| USPTO P-TACTS (Patent Trial and Appeal Case Tracking System) — case tracking for PTAB AIA trials | Check application status | patent | PTACTS | 2026-10-27 |
| Global Dossier (patent application status across IP offices) | Check application status | patent | | 2026-10-25 |
| After I file a petition, how do I file a follow-on document (e.g., a motion to expunge)? | Check application status | patent | | 2026-10-24 |
| How do I add additional counsel when there are multiple petitioners for the same proceeding? | Check application status | patent | | 2026-10-24 |
| How do I log on to P-TACTS for the first time? | Check application status | patent | | 2026-10-24 |
| What email addresses receive notifications when something happens in a case? | Check application status | patent | | 2026-10-24 |
| Resubmitting a trademark request in Assignment Center | Check application status | both | | 2026-10-06 |
| Signing in to Assignment Center | Check application status | both | | 2026-10-06 |
| Starting a trademark assignment request in Assignment Center | Check application status | both | | 2026-10-06 |
| Am I required to file a §15 Declaration? | Check application status | trademark | | 2026-10-06 |
| Does my registration ever expire? | Check application status | trademark | | 2026-10-06 |
| How do I renew my registered extension of protection? | Check application status | trademark | | 2026-10-06 |
| How do I renew my trademark registration? | Check application status | trademark | | 2026-10-06 |
| How will I know if my §8 Declaration has been accepted? | Check application status | trademark | | 2026-10-06 |
| How will I know if my §9 renewal has been accepted? | Check application status | trademark | | 2026-10-06 |
| If my §8 Declaration of Excusable Nonuse is accepted, do I have to file another §8 Declaration when I resume using the mark? | Check application status | trademark | | 2026-10-06 |
| Is there a fee for filing a post-registration application for renewal? | Check application status | trademark | | 2026-10-06 |
| Is there a fee for filing a Section 15 Declaration? | Check application status | trademark | | 2026-10-06 |
| Is there a form for filing a §15 Declaration? | Check application status | trademark | | 2026-10-06 |
| Is there a form for filing a §71 Declaration? | Check application status | trademark | | 2026-10-06 |
| Is there a form for filing a §8 Declaration? | Check application status | trademark | | 2026-10-06 |
| Is there a form for filing a combined §8 Declaration and a §9 renewal application? | Check application status | trademark | | 2026-10-06 |
| Is there a particular time period for filing a §15 Declaration? | Check application status | trademark | | 2026-10-06 |
| Is there a specific time period for filing a §9 renewal application? | Check application status | trademark | | 2026-10-06 |
| Must I file any other maintenance documents in addition to §71 Declarations? | Check application status | trademark | | 2026-10-06 |
| To what extent does the USPTO examine a Claim of Incontestability under §15? | Check application status | trademark | | 2026-10-06 |
| What are the process steps and time frames for maintaining trademark registrations? | Check application status | trademark | | 2026-10-06 |
| What is a §15 Declaration? | Check application status | trademark | | 2026-10-06 |
| What is a §8 Declaration of Continued Use? | Check application status | trademark | | 2026-10-06 |
| What is a Declaration of Excusable Nonuse? | Check application status | trademark | | 2026-10-06 |
| What is a section 71 Declaration of Continued Use? | Check application status | trademark | | 2026-10-06 |
| What is an "incontestable" registration? | Check application status | trademark | | 2026-10-06 |
| What is the fee for filing a post-registration Section 8 declaration? | Check application status | trademark | | 2026-10-06 |
| What must I include in a §15 Declaration? | Check application status | trademark | | 2026-10-06 |
| What must I include in a §8 Declaration? | Check application status | trademark | | 2026-10-06 |
| What must I include in a §9 renewal application? | Check application status | trademark | | 2026-10-06 |
| What specific type of information must I include in a §8 Declaration of Excusable Nonuse? | Check application status | trademark | | 2026-10-06 |
| When must I file a §71 Declaration? | Check application status | trademark | | 2026-10-06 |
| When must I file a §8 Declaration? | Check application status | trademark | | 2026-10-06 |
