Subpart H. Subpart H—Inter Partes Reexamination of Patents That Issued From an Original Application Filed in the United States on or After November 29, 1999

• Prior Art Citations

  • SECTION § 1.902 - Processing of prior art citations during an inter partes reexamination proceeding.

• Requirements for Inter Partes Reexamination Proceedings

  • SECTION § 1.903 - Service of papers on parties in inter partes reexamination.
  • SECTION § 1.904 - Notice of inter partes reexamination in Official Gazette.
  • SECTION § 1.905 - Submission of papers by the public in inter partes reexamination.
  • SECTION § 1.906 - Scope of reexamination in inter partes reexamination proceeding.
  • SECTION § 1.907 - Inter partes reexamination prohibited.
  • SECTION § 1.913 - Persons eligible to file, and time for filing, a request for inter partes reexamination.
  • SECTION § 1.915 - Content of request for inter partes reexamination.
  • SECTION § 1.919 - Filing date of request for inter partes reexamination.
  • SECTION § 1.923 - Examiner's determination on the request for inter partes reexamination.
  • SECTION § 1.925 - Partial refund if request for inter partes reexamination is not ordered.
  • SECTION § 1.927 - Petition to review refusal to order inter partes reexamination.

• • SECTION § 1.931 - Order for inter partes reexamination.

• Information Disclosure in Inter Partes Reexamination

  • SECTION § 1.933 - Patent owner duty of disclosure in inter partes reexamination proceedings.

• Office Actions and Responses (Before the Examiner) in Inter Partes Reexamination

  • SECTION § 1.935 - Initial Office action usually accompanies order for inter partes reexamination.
  • SECTION § 1.937 - Conduct of inter partes reexamination.
  • SECTION § 1.939 - Unauthorized papers in inter partes reexamination.
  • SECTION § 1.941 - Amendments by patent owner in inter partes reexamination.
  • SECTION § 1.943 - Requirements of responses, written comments, and briefs in inter partes reexamination.
  • SECTION § 1.945 - Response to Office action by patent owner in inter partes reexamination.
  • SECTION § 1.947 - Comments by third party requester to patent owner's response in inter partes reexamination.
  • SECTION § 1.948 - Limitations on submission of prior art by third party requester following the order for inter partes reexamination.
  • SECTION § 1.949 - Examiner's Office action closing prosecution in inter partes reexamination.
  • SECTION § 1.951 - Options after Office action closing prosecution in inter partes reexamination.
  • SECTION § 1.953 - Examiner's Right of Appeal Notice in inter partes reexamination.

• Interviews Prohibited in Inter Partes Reexamination

  • SECTION § 1.955 - Interviews prohibited in inter partes reexamination proceedings.

• Extensions of Time, Terminating of Reexamination Prosecution, and Petitions To Revive in Inter Partes Reexamination

  • SECTION § 1.956 - Patent owner extensions of time in inter partes reexamination.
  • SECTION § 1.957 - Failure to file a timely, appropriate or complete response or comment in inter partes reexamination.
  • SECTION § 1.958 - Petition to revive inter partes reexamination prosecution terminated for lack of patent owner response.

• Appeal to the Patent Trial and Appeal Board in Inter Partes Reexamination

  • SECTION § 1.959 - Appeal in inter partes reexamination.
  • SECTION §§ 1.961-1.977 - §[Reserved]
  • SECTION § 1.979 - Return of Jurisdiction from the Patent Trial and Appeal Board; termination of appeal proceedings.
  • SECTION § 1.981 - Reopening after a final decision of the Patent Trial and Appeal Board.

• Appeal to the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit in Inter Partes Reexamination

  • SECTION § 1.983 - Appeal to the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit in inter partes reexamination.

• Concurrent Proceedings Involving Same Patent in Inter Partes Reexamination

  • SECTION § 1.985 - Notification of prior or concurrent proceedings in inter partes reexamination.
  • SECTION § 1.987 - Suspension of inter partes reexamination proceeding due to litigation.
  • SECTION § 1.989 - Merger of concurrent reexamination proceedings.
  • SECTION § 1.991 - Merger of concurrent reissue application and inter partes reexamination proceeding.
  • SECTION § 1.993 - Suspension of concurrent interference and inter partes reexamination proceeding.
  • SECTION § 1.995 - Third party requester's participation rights preserved in merged proceeding.

• Reexamination Certificate in Inter Partes Reexamination

  • SECTION § 1.997 - Issuance and publication of inter partes reexamination certificate concludes inter partes reexamination proceeding.