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Appendix R Consolidated Patent Rules - January 2022 UpdateTitle 37 - Code of Federal RegulationsPatents, Trademarks, and Copyrights[Editor Note: Current as of December 29, 2021. The Federal Register is the authoritative source and should beconsulted if a need arises to verify the authenticity of the language reproduced below. This Consolidated Rulesdocument incorporates the following final rule actions that became effective subsequent to the publication ofMPEP Revision 10.2019 (which was updated as of October 2019):(1) Patent Term Adjustment Reductions in View of the Federal Circuit Decision in Supernus Pharm., Inc. v. Iancu,85 FR 36335, June 16, 2020, effective July 16, 2020;(2) Facilitating the Use of the World Intellectual Property Organization’s ePCT System To Prepare InternationalApplications for Filing With the United States Receiving Office, 85 FR 61604, September 30, 2020, effectiveSeptember 30, 2020;(3) Setting and Adjusting Patent Fees During Fiscal Year 2020, 85 FR 46932, August 3, 2020, effective October2, 2020 and January 1, 2022;(4) Setting and Adjusting Patent Fees During Fiscal Year 2020, correction, 85 FR 58282, September 18, 2020,effective October 2, 2020;(5) PTAB Rules of Practice for Instituting on All Challenged Patent Claims and All Grounds and Eliminating thePresumption at Institution Favoring Petitioner as to Testimonial Evidence, 85 FR 79120, December 9, 2020,effective January 8, 2021;(6) Small Entity Government Use License Exception, 85 FR 82917, December 21, 2020, effective January 20,2021, corrected to effective January 21, 2021, 86 FR 2542, January 13, 2021 and correction withdrawn 86 FR3815, January 15, 2021;(7) Rules of Practice To Allocate the Burden of Persuasion on Motions To Amend in Trial Proceedings Beforethe Patent Trial and Appeal Board, 85 FR 82923, December 21, 2020, effective January 20, 2021, corrected toeffective January 21, 2021, 86 FR 2542, January 13, 2021 and correction withdrawn 86 FR 3815, January 15,2021;(8) Changes to Representation of Others Before the United States Patent and Trademark Office, 86 FR 28442,May 26, 2021, effective June 25, 2021;(9) Changes to Representation of Others Before the United States Patent and Trademark Office; Correction, 86FR 32640, June 22, 2021, effective June 25, 2021;(10) Removal of Certain Rules of Patent Practice, 86 FR 35226, July 2, 2021, effective July 2, 2021;(11) Mailing Address Changes Related to USPTO Deposit Accounts and Patent Maintenance Fees, 86 FR 35229,July 2, 2021, effective July 2, 2021;(12) 2021 Increase of the Annual Limit on Accepted Requests for Track One Prioritized Examination, 86 FR52988, September 24, 2021, effective September 24, 2021;(13) Electronic Submission of a Sequence Listing, a Large Table, or a Computer Program Listing Appendix inPatent Applications, 86 FR 57035, October 14, 2021, effective November 15, 2021;(14) Setting and Adjusting Patent Fees During Fiscal Year 2020, 86 FR 66192, November 22, 2021, effectiveJanuary 1, 2023; and(15) Electronic Submission of a Sequence Listing, a Large Table, or a Computer Program Listing Appendix inPatent Applications; Correction, 86 FR 73985, December 29, 2021, effective December 29, 2021.]PART 2 RULES OF PRACTICE IN TRADEMARK CASES[See the Trademark Federal Statutes and Rules (TFSR)]PART 3 ASSIGNMENT, RECORDING AND RIGHTS OFASSIGNEEPART 4 COMPLAINTS REGARDING INVENTIONPROMOTERSPART 5 SECRECY OF CERTAIN INVENTIONS ANDLICENSES TO EXPORT AND FILE APPLICATIONS INFOREIGN COUNTRIESCHAPTER I—UNITED STATES PATENTAND TRADEMARK OFFICE, DEPARTMENTOF COMMERCESUBCHAPTER A – GENERALPATENTSPART 1 RULES OF PRACTICE IN PATENT CASESINDEX I RULES RELATING TO PATENTSR-1January 2022
