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USPTO Announces Streamlined Procedure for Appeal Brief Review

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

By Sarah Fendrick -- In a recent notice in the Federal Register (75 Fed. Reg. 15689), the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) introduced a new procedure for the review of appeal briefs. The new procedure aims to provide more efficient review of appeal briefs and to reduce the pendency of appeals. Under the new procedure, appeal briefs will be reviewed by the Chief Judge of the Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences (BPAI) to determine whether the brief is complete prior to being forwarded to the examiner. By having the Chief Judge determine if the brief is compliant will...

Full post as published by Patent Docs on April 12, 2010 (boomark / email).