| Where can I learn more about Excusable Nonuse? | Check application status | trademark | | 2026-10-06 |
| Who may sign a §15 Declaration? | Check application status | trademark | | 2026-10-06 |
| Who may sign a §8 Declaration? | Check application status | trademark | | 2026-10-06 |
| Will my registration be cancelled if I do not file a §8 Declaration? | Check application status | trademark | | 2026-10-06 |
| After I file a petition, how much times passes before I learn if a trial is instituted? How much time until I learn the results of a trial? | Check application status | patent | | 2026-10-06 |
| Are conference calls that I handled in front of the PTAB “substantive” oral arguments when determining LEAP eligibility? | Check application status | patent | | 2026-10-06 |
| Are there any naming conventions for documents or character restrictions? | Check application status | patent | | 2026-10-06 |
| As a petitioner for a derivation proceeding, should I file my application in P-TACTS? | Check application status | patent | | 2026-10-06 |
| Can a hearing be rescheduled? | Check application status | patent | | 2026-10-06 |
| Can a LEAP practitioner participate in an oral hearing for an appeal that is part of the Fast-Track Appeals Pilot Program? | Check application status | patent | | 2026-10-06 |
| Can a patent owner/respondent file a power of attorney appointing a new attorney in a proceeding? | Check application status | patent | | 2026-10-06 |
| Can a patent owner/respondent identify the attorney of record in the subject patent or application as the lead or back-up counsel in the proceeding? | Check application status | patent | | 2026-10-06 |
| Can a petitioner file mandatory notices in a separate document? | Check application status | patent | | 2026-10-06 |
| Can a power of attorney using a customer number be submitted in a proceeding? | Check application status | patent | | 2026-10-06 |
| Can an applicant file more than one appeal? | Check application status | patent | | 2026-10-06 |
| Can an inventor appear pro se as the patent owner/respondent in a proceeding? | Check application status | patent | | 2026-10-06 |
| Can an oral hearing fee be refunded? | Check application status | patent | | 2026-10-06 |
| Can an organization (e.g., corporation) appear pro se as the patent owner/respondent in a proceeding? | Check application status | patent | | 2026-10-06 |
| Can claim charts include claim constructions, arguments, and explanations as to how the claims are unpatentable? (revised - February 11, 2014) | Check application status | patent | | 2026-10-06 |
| Can I appeal an objection? | Check application status | patent | | 2026-10-06 |
| Can I bring a witness to a hearing? | Check application status | patent | | 2026-10-06 |
| Can I contact the judges for help with an appeal? | Check application status | patent | | 2026-10-06 |
| Can I download information in bulk from P-TACTS? | Check application status | patent | | 2026-10-06 |
| Can I file a petition seeking an inter partes review of a plant patent? | Check application status | patent | | 2026-10-06 |
| Can I file a Request for Continued Examination (RCE) during my appeal? | Check application status | patent | | 2026-10-06 |
| Can I have an interview with the examiner after filing a notice of appeal? | Check application status | patent | | 2026-10-06 |
| Can I include claim charts in my petition? | Check application status | patent | | 2026-10-06 |
| Can I pay the fees in P-TACTS using multiple forms of payment? | Check application status | patent | | 2026-10-06 |
| Can I pay the fees in P-TACTS using multiple forms of payment? | Check application status | patent | | 2026-10-06 |
| Can I present a PowerPoint presentation at the hearing? | Check application status | patent | | 2026-10-06 |
| Can I present an oral argument (oral hearing) for my appeal? | Check application status | patent | | 2026-10-06 |
| Can I request a video or telephonic hearing? | Check application status | patent | | 2026-10-06 |
| Can I share my user ID with my paralegals or other attorneys in my organization? | Check application status | patent | | 2026-10-06 |
| Can I submit more than one petition? | Check application status | patent | | 2026-10-06 |
| Can I use P-TACTS to search for a proceeding without registering? | Check application status | patent | | 2026-10-06 |
| Can my patent be challenged after it is issued? | Check application status | patent | | 2026-10-06 |
| Can the Board raise new grounds of rejection in an appeal decision? | Check application status | patent | | 2026-10-06 |
