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Rules of Practice for Trials Before Patent Trial and Appeal Board and Judicial Review of Patent and Trial and Appeal Board Decisions (Us Patent and Trademark Office Regulation) (Pto) (2018 Edition) The Law Library

The Law Library presents the complete text of the Rules of Practice for Trials before Patent Trial and Appeal Board and Judicial Review of Patent and Trial and Appeal Board Decisions (US Patent and Trademark Office Regulation) (PTO) (2018 Edition).

Updated as of May 29, 2018



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.



This ebook contains:

- The complete text of the Rules of Practice for Trials before Patent Trial and Appeal Board and Judicial Review of Patent and Trial and Appeal Board Decisions (US Patent and Trademark Office Regulation) (PTO) (2018 Edition)

- A dynamic table of content linking to each section

- A table of contents in introduction presenting a general overview of the structure