MANUAL OF PATENT EXAMINING PROCEDURE1.4PRACTICE BEFORE THE PATENT ANDTRADEMARK OFFICE1.5PART 10 [Reserved]PART 11 REPRESENTATION OF OTHERS BEFORE THEUNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE1.61.7INDEX II RULES RELATING TO REPRESENTATION OFOTHERS BEFORE THE UNITED STATES PATENT ANDTRADEMARK OFFICE1.81.91.10PART 41 PRACTICE BEFORE THE PATENT TRIAL ANDAPPEAL BOARDPART 42 TRIAL PRACTICE BEFORE THE PATENT TRIALAND APPEAL BOARDPART 90 JUDICIAL REVIEW OF PATENT TRIAL ANDAPPEAL BOARD DECISIONSNature of correspondence and signaturerequirements.Identification of patent, patent application,or patent-related proceeding.Receipt of correspondence.Times for taking action; Expiration onSaturday, Sunday or Federal holiday.Certificate of mailing or transmission.Definitions.Filing of correspondence by Priority MailExpress .RECORDS AND FILES OF THE PATENT ANDTRADEMARK OFFICE1.111.12SUBCHAPTER B – ADMINISTRATION1.12PART 102 DISCLOSURE OF GOVERNMENTINFORMATIONPART 104 LEGAL PROCESSES1.131.14SUBCHAPTER C – PROTECTION OFFOREIGN MASK WORKS1.14PART 150 REQUESTS FOR PRESIDENTIALPROCLAMATIONS PURSUANT TO 17 U.S.C. 902(a)(2)1.15Files open to the public.Assignment records open to publicinspection.(pre-AIA) Assignment records open topublic inspection.Copies and certified copies.Patent applications preserved inconfidence.(pre-AIA) Patent applications preserved inconfidence.[Reserved]FEES AND PAYMENT OF MONEYCHAPTER I — UNITED STATESPATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE,DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE1.161.17SUBCHAPTER A — 1.27PART 1 — RULES OF PRACTICE IN PATENTCASESGeneral ProvisionsGENERAL INFORMATION ANDCORRESPONDENCESec.1.11.21.3Addresses for non-trademarkcorrespondence with the United StatesPatent and Trademark Office.Business to be transacted in writing.Business to be conducted with decorumand courtesy.January 20221.27R-2National application filing, search, andexamination fees.Patent application and reexaminationprocessing fees.Patent post allowance (including issue)fees.Document supply fees.Post-issuance fees.Miscellaneous fees and charges.Fees payable in advance.Methods of payment.[Reserved]Deposit accounts.Refunds.Definition of small entities and establishingstatus as a small entity to permit paymentof small entity fees; when a determinationof entitlement to small entity status andnotification of loss of entitlement to smallentity status are required; fraud on theOffice.(pre-AIA) Definition of small entities andestablishing status as a small entity to
CONSOLIDATED PATENT RULES - JANUARY 2022 UPDATE1.281.29permit payment of small entity fees; whena determination of entitlement to smallentity status and notification of loss ofentitlement to small entity status arerequired; fraud on the Office.Refunds when small entity status is laterestablished; how errors in small entitystatus are excused.Micro entity status.1.471.471.48THE APPLICATION1.511.52National Processing ProvisionsPROSECUTION OF APPLICATION ANDAPPOINTMENT OF ATTORNEY OR pplicant may be represented by one ormore patent practitioners or joint inventors.Power of attorney.(pre-AIA) Power of attorney.Correspondence respecting patentapplications, reexamination proceedings,and other proceedings.(pre-AIA) Correspondence respectingpatent applications, reexaminationproceedings, and other proceedings.Acting in a representative capacity.Revocation of power of attorney;withdrawal of patent attorney or agent.(pre-AIA) Revocation of power ofattorney; withdrawal of patent attorney 611.62WHO MAY APPLY FOR A [Reserved](pre-AIA) Filing when an inventor refusesto sign or cannot be reached.Correction of inventorship pursuant to 35U.S.C. 116 or correction of the name ororder of names in a patent application,other than a reissue application.Inventorship.