| Can the examiner make a new rejection in their answer? | Check application status | patent | | 2026-10-06 |
| Can the parties settle and conclude the trial? | Check application status | patent | | 2026-10-06 |
| Can the parties to a derivation proceeding settle the issues? | Check application status | patent | | 2026-10-06 |
| Do I file documents for an appeal with the Board? | Check application status | patent | | 2026-10-06 |
| Do I have to file a reply brief? | Check application status | patent | | 2026-10-06 |
| Do judges presume anything about the importance of an issue based on a party’s decision to use a LEAP practitioner? | Check application status | patent | | 2026-10-06 |
| Does metadata remain in a file after it is uploaded to P-TACTS? | Check application status | patent | | 2026-10-06 |
| Does the examiner have to enter a reply brief that is filed in compliance with § 41.41? | Check application status | patent | | 2026-10-06 |
| Does the one-year statutory bar under 35 U.S.C. 315(b) apply if I file a request for joinder with an inter partes review petition? | Check application status | patent | | 2026-10-06 |
| For a challenged patent, will Patent Center show whether a petition has been filed or a decision on the petition has been granted? | Check application status | patent | | 2026-10-06 |
| How are derivation proceedings different from other AIA proceedings? | Check application status | patent | | 2026-10-06 |
| How can I associate my USPTO registration number with my P-TACTS account? | Check application status | patent | | 2026-10-06 |
| How can I check whether I filed a document properly? | Check application status | patent | | 2026-10-06 |
| How can I file an appeal? | Check application status | patent | | 2026-10-06 |
| How can I obtain a LEAP Practitioner Request for Oral Hearing Participation and Verification Form? | Check application status | patent | | 2026-10-06 |
| How can I search for AIA proceedings? | Check application status | patent | | 2026-10-06 |
| How can I withdraw my appeal? | Check application status | patent | | 2026-10-06 |
| How can LEAP practitioners participate in other aspects of cases beyond oral hearings? | Check application status | patent | | 2026-10-06 |
| How do I enter a foreign address in P-TACTS? | Check application status | patent | | 2026-10-06 |
| How do I file a confidential settlement agreement? | Check application status | patent | | 2026-10-06 |
| How do I file a notice of appeal? | Check application status | patent | | 2026-10-06 |
| How do I file a Notice of Appeal? | Check application status | patent | | 2026-10-06 |
| How do I file a petition for a derivation proceeding in P-TACTS? | Check application status | patent | | 2026-10-06 |
| How do I file an appeal? | Check application status | patent | | 2026-10-06 |
| How do I file or waive a patent owner preliminary response? | Check application status | patent | | 2026-10-06 |
| How do I file other documents (e.g., a motion to seal or proposed protective order)? | Check application status | patent | | 2026-10-06 |
| How do I file papers in an AIA trial? | Check application status | patent | | 2026-10-06 |
| How do I indicate that the record of a derivation proceeding should not be available to the public? | Check application status | patent | | 2026-10-06 |
| How do I know the Board received my appeal? | Check application status | patent | | 2026-10-06 |
| How do I know when to file other briefs (after institution of a trial)? | Check application status | patent | | 2026-10-06 |
| How do I know which judges will decide my appeal? | Check application status | patent | | 2026-10-06 |
| How do I receive notifications to a shared docketing email address? | Check application status | patent | | 2026-10-06 |
| How do I request a consolidation of multiple proceedings involving the same patent (e.g., a reexamination and an inter partes review) ? (revised - May 28, 2013) | Check application status | patent | | 2026-10-06 |
| How do I request a hearing? | Check application status | patent | | 2026-10-06 |
| How do I request a joinder? | Check application status | patent | | 2026-10-06 |
| How do I seek a waiver of the 15-page limit for a request for rehearing? | Check application status | patent | | 2026-10-06 |
| How do I submit additional documents with a petition? | Check application status | patent | | 2026-10-06 |
| How do I transfer my docket to a new email address? | Check application status | patent | | 2026-10-06 |
