Office Patent Trial Practice Guide
The Leahy-Smith America Invents Act (AIA) establishes several new trial proceedings to be conducted by the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (Board) including inter partes review, post-grant review, the transitional program for covered business method patents, and derivation proceedings. In separate rulemakings, the United States Patent and Trademark Office (Office or USPTO) is revising the rules of practice to implement these provisions of the AIA that provide for the trial proceedings before the Board. The Office publishes in this notice a practice guide for the trial final rules to advise the public on the general framework of the regulations, including the structure and times for taking action in each of the new proceedings.
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- Read the news
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- both
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- Current entry point
- www.federalregister.gov/documents/2012/08/14/2012-17908/office-patent-trial-practice-guide (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
- Practice Guide for Proposed Trial Rules
- 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, Post-Grant Review Proceedings, and Transitional Program for Covered Business Method Patents
- Amendments to the Rules of Practice for Trials Before the Patent Trial and Appeal Board; Correction
- 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
- Rule on Attorney-Client Privilege for Trials Before the Patent Trial and Appeal Board
- Changes To Implement Transitional Program for Covered Business Method Patents
- Motion To Amend Practice and Procedures in Trial Proceedings Under the America Invents Act Before the Patent Trial and Appeal Board
- Rule Recognizing Privileged Communications Between Clients and Patent Practitioners at the Patent Trial and Appeal Board
- Patents for Humanity Program
- Rules Governing Motion To Amend Practice and Procedures in Trial Proceedings Under the America Invents Act Before the Patent Trial and Appeal Board
- Rules of Practice To Allocate the Burden of Persuasion on Motions To Amend in Trial Proceedings Before the Patent Trial and Appeal Board
- Changes to the Claim Construction Standard for Interpreting Claims in Trial Proceedings Before the Patent Trial and Appeal Board