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 V Rules and Regulations D09002ee1c7fc98e0 D09002ee1c7fc99c9 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 Leahy-Smith America Invents Act (AIA) establishes several new trial proceedings to be conducted by the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (Board) including inter partes review, post-grant review, the transitional program for covered business method patents, and derivation proceedings. In separate rulemakings, the United States Patent and Trademark Office (Office or USPTO) is revising the rules of practice to implement these provisions of the AIA that provide for the trial proceedings before the Board. The Office publishes in this notice a practice guide for the trial final rules to advise the public on the general framework of the regulations, including the structure and times for taking action in each of the new proceedings. 77 FR 48756 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/FR-2012-08-14/2012-17908 2012-17908 fr14au12-16 3510-16-P Docket No. PTO-P-2011-0094 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/FR-2012-08-14/2012-17908 https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2012-08-14/html/2012-17908.htm https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2012-08-14/pdf/2012-17908.pdf 18 p. 48756 48773 77 FR 48756 Title 37 Part 42 37 CFR Part 42 Office Patent Trial Practice Guide; Federal Register Vol. 77, Issue RULE 2012-17908 V DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE Patent and Trademark Office 2012-09-16 Docket No. PTO-P-2011-0094 3510-16-P 2012-17908 Notice of practice guide.

The Leahy-Smith America Invents Act (AIA) establishes several new trial proceedings to be conducted by the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (Board) including inter partes review, post-grant review, the transitional program for covered business method patents, and derivation proceedings. In separate rulemakings, the United States Patent and Trademark Office (Office or USPTO) is revising the rules of practice to implement these provisions of the AIA that provide for the trial proceedings before the Board. The Office publishes in this notice a practice guide for the trial final rules to advise the public on the general framework of the regulations, including the structure and times for taking action in each of the new proceedings.

Effective Date: This practice guide applies to inter partes review, post-grant review, and covered business method patent review proceedings commencing on or after September 16, 2012, as well as derivation proceedings commencing on or after March 16, 2013. Michael Tierney, Lead Administrative Patent Judge, Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences (will be renamed as Patent Trial and Appeal Board on September 16, 2012), by telephone at (571) 272-9797. Office Patent Trial Practice Guide , www.cafc.uscourts.gov www.uspto.gov/PTAB 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