(pre-AIA) Applicant for patent.Applicant for patent.(pre-AIA) When the inventor is dead.Application for patent by a legalrepresentative of a deceased or legallyincapacitated inventor.(pre-AIA) When the inventor is insane orlegally incapacitated.[Reserved]Application for patent by joint inventors.(pre-AIA) Joint inventors.Application for patent by an assignee,obligated assignee, or a person whootherwise shows sufficient proprietaryinterest in the matter.(pre-AIA) Assigned inventions and patents.General requisites of an application.Language, paper, writing, margins,read-only optical disc specifications.Application number, filing date, andcompletion of application.(pre-PLT (AIA)) Application number,filing date, and completion of application.(pre-AIA) Application number, filing date,and completion of application.Parts of application to be filed together;filing receipt.Claim for foreign priority.Duty to disclose information material topatentability.(pre-AIA) Duty to disclose informationmaterial to patentability.Incorporation by reference.(pre-PLT) Incorporation by reference.Chemical and mathematical formulas andtables.Expungement of information or copy ofpapers in application file.[Reserved][Reserved][Reserved]OATH OR 9R-3Inventor’s oath or declaration.(pre-AIA) Oath or declaration.Substitute statement in lieu of an oath ordeclaration.(pre-AIA) Person making oath ordeclaration.Statements under oath.(pre-AIA) Officers authorized toadminister oaths.Supplemental oath or declaration.(pre-AIA) Supplemental oath ordeclaration.Declaration in lieu of oath.Foreign language oaths and declarations.January 2022
MANUAL OF PATENT EXAMINING .761.771.781.79Detailed description and specification ofthe invention.Title and abstract.Summary of the invention.Reference to drawings.Claim(s).Application data sheet.(2012-09-16 thru 2013-12-17) Applicationdata sheet.(pre-AIA) Application data sheet.Arrangement of application elements.Claiming benefit of earlier filing date andcross-references to other applications.[Reserved]1.110ACTION BY APPLICANT AND FURTHERCONSIDERATION1.1111.1121.1131.114THE DRAWINGS1.811.811.811.831.841.851.88Drawings required in patent application.(2012-09-16 thru 2013-12-17) Drawingsrequired in patent application.(pre-AIA) Drawings required in patentapplication.Content of drawing.Standards for drawings.Corrections to odels or exhibits not generally admittedas part of application or patent.[Reserved]Specimens.Return of models, exhibits or specimens.Copies of exhibits.Submission of computer program listings.1.991.129Filing of information disclosure statement.Content of information cement of examination.Suspension of action by the Office.January 2022Transitional procedures for limitedexamination after final rejection andrestriction practice.AFFIDAVITS OVERCOMING REJECTIONSEXAMINATION OF APPLICATIONS1.1011.1021.103Preliminary amendments.Amendments and affidavits or otherevidence after final action and prior toappeal.[Reserved][Reserved][Reserved]Manner of making amendments itute specification.Numbering of claims.[Reserved]TRANSITIONAL PROVISIONSINFORMATION DISCLOSURE STATEMENT1.971.98Reply by applicant or patent owner to anon-final Office action.Reconsideration before final action.Final rejection or action.Request for continued examination.AMENDMENTSMODELS, EXHIBITS, SPECIMENS1.91Nature of examination.Requirements for information.(pre-AIA) Requirements for e filing date of a claimed inventionunder the Leahy-Smith America InventsAct.Inventorship and ownership of the subjectmatter of individual claims.1.131R-4Affidavit or declaration of attribution orprior public disclosure under theLeahy-Smith America Invents Act.Affidavit or declaration of prior inventionor to disqualify commonly owned patentor published application as prior art.