| How do I update my P-TACTS email address? | Check application status | patent | | 2026-10-06 |
| How do I view the status of submitted motions or rehearing requests? | Check application status | patent | | 2026-10-06 |
| How do I waive a patent owner preliminary response in P-TACTS? | Check application status | patent | | 2026-10-06 |
| How does a patent owner inform the Board that they want to participate in an AIA Review proceeding and provide mandatory notice information under § 42.8? | Check application status | patent | | 2026-10-06 |
| How does a Technology Center Director, or his or her designee, indicate approval of a new ground of rejection (or a supplemental examiner's answer)? | Check application status | patent | | 2026-10-06 |
| How does the Patent Trial and Appeal Board handle conflicting case law? | Check application status | patent | | 2026-10-06 |
| How is the LEAP eligibility criteria of “seven or fewer years of experience as a licensed attorney or registered agent” interpreted? | Check application status | patent | | 2026-10-06 |
| How long do I have to file a reply brief? | Check application status | patent | | 2026-10-06 |
| How long does an appeal take and can it be expedited? | Check application status | patent | | 2026-10-06 |
| How long is a LEAP Verification Form and Request for Oral Hearing Participation valid? Must a new form and request be submitted for each requested LEAP argument? | Check application status | patent | | 2026-10-06 |
| How long will an initiated petition be saved for future filing? | Check application status | patent | | 2026-10-06 |
| How many cases can I view on My Docket? | Check application status | patent | | 2026-10-06 |
| How much time does a patent owner have to file a response and/or amendment after review is instituted? | Check application status | patent | | 2026-10-06 |
| How should I number exhibits? | Check application status | patent | | 2026-10-06 |
| How should the examiner treat a request to reopen prosecution under § 41.39(b)(1) that is accompanied by a non-responsive reply? | Check application status | patent | | 2026-10-06 |
| How will the Board review petitions for statutory and regulatory compliance? | Check application status | patent | | 2026-10-06 |
| I am admitted to practice before the USPTO pro hac vice. Am I eligible to be a LEAP practitioner? | Check application status | patent | | 2026-10-06 |
| I am law student, but not licensed with the patent bar or as an attorney. Am I eligible to participate in the LEAP program? | Check application status | patent | | 2026-10-06 |
| I filed a request for rehearing of the Board's decision. Can I file a Request for Continued Examination (RCE) before the decision on my Request for Rehearing? | Check application status | patent | | 2026-10-06 |
| I just became aware of a related court proceeding/appeal/interference, how can I notify the Board? | Check application status | patent | | 2026-10-06 |
| I practiced law in a non-patent field for 10 years, then switched to patent law and became a registered patent attorney. Does the 7 years start on the day I began practicing law or the day I registered with the patent bar? | Check application status | patent | | 2026-10-06 |
| If a notice of appeal is filed on or after the effective date of September 13, 2004, would extensions of time under § 1.136(a) be required when a Request for Continued Examination (RCE) under § 1.114 or an amendment is filed after two months from the da | Check application status | patent | | 2026-10-06 |
| If a petition is incomplete, how much time do I get to complete it? | Check application status | patent | | 2026-10-06 |
| If a reply brief is filed in response to an examiner's answer that includes a new ground of rejection, can the examiner provide a supplemental examiner's answer to respond to any new issue raised in the reply brief? Can the appellant request that prosecut | Check application status | patent | | 2026-10-06 |
| If all of the claims under appeal are subject to the new ground of rejection provided in the examiner's answer and appellant fails to file a reply in compliance under § 1.111 or a reply brief within the time period set forth in § 41.39(b), | Check application status | patent | | 2026-10-06 |
| If an amendment is filed with a notice of appeal after a second non-final Office action (and not a final rejection), which rule applies to the amendment? | Check application status | patent | | 2026-10-06 |
