The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has proposed revising its patent reexamination process by creating an optional inter partes proceeding. The new inter partes reexamination rules implement provisions of the American Investors Protection Act of 1999, and would apply to patents that issue from original applications filed on or after Nov. 29, 1999.
April 14, 2000 at 12:00 AM
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The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (PTO) has proposed revising its patent re-examination process by creating an optional inter partes proceeding, the agency announced April 6 [www.uspto.gov.]
The new practice rules implement the provisions of the American Inventors Protection Act of 1999 with regard to both inter partes and ex parte reexamination.
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