CONSOLIDATED PATENT RULES - JANUARY 2022 UPDATE1.132Affidavits or declarations traversingrejections or iews.1.1711.1721.1721.173TIME FOR REPLY BY APPLICANT;ABANDONMENT OF APPLICATION1.1341.1351.1361.1371.1381.139Time period for reply to an Office action.Abandonment for failure to reply withintime period.Extensions of time.Revival of abandoned application, orterminated or limited reexaminationprosecution.Express 781.179JOINDER OF INVENTIONS IN ONE 1461.1531.1541.1551.1811.1821.1831.184Different inventions in one nationalapplication.Requirement for restriction.Reconsideration of requirement.Petition from requirement for restriction.Subsequent presentation of claims fordifferent invention.Election of species.1.1641.165Petition to the Director.Questions not specifically provided for.Suspension of rules.[Reserved]APPEAL TO THE PATENT TRIAL AND 8Rules applicable.Design drawings.Title, description and claim, oath ordeclaration.(pre-AIA) Title, description and claim, oathor declaration.Arrangement of application elements in adesign application.Expedited examination of designapplications.Appeal to Patent Trial and Appeal erved]Termination of proceedings.Reopening after a final decision of thePatent Trial and Appeal Board.PUBLICATION OF APPLICATIONS1.2111.2111.2131.2151.2151.217PLANT PATENTS1.1611.1621.1621.163Application for reissue.Reissue applicant.(pre-AIA) Applicants, assignees.Reissue specification, drawings, andamendments.[Reserved]Inventor’s oath or declaration for a reissueapplication.(pre-AIA) Reissue oath or declaration.Examination of reissue.Issuance of multiple reissue patents.Original patent; continuing duty ofapplicant.[Reserved]PETITIONS AND ACTION BY THE DIRECTORDESIGN PATENTS1.1511.1521.153Specimens.Examination.Rules applicable.Applicant, oath or declaration.(pre-AIA) Applicant, oath or declaration.Specification and arrangement ofapplication elements in a plant application.Claim.Plant Drawings.1.2191.221R-5Publication of applications.(pre-AIA) Publication of applications.Nonpublication request.Patent application publication.(pre-AIA) Patent application publication.Publication of a redacted copy of anapplication.Early publication.Voluntary publication or republication ofpatent application publication.January 2022
MANUAL OF PATENT EXAMINING PROCEDUREMISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS1.2481.2511.318Service of papers; manner of service; proofof service in cases other than interferencesand trials.Unlocatable file.[Reserved]DISCLAIMER1.3211.321PREISSUANCE SUBMISSIONS AND PROTESTS BYTHIRD PARTIESStatutory disclaimers, including terminaldisclaimers.(pre-AIA) Statutory disclaimers, includingterminal disclaimers.CORRECTION OF ERRORS IN 51.2961.2961.2971.297Submissions by third parties inapplications.Protests by the public against 03-16) Statutory inventionregistration.[Reserved](pre-2013-03-16) Examination of requestfor publication of a statutory inventionregistration and patent application to whichthe request is directed.[Reserved](pre-2013-03-16) Review of decisionfinally refusing to publish a statutoryinvention registration.[Reserved](pre-2013-03-16) Withdrawal of requestfor publication of statutory inventionregistration.[Reserved](pre-2013-03-16) Publication of statutoryinvention registration.1.3221.3231.3241.325ARBITRATION ][Reserved][Reserved]Filing of notice of arbitration awards.1.3511.352[Reserved][Reserved]MAINTENANCE FEES1.3621.3631.3661.377REVIEW OF PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICEDECISIONS BY [Reserved][Reserved]1.317GENERAL INFORMATIONSec.1.401Notice of Allowance.Amendments after allowance.Withdrawal from issue.Issuance of patent.Delivery of patent.Application abandoned for failure to payissue fee.[Reserved]January 2022Time for payment of maintenance fees.Fee address for maintenance fee purposes.Submission of maintenance fees.Review of decision refusing to accept andrecord payment of a maintenance fee filedprior to expiration of patent.Acceptance of delayed payment ofmaintenance fee in expired patent toreinstate patent.International Processing ProvisionsALLOWANCE AND ISSUE OF PATENT1.3111.3121.3131.3141.3151.316Certificate of correction of Office mistake.Certificate of correction of applicant’smistake.Correction of inventorship in patent,pursuant to 35 U.S.C. 256.Other mistakes not corrected.1.4121.413R-6Definitions of terms under the PatentCooperation Treaty.The United States Receiving Office.The United States International SearchingAuthority.
