Transitional Program for Covered Business Method Patents-Definitions of Covered Business Method Patent and Technological Invention
The United States Patent and Trademark Office (Office or USPTO) is revising the rules of practice to implement the provision of the Leahy-Smith America Invents Act ("AIA") that requires the Office to issue regulations for determining whether a patent is for a technological invention in a transitional post-grant review proceeding for covered business method patents. The provision of the AIA will take effect on September 16, 2012, one year after the date of enactment. The AIA provides that this provision and any regulations issued under the provision will be repealed on September 16, 2020, with respect to any new petitions under the transitional program.
- Task
- Read the news
- Patent or trademark
- both
- Legacy system
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- Current entry point
- www.federalregister.gov/documents/2012/08/14/2012-17904/transitional-program-for-covered-business-method-patents-definitions-of-covered-business-method (permanent link in the Federal Register, verified 2026-09-30)
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- Published
- 2012-08-14
- Document type
- Rule
- Source
- USPTO documents published in the Federal Register (Federal Register API)(retrieved 2026-10-06)
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Related entry points
- Transitional Program for Covered Business Method Patents-Definition of Technological Invention
- Changes To Implement Transitional Program for Covered Business Method Patents
- Changes to Implement Inter Partes Review Proceedings, Post-Grant Review Proceedings, and Transitional Program for Covered Business Method Patents
- Practice Guide for Proposed Trial Rules
- Revision of Standard for Granting an Inter Partes Reexamination Request
- Changes To Implement Post-Grant Review Proceedings
- Office Patent Trial Practice Guide
- Rules of Practice for Trials Before the Patent Trial and Appeal Board and Judicial Review of Patent Trial and Appeal Board Decisions
- Changes to Implement Inter Partes Review Proceedings
- Revisions To Implement the Patent Term Adjustment Provisions of the Leahy-Smith America Invents Act Technical Corrections Act
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- Rules of Practice for Trials Before the Patent Trial and Appeal Board and Judicial Review of Patent Trial and Appeal Board Decisions
- Amendments to the Rules of Practice for Trials Before the Patent Trial and Appeal Board
- Amendments to the Rules of Practice for Trials Before the Patent Trial and Appeal Board
- Amendments to the Rules of Practice for Trials Before the Patent Trial and Appeal Board
- Changes To Implement Derivation Proceedings