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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 (parts 1 to 5)
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PART 1—RULES OF PRACTICE IN PATENT CASES
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SUBPART H—Inter Partes Reexamination of Patents That Issued From an Original Application Filed in the United States on or After November 29, 1999 (§1.902 to §1.997)
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SUBPART H—Inter Partes Reexamination of Patents That Issued From an Original Application Filed in the United States on or After November 29, 1999 (§1.902 to §1.997)
1.902—Processing of prior art citations during an inter partes reexamination proceeding.
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 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.
1.931—Order for inter partes reexamination.
1.933—Patent owner duty of disclosure in inter partes reexamination proceedings.
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.
1.955—Interviews prohibited in inter partes reexamination proceedings.
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.
1.959—Appeal in inter partes reexamination.
1.979—Return of Jurisdiction from the Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences; termination of appeal proceedings.
1.981—Reopening after a final decision of the Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences.
1.983—Appeal to the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit in inter 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.
1.997—Issuance and publication of inter partes reexamination certificate concludes inter partes reexamination proceeding.
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