Rules to Implement Optional Inter Partes Reexamination Proceedings
The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (the Office) is amending its rules of practice in patent cases to provide revised procedures for the reexamination of patents and thereby implement certain provisions of the American Inventors Protection Act of 1999. The American Inventors Protection Act of 1999 included an amendment to the Patent Act to authorize the extension of reexamination proceedings via an optional inter partes (multiparty) reexamination procedure in addition to the present ex parte (single party) reexamination procedure as a means for improving the quality of United States patents. The Office intends, through this amendment of its rules, to provide patent owners and the public with guidance on the procedures that the Office will follow in conducting optional inter partes reexamination proceedings in addition to the present ex parte reexamination proceedings. The American Inventors Protection Act of 1999 also made other miscellaneous changes to the Patent Act which relate to reexamination, and it is intended that this amendment of the Office's rules will implement those changes relating to reexamination.
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- 2000-12-07
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- USPTO documents published in the Federal Register (Federal Register API)(retrieved 2026-10-06)
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