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Rules Governing Director Review of Patent Trial and Appeal Board Decisions
The Patent and Trademark Office published this final rule in the Federal Register on October 1, 2024. It took effect on October 31, 2024.
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What the agency says
The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO or Office) is adding a new rule to govern the process for the review of Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB or Board) decisions in Leahy-Smith America Invents Act (AIA) proceedings by the Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Director of the United States Patent and Trademark Office (Director). The new rule promotes the accuracy, consistency, and integrity of PTAB decision-making in AIA proceedings.
Key facts
- Document number
- 2024-22194
- Type
- Final rule
- Action
- Final rule
- Agency
- Commerce Department; Patent and Trademark Office
- Published
- October 1, 2024
- Takes effect
- October 31, 2024
- Dates
- This rule is effective October 31, 2024.
- Docket
- Docket No. PTO-P-2024-0014
- Regulation ID (RIN)
- 0651-AD79
- Code of Federal Regulations
- 37 CFR 42
- Topics
- Administrative practice and procedure; Inventions and patents; Lawyers
- Pages
- 9
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