Code of Federal Regulations (Last Updated: July 5, 2024) |
Title 37 - Patents, Trademarks, and Copyrights |
Chapter I - United States Patent and Trademark Office, Department of Commerce |
SubChapter A - General |
Part 1 - Rules of Practice in Patent Cases |
Subpart H - Inter Partes Reexamination of Patents That Issued From an Original Application Filed in the United States on or After November 29, 1999 |
Appeal to the Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences in Inter Partes Reexamination |
§ 1.961 - Jurisdiction over appeal in inter partes reexamination.
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Jurisdiction over the
inter partes reexamination proceeding passes to the Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences upon transmittal of the file, including all briefs and examiner's answers, to the Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences. Prior to the entry of a decision on the appeal, the Director maysua sponte order theinter partes reexamination proceeding remanded to the examiner for action consistent with the Director's order.