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Title 37 - PATENTS, TRADEMARKS, AND COPYRIGHTSChapter I - UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE, DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCESubchapter A - GENERALPart 1 - RULES OF PRACTICE IN PATENT CASESSubpart H - INTER PARTES REEXAMINATION OF PATENTS THAT ISSUED FROM AN ORIGINAL APPLICATION FILED IN THE UNITED STATES ON OR AFTER NOVEMBER 29, 1999
APPEAL TO THE PATENT TRIAL AND APPEAL BOARD IN INTER PARTES REEXAMINATION
Section 1.981 - Reopening after a final decision of the Patent Trial and Appeal Board

37 C.F.R. § 1.981

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Section 1.981 - Reopening after a final decision of the Patent Trial and Appeal Board

When a decision by the Patent Trial and Appeal Board on appeal has become final for judicial review, prosecution of the inter partes reexamination proceeding will not be reopened or reconsidered by the primary examiner except under the provisions of § 41.77 of this title without the written authority of the Director, and then only for the consideration of matters not already adjudicated, sufficient cause being shown.

37 C.F.R. §1.981

77 FR 46628, Aug. 6, 2012

Part 2 is placed in the separate grouping of parts pertaining to trademarks regulations.

Part 6 is placed in the separate grouping of parts pertaining to trademarks regulations.

Part 7 is placed in the separate grouping of parts pertaining to trademarks regulations.

Part 1 is placed in the separate grouping of parts pertaining to patents regulations.

Part 3 pertaining to both patents and trademarks is placed in the grouping pertaining to patents regulations.

Part 4 is placed in the separate grouping of parts pertaining to patents regulations.

Part 5 is placed in the separate grouping of parts pertaining to patents regulations.