1. Regulations
  2. title 37
  3. chapter I
  4. part 42
  5. subpart A
  6. subjgrp 216
  7. § 42.7

View all text of Subjgrp 216 [§ 42.1 - § 42.14]

§ 42.7 - Management of the record.

(a) The Board may expunge any paper directed to a proceeding or filed while an application or patent is under the jurisdiction of the Board that is not authorized under this part or in a Board order or that is filed contrary to a Board order.

(b) The Board may vacate or hold in abeyance any non-Board action directed to a proceeding while an application or patent is under the jurisdiction of the Board unless the action was authorized by the Board.

AUTHORITY: 35 U.S.C. 2(b)(2), 6, 21, 23, 41, 135, 311, 312, 316, 321-326; Pub. L. 112-29, 125 Stat. 284; and Pub. L. 112-274, 126 Stat. 2456.

SOURCE: 77 FR 48669, Aug. 14, 2012, unless otherwise noted.

CITE AS: 37 CFR 42.7