CONSOLIDATED PATENT RULES - JANUARY 2022 UPDATE1.4141.4151.4161.4171.419The United States Patent and TrademarkOffice as a Designated Office or ElectedOffice.The International Bureau.The United States International PreliminaryExamining Authority.Submission of translation of internationalpublication.Display of currently valid control numberunder the Paperwork Reduction 4231.4231.4241.4251.461Applicant for international application.(pre-AIA) Applicant for internationalapplication.Legal representative as applicant in aninternational application.(pre-AIA) When the inventor is dead.[Reserved](pre-AIA) When the inventor is insane orlegally incapacitated.Assignee, obligated assignee, or personhaving sufficient proprietary interest asapplicant in an international 371.4381.4651.4681.4711.472Corrections and amendments duringinternational processing.Changes in person, name, or address ofapplicants and inventors.UNITY OF INVENTION1.475International application requirements.(pre-AIA) International applicationrequirements.Designation of States by filing aninternational application.Physical requirements of internationalapplication.The request.The description.The claims.The drawings.The abstract.1.4761.477Unity of invention before the InternationalSearching Authority, the InternationalPreliminary Examining Authority andduring the national stage.Determination of unity of invention beforethe International Searching Authority.Protest to lack of unity of invention beforethe International Searching Authority.INTERNATIONAL PRELIMINARY EXAMINATION1.4801.4811.446Timing of application processing based onthe priority date.Delays in meeting time limits.AMENDMENTSFEES1.445Procedures for transmittal of record copyto the International Bureau.TIMINGTHE INTERNATIONAL APPLICATION1.4311.431Representation in internationalapplications.TRANSMITTAL OF RECORD COPYWHO MAY FILE AN INTERNATIONALAPPLICATION1.4211.421The priority claim and priority documentin an international application.Restoration of right of priority.Transmittal of documents relating to earliersearch or classification.1.482International application filing, processingand search fees.Refund of international application filingand processing fees.1.4841.485PRIORITYR-7Demand for international preliminaryexamination.Payment of international preliminaryexamination fees.International preliminary examination andprocessing fees.Conduct of international preliminaryexamination.Amendments by applicant duringinternational preliminary examination.January 2022
MANUAL OF PATENT EXAMINING PROCEDURE1.4881.489Determination of unity of invention beforethe International Preliminary ExaminingAuthority.Protest to lack of unity of invention beforethe International Preliminary ExaminingAuthority.1.5351.5401.550NATIONAL 1.4991.552National stage commencement, entry, andfulfillment.(pre-AIA) National stage commencementand entry.National stage fees.[Reserved]Entering the national stage in the UnitedStates of America.(pre-AIA) Entering the national stage inthe United States of America.Examination of international applicationsin the national stage.Inventor’s oath or declaration under 35U.S.C. 371(c)(4).(pre-AIA) Oath or declaration under 35U.S.C. 371(c)(4).Unity of invention during the 1.6051.610CITATION OF PRIOR ART AND WRITTENSTATEMENTS1.5021.615Citation of prior art and written statementsin patent files.Processing of prior art citations during anex parte reexamination proceeding.1.6201.625REQUEST FOR EX PARTE REEXAMINATION1.5101.5151.520ADJUSTMENT OF PATENT TERM DUE TOEXAMINATION DELAYSec.1.701Order for ex parte reexamination.Statement by patent owner in ex partereexamination; amendment by patentowner in ex parte or inter partesJanuary 2022Filing of papers in supplementalexamination.Items of information.Content of request for supplementalexamination.Format of papers filed in a supplementalexamination proceeding.Conduct of supplemental examinationproceeding.Conclusion of supplemental examination;publication of supplemental examinationcertificate; procedure after conclusion.Adjustment and Extension of Patent TermRequest for ex parte reexamination.Determination of the request for ex partereexamination.Ex parte reexamination at the initiative ofthe Director.EX PARTE REEXAMINATION1.5251.530Issuance and publication of ex partereexamination certificate concludes exparte reexamination proceeding.Supplemental Examination of PatentsEx Parte Reexamination of PatentsSec.1.501reexamination; inventorship change in exparte or inter partes reexamination.Reply by third party requester in ex partereexamination.Consideration of responses in ex partereexamination.Conduct of ex parte reexaminationproceedings.Scope of reexamination in ex partereexamination proceedings.Information material to patentability in exparte reexamination and inter partesreexamination proceedings.Interviews in ex parte reexaminationproceedings.Concurrent office proceedings whichinclude an ex parte reexaminationproceeding.R-8Extension of patent term due toexamination delay under the UruguayRound Agreements Act (originalapplications, other than designs, filed onor after June 8, 1995, and before May 29,2000).
