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 2007_register executive 2010-09-22 article Rules and Regulations D09002ee1c80b1fd0 D09002ee1c80b2075 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 revising the rules of practice relating to ex parte and inter partes reexamination. The Office is designating 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 simplifying 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 revising the rules to prohibit supplemental patent owner responses to an Office action in an inter partes reexamination proceeding without a showing of sufficient cause. Finally, the Office is making miscellaneous clarifying changes as to terminology and applicability of the reexamination rules. The Office is not implementing its proposal (that was set forth in the proposed rule making) to newly provide for a patent owner reply to a request for reexamination, prior to the Office's decision on the request. 72 FR 18892 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/FR-2007-04-16/E7-7202 E7-7202 fr16ap07-17 RIN 0651-AB77 3510-16-P Docket No.: PTO-P-2005-0016 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/FR-2007-04-16/E7-7202 https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2007-04-16/html/E7-7202.htm https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2007-04-16/pdf/E7-7202.pdf Administrative Practice and Procedure Courts Freedom of Information Inventions and Patents Reporting and Recordkeeping Requirements Small Businesses Biologics Lawyers 16 p. 18892 18907 72 FR 18892 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. 72, Issue RULE E7-7202 DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE Patent and Trademark Office 2007-05-16 Docket No.: PTO-P-2005-0016 3510-16-P E7-7202 Final rule.

The United States Patent and Trademark Office (Office) is revising the rules of practice relating to ex parte and inter partes reexamination. The Office is designating 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 simplifying 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 revising the rules to prohibit supplemental patent owner responses to an Office action in an inter partes reexamination proceeding without a showing of sufficient cause. Finally, the Office is making miscellaneous clarifying changes as to terminology and applicability of the reexamination rules. The Office is not implementing its proposal (that was set forth in the proposed rule making) to newly provide for a patent owner reply to a request for reexamination, prior to the Office's decision on the request.

Effective Date: May 16, 2007. By telephone--Kenneth M. Schor, Senior 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, kenneth.schor@uspto.gov http://www.uspto.gov www.uspto.gov Vol. 72, no. 72 Office of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration 2007-04-16 continuing daily deposited born digital 259 p. Table of Contents: AE 2.7: GS 4.107: AE 2.106: KF70.A2 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/FR-2007-04-16 P0b002ee18095162e 0097-6326 0042-1219 0364-1406 769-004-00000-9 000582072 f:fr16ap07 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/FR-2007-04-16 https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2007-04-16/pdf/FR-2007-04-16.pdf https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2007-04-16/xml/FR-2007-04-16.xml fdlp 18847 19092 DGPO 2010-09-22 2024-06-05 FR-2007-04-16 machine generated eng FR FR-2007-04-16 72 72