Rules of Practice Before the Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences
The Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Director of the United States Patent and Trademark Office proposes changes to the rules governing practice before the Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences to consolidate and simplify such rules and to reflect developments in case law, legislation, and administrative practice.
- Task
- Read the news
- Patent or trademark
- both
- Legacy system
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- Current entry point
- www.federalregister.gov/documents/2003/11/26/03-29154/rules-of-practice-before-the-board-of-patent-appeals-and-interferences (permanent link in the Federal Register, verified 2026-09-30)
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- Published
- 2003-11-26
- Document type
- Proposed Rule
- Source
- USPTO documents published in the Federal Register (Federal Register API)(retrieved 2026-10-06)
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