CONSOLIDATED PATENT RULES - JANUARY 2022 41.7041.7041.7051.705Grounds for adjustment of patent term dueto examination delay under the PatentTerm Guarantee Act of 1999 (originalapplications, other than designs, filed onor after May 29, 2000).(pre-2013-04-01) Grounds for adjustmentof patent term due to examination delayunder the Patent Term Guarantee Act of1999 (original applications, other thandesigns, filed on or after May 29, 2000).Period of adjustment of patent term due toexamination delay.(2012-09-17 thru 2013-03-31) Period ofadjustment of patent term due toexamination delay.(pre-2012-09-17) Period of adjustment ofpatent term due to examination delay.Reduction of period of adjustment of patentterm.(2015-03-10 thru 2020-07-15) Reductionof period of adjustment of patent term.(2013-12-18 thru 2015-03-09) Reductionof period of adjustment of patent term.(2012-09-17 thru 2013-12-17) Reductionof period of adjustment of patent term.(pre-2013-03-31) Reduction of period ofadjustment of patent term.(pre-2012-09-17) Reduction of period ofadjustment of patent term.Patent term adjustment determination.(pre-2013-04-01) Patent term .7781.7791.7801.7851.7901.791Biotechnology Invention DisclosuresDEPOSIT OF BIOLOGICAL 081.809EXTENSION OF PATENT TERM DUE TOREGULATORY REVIEW1.7101.7201.7301.7401.7411.7501.760Duty of disclosure in patent term extensionproceedings.Express withdrawal of application forextension of patent term.Calculation of patent term extension for ahuman drug, antibiotic drug, or humanbiological product.Calculation of patent term extension for afood additive or color additive.Calculation of patent term extension for amedical device.Calculation of patent term extension foran animal drug product.Calculation of patent term extension for aveterinary biological product.Certificate or order of extension of patentterm.Multiple applications for extension of termof the same patent or of different patentsfor the same regulatory review period fora product.Interim extension of patent term under 35U.S.C. 156(d)(5).Termination of interim extension grantedprior to regulatory approval of a productfor commercial marketing or use.Patents subject to extension of the patentterm.Conditions for extension of patent term.Applicant for extension of patent term;signature requirements.Formal requirements for application forextension of patent term; correction ofinformalities.Complete application given a filing date;petition procedure.Determination of eligibility for extensionof patent term.Interim extension of patent term under 35U.S.C. 156(e)(2).Biological material.Need or opportunity to make a deposit.Acceptable depository.Time of making an original deposit.Replacement or supplement of deposit.Term of deposit.Viability of deposit.Furnishing of samples.Examination procedures.APPLICATION DISCLOSURES CONTAININGNUCLEOTIDE AND/OR AMINO ACID SEQUENCES1.8211.8221.823R-9Nucleotide and/or amino acid sequencedisclosures in patent applications.Symbols and format to be used fornucleotide and/or amino acid sequencedata.Requirements for content of a “SequenceListing” part of the specification.January 2022
MANUAL OF PATENT EXAMINING PROCEDURE1.8241.825Form and format for a nucleotide and/oramino acid sequence submissions as anASCII plain text fileAmendments to add or replace a "SequenceListing" and CRF copy thereof.1.9351.9371.9391.941Inter Partes Reexamination of Patents That Issued Froman Original Application Filed in the United States on orAfter November 29, 19991.943PRIOR ART CITATIONS1.945Sec.1.902Processing of prior art citations during aninter partes reexamination proceeding.1.947REQUIREMENTS FOR INTER PARTESREEXAMINATION 91.9231.9251.9271.948Service of papers on parties in inter partesreexamination.Notice of inter partes reexamination inOfficial Gazette.Submission of papers by the public in interpartes reexamination.Scope of reexamination in inter partesreexamination proceeding.Inter partes reexamination prohibited.Persons eligible to file, and time for filing,a request for inter partes