Code of Federal Regulations (Last Updated: November 8, 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 |
Subpart H - Inter Partes Reexamination of Patents That Issued From an Original Application Filed in the United States on or After November 29, 1999
Information Disclosure inInter Partes Reexamination |
§ 1.933 - Patent owner duty of disclosure in inter partes reexamination proceedings. |
Requirements for Inter Partes Reexamination Proceedings |
Appeal to the Patent Trial and Appeal Board inInter Partes Reexamination |
§ 1.959 - Appeal in inter partes reexamination. |
§ 1.979 - Return of Jurisdiction from the Patent Trial and Appeal Board; termination of appeal proceedings. |
§ 1.981 - Reopening after a final decision of the Patent Trial and Appeal Board. |
§§ 1.961--1.977 - [Reserved] |
Concurrent Proceedings Involving Same Patent in Inter Partes Reexamination |
Appeal to the Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences in Inter Partes Reexamination |
§ 1.961 - Jurisdiction over appeal in inter partes reexamination. |
§ 1.962 - Appellant and respondent in inter partes reexamination defined. |
§ 1.963 - Time for filing briefs in inter partes reexamination. |
§ 1.965 - Appellant's brief in inter partes reexamination. |
§ 1.967 - Respondent's brief in inter partes reexamination. |
§ 1.969 - Examiner's answer in inter partes reexamination. |
§ 1.971 - Rebuttal brief in inter partes reexamination. |
§ 1.973 - Oral hearing in inter partes reexamination. |
§ 1.975 - Affidavits or declarations after appeal in inter partes reexamination. |
§ 1.977 - Decision by the Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences; remand to examiner in inter partes reexamination. |
Appeal to the Patent Trial and Appeal Board in Inter Partes Reexamination |
Office Actions and Responses (Before the Examiner) in Inter Partes Reexamination |
Concurrent Proceedings Involving Same Patent in Inter Partes Reexamination |
Appeal to the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit in Inter Partes Reexamination |
Interviews Prohibited inInter Partes Reexamination |
§ 1.955 - Interviews prohibited in inter partes reexamination proceedings. |
Patent Owner Appeal to the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit in Inter Partes Reexamination |
Information Disclosure in Inter Partes Reexamination |
Appeal to the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit in Inter Partes Reexamination |
Inter Partes Reexamination of Patents |
§ 1.931 - Order for inter partes reexamination. |
Reexamination Certificate in Inter Partes Reexamination |
Extensions of Time, Terminating of Reexamination Prosecution, and Petitions to Revive in Inter Partes Reexamination |
Requirements for Inter Partes Reexamination Proceedings |
Office Actions and Responses (Before the Examiner) inInter Partes Reexamination |
§ 1.935 - Initial Office action usually accompanies order for inter partes reexamination. |
§ 1.937 - Conduct of inter partes reexamination. |
§ 1.939 - Unauthorized papers in inter partes reexamination. |
§ 1.941 - Amendments by patent owner in inter partes reexamination. |
§ 1.943 - Requirements of responses, written comments, and briefs in inter partes reexamination. |
§ 1.945 - Response to Office action by patent owner in inter partes reexamination. |
§ 1.947 - Comments by third party requester to patent owner's response in inter partes reexamination. |
§ 1.948 - Limitations on submission of prior art by third party requester following the order for inter partes reexamination. |
§ 1.949 - Examiner's Office action closing prosecution in inter partes reexamination. |
§ 1.951 - Options after Office action closing prosecution in inter partes reexamination. |
§ 1.953 - Examiner's Right of Appeal Notice in inter partes reexamination. |
Reexamination Certificate inInter Partes Reexamination |
§ 1.997 - Issuance and publication of inter partes reexamination certificate concludes inter partes reexamination proceeding. |
Prior Art Citations |
§ 1.902 - Processing of prior art citations during an inter partes reexamination proceeding. |
Reexamination Certificate in Inter Partes Reexamination |
Interviews Prohibited in Inter Partes Reexamination |
Appeal to the Patent Trial and Appeal Board in Inter Partes Reexamination |
Extensions of Time, Terminating of Reexamination Prosecution, and Petitions To Revive in Inter Partes Reexamination |
Extensions of Time, Terminating of Reexamination Prosecution, and Petitions to Revive inInter Partes Reexamination |
§ 1.956 - Patent owner extensions of time in inter partes reexamination. |
§ 1.957 - Failure to file a timely, appropriate or complete response or comment in inter partes reexamination. |
§ 1.958 - Petition to revive inter partes reexamination prosecution terminated for lack of patent owner response. |
Requirements forInter Partes Reexamination Proceedings |
§ 1.903 - Service of papers on parties in inter partes reexamination. |
§ 1.904 - Notice of inter partes reexamination in Official Gazette. |
§ 1.905 - Submission of papers by the public in inter partes reexamination. |
§ 1.906 - Scope of reexamination in inter partes reexamination proceeding. |
§ 1.907 - Inter partes reexamination prohibited. |
§ 1.913 - Persons eligible to file, and time for filing, a request for inter partes reexamination. |
§ 1.915 - Content of request for inter partes reexamination. |
§ 1.919 - Filing date of request for inter partes reexamination. |
§ 1.923 - Examiner's determination on the request for inter partes reexamination. |
§ 1.925 - Partial refund if request for inter partes reexamination is not ordered. |
§ 1.927 - Petition to review refusal to order inter partes reexamination. |
Office Actions and Responses (Before the Examiner) in Inter Partes Reexamination |
Interviews Prohibited in Inter Partes Reexamination |
Concurrent Proceedings Involving Same Patent inInter Partes Reexamination |
§ 1.985 - Notification of prior or concurrent proceedings in inter partes reexamination. |
§ 1.987 - Suspension of inter partes reexamination proceeding due to litigation. |
§ 1.989 - Merger of concurrent reexamination proceedings. |
§ 1.991 - Merger of concurrent reissue application and inter partes reexamination proceeding. |
§ 1.993 - Suspension of concurrent interference and inter partes reexamination proceeding. |
§ 1.995 - Third party requester's participation rights preserved in merged proceeding. |
Inter Partes Reexamination of Patents |
Extensions of Time, Termination of Proceedings, and Petitions To Revive in Inter Partes Reexamination |
Appeal to the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit inInter Partes Reexamination |
§ 1.983 - Appeal to the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit in inter partes reexamination. |
Information Disclosure in Inter Partes Reexamination |