng FR FR-2006-03-30 71 61