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 2012_register executive 2012-08-14 article Part II Rules and Regulations D09002ee1c7fc98dd D09002ee1c7fc99c6 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 or USPTO) is revising the rules of practice to implement the provisions of the Leahy-Smith America Invents Act ("AIA") that provide for trials before the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (Board). This final rule provides a consolidated set of rules relating to Board trial practice for inter partes review, post-grant review, the transitional program for covered business method patents, and derivation proceedings. This final rule also provides a consolidated set of rules to implement the provisions of the AIA related to seeking judicial review of Board decisions. 77 FR 48612 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/FR-2012-08-14/2012-17900 2012-17900 fr14au12-13 RIN 0651-AC70 3510-16-P Docket No. PTO-P-2011-0082 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/FR-2012-08-14/2012-17900 https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2012-08-14/html/2012-17900.htm https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2012-08-14/pdf/2012-17900.pdf Administrative Practice and Procedure Courts Freedom of Information Inventions and Patents Reporting and Recordkeeping Requirements Small Businesses Lawyers 67 p. 48612 48678 77 FR 48612 Title 37 Part 1 37 CFR Part 1 Title 37 Part 42 37 CFR Part 42 Title 37 Part 90 37 CFR Part 90 RIN 0651-AC70 Rules of Practice for Trials Before the Patent Trial and Appeal Board and Judicial Review of Patent Trial and Appeal Board Decisions; Federal Register Vol. 77, Issue RULE 2012-17900 II DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE Patent and Trademark Office 2012-09-16 Docket No. PTO-P-2011-0082 3510-16-P 2012-17900 Final rule.

The United States Patent and Trademark Office (Office or USPTO) is revising the rules of practice to implement the provisions of the Leahy-Smith America Invents Act ("AIA") that provide for trials before the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (Board). This final rule provides a consolidated set of rules relating to Board trial practice for inter partes review, post-grant review, the transitional program for covered business method patents, and derivation proceedings. This final rule also provides a consolidated set of rules to implement the provisions of the AIA related to seeking judicial review of Board decisions.

Effective Date: The changes in this final rule take effect on September 16, 2012. Michael P. Tierney, Lead Administrative Patent Judge, Scott R. Boalick, Lead Administrative Patent Judge, Robert A. Clarke, Administrative Patent Judge, Joni Y. Chang, Administrative Patent Judge, Thomas L. Giannetti, Administrative Patent Judge, Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences, by telephone at (571) 272-9797. Administrative Practice and Procedure Courts Freedom of Information Inventions and Patents Reporting and Recordkeeping Requirements Small Businesses Lawyers Rules of Practice for Trials before Patent Trial and Appeal Board and Judicial Review of Decisions , http://portal.uspto.gov/external/portal/pair http://www.cafc.uscourts.gov/images/stories/announcements/Ediscovery_Model_Order.pdf http://www.uspto.gov/about/stratplan/ar/2010/USPTOFY2010PAR.pdf http://www.uspto.gov/about/stratplan/ar/2011/USPTOFY2011PAR.pdf http://www.uspto.gov/ip/boards/bpai/stats/perform/index.jsp http://www.uspto.gov/ip/boards/bpai/stats/receipts/index.jsp http://www.uspto.gov/patents/Reexamination_operational_statistic_through_FY2011Q4.pdf http://www.uspto.gov/patents/stats/reexam_operational_statistics_FY12Q2.pdf http://www.uspto.gov/web/patents/classification/uspc705/defs705.htm http://www.uspto.gov/web/patents/classification/uspc705/sched705.pdf www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain www.uscourts.gov/uscourts/Statistics/JudicialBusiness/2010/appendices/C02ASep10.pdf Vol. 77, no. 157 Office of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration 2012-08-14 continuing daily deposited born digital 443 p. Table of Contents: AE 2.7: GS 4.107: AE 2.106: KF70.A2 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/FR-2012-08-14 P0b002ee1833d57aa 0097-6326 0042-1219 0364-1406 769-004-00000-9 000582072 f:fr14au12 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/FR-2012-08-14 https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2012-08-14/pdf/FR-2012-08-14.pdf https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2012-08-14/xml/FR-2012-08-14.xml fdlp 48419 48853 DGPO 2012-08-14 2024-06-03 FR-2012-08-14 machine generated eng FR FR-2012-08-14 77 157