| If appellant alleges that a rejection in an examiner's answer is a new ground of rejection, but the examiner did not designate the rejection as a new ground of rejection, can the appellant file a petition under § 1.181 for the TC Director's supervisory | Check application status | patent | | 2026-10-06 |
| If appellant files an amendment, a notice of appeal and an appeal brief on the same date after the mailing of a final action, which rule applies to determine whether such an amendment may be admitted? | Check application status | patent | | 2026-10-06 |
| If at least one of the claims in a patent application is rejected for the second time but not finally rejected in a non-final Office action, can applicant appeal the rejections set forth in the non-final Office action by filing a notice of appeal? | Check application status | patent | | 2026-10-06 |
| If I am filing two petitions challenging the same patent, should I use the same exhibit numbers in both cases? | Check application status | patent | | 2026-10-06 |
| If I do not file a reply brief, is there anything else I must do before my appeal is submitted to the Board? | Check application status | patent | | 2026-10-06 |
| If I filed an incomplete petition with a payment of the appropriate fees and decided not to correct the petition, can I request a refund of the fees? | Check application status | patent | | 2026-10-06 |
| If I filed an IPR petition may I request a refund of the post-institution fee paid if the Board decides not to institute a review? | Check application status | patent | | 2026-10-06 |
| If I paid the base petition fee for a petition that challenges 25 patent claims but failed to pay the excess claims fees upon filing, will the petition be accorded a filing date? | Check application status | patent | | 2026-10-06 |
| If I win on appeal, do I get a patent immediately? | Check application status | patent | | 2026-10-06 |
| If my petition is already filed, how do I fix an error? | Check application status | patent | | 2026-10-06 |
| If P-TACTS is down, may I file a petition or other documents via email or mail? | Check application status | patent | | 2026-10-06 |
| If the Board institutes a trial, will all challenged claims and grounds asserted in the petition be at issue? | Check application status | patent | | 2026-10-06 |
| If the correspondence address of record for the subject patent or application is not up to date, can the petitioner serve the petition on the patent owner at a different address? | Check application status | patent | | 2026-10-06 |
| If the patent owner/respondent's real party in interest is different than the assignee of record in the subject patent or application, can the patent owner/respondent submit the new assignment with the identification of the real party in interest? | Check application status | patent | | 2026-10-06 |
| If the wrong document is submitted, can it be deleted through the P-TACTS interface? | Check application status | patent | | 2026-10-06 |
| If there is a change in the real party in interest after the brief is filed, how can I notify the Board about it? | Check application status | patent | | 2026-10-06 |
| If there is a recent decision made public after the brief is filed, how can I notify the Board about it? | Check application status | patent | | 2026-10-06 |
| Is a patent owner required to file a preliminary response to a petition? | Check application status | patent | | 2026-10-06 |
| Is full text document search available in P-TACTS? | Check application status | patent | | 2026-10-06 |
| Is there a deadline for filing a derivation petition? | Check application status | patent | | 2026-10-06 |
| Is there a hearing in every trial? | Check application status | patent | | 2026-10-06 |
| Is there a limit to the number of documents that can be uploaded per filing? | Check application status | patent | | 2026-10-06 |
| Is there a minimum amount of time for which the LEAP practitioner must speak in order to receive the extra 15 minutes of argument time? | Check application status | patent | | 2026-10-06 |
| Is there a timing deadline to file a petition? | Check application status | patent | | 2026-10-06 |
| Is there a word count limit for the petition? | Check application status | patent | | 2026-10-06 |
| Is there any application programming interface (API) access to PTAB? | Check application status | patent | | 2026-10-06 |
| May a party request rehearing of the final written decision? | Check application status | patent | | 2026-10-06 |
