USPTO Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB)
PTAB conducts trials and hears appeals from adverse examiner decisions in patent applications and reexamination proceedings, and renders decisions in interferences.
- Task
- Check application status
- Patent or trademark
- patent
- Legacy system
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- Current entry point
- uspto.gov/patents/ptab (verified 2026-09-24)
- Legacy system and where it moved
- No legacy system name mentioned on the page (verified 2026-09-24)
- Fee
- No fee statement on the page (inquiries need no account) (verified 2026-09-24)
- What you need (account or API key)
- No account required to view; a USPTO.gov account is needed to take part in proceedings (the page links to Create an account, verified 2026-09-24)
- Source
- USPTO Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB)(retrieved 2026-10-06)
Everything in the same category
Check application status (all 241) · patent (all 1090)
Related entry points
- USPTO P-TACTS (Patent Trial and Appeal Case Tracking System) — case tracking for PTAB AIA trials
- What are the sources of authority that apply to AIA trials?
- Guidelines for Assessing Enablement in Utility Applications and Patents in View of the Supreme Court Decision in Amgen Inc. et al. v. Sanofi et al.
- Streamlined Procedure for Appeal Brief Review in Ex Parte Reexamination Proceedings
- Streamlined Procedure for Appeal Brief Review in Inter Partes Reexamination Proceedings
- Clarification on the Procedure for Seeking Review of a Finding of a Substantial New Question of Patentability in Ex Parte Reexamination Proceedings
- What is the Patent Trial and Appeal Board doing to provide a level playing field in their trials involving independent inventors and small companies?
- Changes To Implement the 2002 Inter Partes Reexamination and Other Technical Amendments to the Patent Statute
- Changes to Implement the 2002 Inter Partes Reexamination and Other Technical Amendments to the Patent Statute
- Humanitarian Awards Pilot Program
- What is an appeal?
- Request for Comments on Director Review, Precedential Opinion Panel Review, and Internal Circulation and Review of Patent Trial and Appeal Board Decisions
- Patent Trial and Appeal Board
- Revision of Patent Term Adjustment Provisions Relating to Appellate Review
- Revision of Patent Term Extension and Adjustment Provisions Relating to Appellate Review and Information Disclosure Statements
- Revision of Patent Term Extension and Patent Term Adjustment Provisions Related to Decisions by the Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences