Practice Guide for Proposed Trial Rules
The Leahy-Smith America Invents Act 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. The Leahy-Smith America Invents Act also requires the United States Patent and Trademark Office (Office or USPTO) to promulgate rules specific to each proceeding. In separate rulemakings elsewhere in this issue and in the February 10, 2012, issue of the Federal Register, the Office proposes rules relating to Board trial practice for the new proceedings. The Office publishes in this document a practice guide for the proposed trial rules to advise the public on the general framework of the proposed 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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- Current entry point
- www.federalregister.gov/documents/2012/02/09/2012-2523/practice-guide-for-proposed-trial-rules (permanent link in the Federal Register, verified 2026-09-30)
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- Published
- 2012-02-09
- Document type
- Proposed Rule
- Source
- USPTO documents published in the Federal Register (Federal Register API)(retrieved 2026-10-06)
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Related entry points
- 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
- Amendments to the Rules of Practice for Trials Before the Patent Trial and Appeal Board; Correction
- Changes to Implement Inter Partes Review Proceedings, Post-Grant Review Proceedings, and Transitional Program for Covered Business Method Patents
- 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 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
- Changes to the Claim Construction Standard for Interpreting Claims in Trial Proceedings Before the Patent Trial and Appeal Board
- Rule on Attorney-Client Privilege for Trials Before the Patent Trial and Appeal Board
- Transitional Program for Covered Business Method Patents-Definitions of Covered Business Method Patent and Technological Invention
- Transitional Program for Covered Business Method Patents-Definition of Technological Invention
- Patents for Humanity Program
- Rule Recognizing Privileged Communications Between Clients and Patent Practitioners at the Patent Trial and Appeal Board