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Code of Federal Regulations (Last Updated: May 6, 2024) |
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Title 37 - Patents, Trademarks, and Copyrights |
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Chapter I - United States Patent and Trademark Office, Department of Commerce |
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SubChapter A - General |
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Part 42 - Trial Practice Before the Patent Trial and Appeal Board |
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Subpart C - Post-Grant Review |
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After Institution of Post-Grant Review |
§ 42.220 - Patent owner response.
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§ 42.220 Patent owner response.
(a) Scope. A patent owner may file a single response to the petition addressing any ground for unpatentability not already deniedand/or decision on institution. A patent owner response is filed as an opposition and is subject to the page limits provided in § 42.24.
(b) Due date for response. If no date for filing a patent owner response to a petition is provided in a Board order, the default date for filing a patent owner response is three months from the date the post-grant review is instituted.
[77 FR 48729, Aug. 14, 2012, as amended at 85 FR 79129, Dec. 9, 2020]