Cross-Appeals in Patent and Trademark Office Disciplinary Proceedings
On July 21, 1993, the Patent and Trademark Office (PTO) proposed amending a rule of practice in practitioner disciplinary proceedings. 58 FR 38994. The proposed rule change provides for a time period for a party to a disciplinary proceeding to file a cross-appeal, after the other party (the respondent or the Director of the Office of Enrollment and Discipline) to the proceeding has appealed from the initial decision of the administrative law judge (ALJ) to the Commissioner. Currently, PTO rules do not provide for such a time period. A party in a disciplinary proceeding may be interested in appealing only if the other party has appealed. Allowing a time period for filing a cross-appeal will give parties to disciplinary cases more flexibility after an initial decision by the administrative [[Page 4396]] law judge and will avoid the necessity of filing contingent appeal simply to preserve rights in the event the other party files an appeal. One comment to the rule change proposed on July 21, 1993, was received suggesting substantive changes. This second notice adopts that suggested change.
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- www.federalregister.gov/documents/1995/01/23/95-1602/cross-appeals-in-patent-and-trademark-office-disciplinary-proceedings (permanent link in the Federal Register, verified 2026-09-30)
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- 1995-01-23
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- USPTO documents published in the Federal Register (Federal Register API)(retrieved 2026-10-06)
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