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USPTO to Hold Public Meeting on January 20th to Discuss Appeals Rules Changes

By Donald Zuhn, Kevin Noonan, Chris Singer, Sherri Oslick, and Jason Derry

By Sarah Fendrick -- The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office published a notice in the Federal Register last month (74 Fed. Reg. 67987) in which the Office announced that it is considering modifications to rules governing the practice before the Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences (BPAI) in ex parte patent appeals. The USPTO had previously solicited public comment in 2007 regarding a proposed rule change for practices before the BPAI in ex parte patent appeals, and the resulting final rule was to become effective on December 10, 2008. Due to a number of factors, the final rule was never...

Full post as published by Patent Docs on January 14, 2010 (boomark / email).