| May a party submit supplemental information after one month from institution? | Check application status | patent | | 2026-10-06 |
| May a patent owner challenge the standing of a petitioner in the preliminary response? | Check application status | patent | | 2026-10-06 |
| May an attorney who is not designated as lead or back-up counsel take a deposition of a witness or represent a witness at a deposition in an AIA proceeding? (new - July 25, 2013) | Check application status | patent | | 2026-10-06 |
| May I include merely the instituted grounds in my petition with a motion for joinder? | Check application status | patent | | 2026-10-06 |
| May I request additional oral argument time in an AIA proceeding if the opposing party has a LEAP practitioner involved in the oral hearing, but I do not? | Check application status | patent | | 2026-10-06 |
| May I submit a redacted version of a document that contains non-useful personal confidential information? | Check application status | patent | | 2026-10-06 |
| Should I list in my petition other related inter partes reviews, post-grant reviews, or covered business method patent reviews? (new - May 28, 2013) | Check application status | patent | | 2026-10-06 |
| What are appellant's options if the Examiner's Answer includes new grounds of rejection? | Check application status | patent | | 2026-10-06 |
| What are some examples of a new issue raised in a reply brief which would provide the examiner the option to file a supplemental examiner's answer? | Check application status | patent | | 2026-10-06 |
| What are the fees for filing a petition? | Check application status | patent | | 2026-10-06 |
| What are the privileges and responsibilities for each user role? | Check application status | patent | | 2026-10-06 |
| What are the requirements for filing a petition for a derivation proceeding? | Check application status | patent | | 2026-10-06 |
| What are the sources of authority that apply to AIA trials? | Check application status | patent | | 2026-10-06 |
| What does the institution decision include? | Check application status | patent | | 2026-10-06 |
| What does the LEAP eligibility requirement of fewer than three “substantive” oral argument appearances in a federal tribunal mean? | Check application status | patent | | 2026-10-06 |
| What font size should I use in my documents? | Check application status | patent | | 2026-10-06 |
| What happens if I lose on appeal? | Check application status | patent | | 2026-10-06 |
| What happens if the appellant fails to respond to a new ground of rejection in the Examiner's Answer? | Check application status | patent | | 2026-10-06 |
| What happens if the applicant does make a showing that there is good and sufficient reasons for entry of an affidavit or other evidence filed after a notice of appeal but prior to the appeal brief, but the affidavit or other evidence only removes one of t | Check application status | patent | | 2026-10-06 |
| What happens if the parties disagree on the conduct of the AIA trial? | Check application status | patent | | 2026-10-06 |
| What happens to a petition for a derivation proceeding after it is filed? | Check application status | patent | | 2026-10-06 |
| What heading should I use on the first page of papers filed in a case? | Check application status | patent | | 2026-10-06 |
| What information is required to register? | Check application status | patent | | 2026-10-06 |
| What information must a petitioner include in a petition? | Check application status | patent | | 2026-10-06 |
| What is a docketing notice? | Check application status | patent | | 2026-10-06 |
| What is an appeal? | Check application status | patent | | 2026-10-06 |
| What is inter partes review and when is it available? | Check application status | patent | | 2026-10-06 |
| What is the megabyte limit for a document upload? | Check application status | patent | | 2026-10-06 |
| What is the page limit on a request for rehearing? | Check application status | patent | | 2026-10-06 |
| What is the Patent Trial and Appeal Board doing to provide a level playing field in their trials involving independent inventors and small companies? | Check application status | patent | | 2026-10-06 |
| What is the purpose of LEAP? | Check application status | patent | | 2026-10-06 |
| What payment system is P-TACTS connected to? | Check application status | patent | | 2026-10-06 |
| What statutory bases can be asserted in each AIA proceeding? | Check application status | patent | | 2026-10-06 |