reexamination.Content of request for inter partesreexamination.Filing date of request for inter partesreexamination.Examiner’s determination on the requestfor inter partes reexamination.Partial refund if request for inter partesreexamination is not ordered.Petition to review refusal to order interpartes reexamination.1.9491.9511.953INTERVIEWS PROHIBITED IN INTER PARTESREEXAMINATION1.9551.9561.9571.958Order for inter partes reexamination.INFORMATION DISCLOSURE IN INTER PARTESREEXAMINATION1.933Patent owner extensions of time in interpartes reexamination.Failure to file a timely, appropriate orcomplete response or comment in interpartes reexamination.Petition to revive inter partesreexamination prosecution terminated forlack of patent owner response.APPEAL TO THE PATENT TRIAL AND APPEALBOARD IN INTER PARTES REEXAMINATIONPatent owner duty of disclosure in interpartes reexamination proceedings.1.9591.9611.979OFFICE ACTIONS AND RESPONSES (BEFORE THEEXAMINER) IN INTER PARTES REEXAMINATIONJanuary 2022Interviews prohibited in inter partesreexamination proceedings.EXTENSIONS OF TIME, TERMINATING OFREEXAMINATION PROSECUTION, ANDPETITIONS TO REVIVE IN INTER PARTESREEXAMINATIONINTER PARTES REEXAMINATION OF PATENTS1.931Initial Office action usually accompaniesorder for inter partes reexamination.Conduct of inter partes reexamination.Unauthorized papers in inter partesreexaminationAmendments by patent owner in interpartes reexamination.Requirements of responses, writtencomments, and briefs in inter partesreexamination.Response to Office action by patent ownerin inter partes reexamination.Comments by third party requester topatent owner’s response in inter partesreexamination.Limitations on submission of prior art bythird party requester following the orderfor inter partes reexamination.Examiner’s Office action closingprosecution in inter partes reexamination.Options after Office action closingprosecution in inter partes reexamination.Examiner’s Right of Appeal Notice in interpartes reexamination.R-10Appeal in inter partes reexamination.- 1.977 [Reserved]Return of Jurisdiction from the PatentTrial and Appeal Board; termination ofappeal proceedings.
CONSOLIDATED PATENT RULES - JANUARY 2022 UPDATE1.981Reopening after a final decision of thePatent Trial and Appeal Board.1.1012 Applicant’s Contracting Party.THE INTERNATIONAL DESIGN APPLICATIONAPPEAL TO THE UNITED STATES COURT OFAPPEALS FOR THE FEDERAL CIRCUIT IN INTERPARTES REEXAMINATION1.9831.1021 Contents of the international designapplication.1.1022 Form and signature.1.1023 Filing date of an international designapplication in the United States.1.1024 The description.1.1025 The claim.1.1026 Reproductions.1.1027 Specimens.1.1028 Deferment of publication.Appeal to the United States Court ofAppeals for the Federal Circuit in interpartes reexamination.CONCURRENT PROCEEDINGS INVOLVING SAMEPATENT IN INTER PARTES ation of prior or concurrentproceedings in inter partes reexamination.Suspension of inter partes reexaminationproceeding due to litigation.Merger of concurrent reexaminationproceedings.Merger of concurrent reissue applicationand inter partes reexamination proceeding.Suspension of concurrent interference andinter partes reexamination proceeding.Third party requester’s participation rightspreserved in merged proceeding.FEES1.1031 International design application fees.REPRESENTATION1.1041 Representation in an international designapplication.1.1042 Correspondence respecting internationaldesign applications filed with the Officeas an office of indirect filing.TRANSMITTAL OF INTERNATIONAL DESIGNAPPLICATION TO THE INTERNATIONAL BUREAUREEXAMINATION CERTIFICATE
PART 1 — RULES OF PRACTICE IN PATENT CASES General Provisions GENERAL INFORMATION AND CORRESPONDENCE Sec. 1.1 Addresses for non-trademark correspondence with the United States Patent and Trademark Office. 1.2 Business to be transacted in writing. 1.3 Business to be conducted with decorum and courtesy. 1.4 Nature of correspondence and signature requirements. 1.5 Identification of patent .
