MPEP Section 1906, Supervisory Review of an Examiner's Decision Adverse to Protestor

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This document contains Section 1906 ("Supervisory Review of an Examiner's Decision Adverse to Protestor ") of the Manual of Patent Examining Procedure (the "M.P.E.P."), Eighth Edition, Eighth Revision (July 2010). This page was last updated in January 2011. You may return to the section index to find a particular section. Alternatively, you may search the MPEP using the search box that appears on the left side of every page of BitLaw--you may restrict your search to the MPEP on the search results page.

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1906 Supervisory Review of an Examiner's Decision Adverse to Protestor [R-3]

As pointed out in MPEP § 1901.07, a protestor cannot appeal to the Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences from an adverse decision of the examiner. Further, a decision by >the< examiner adverse to a protestor is final, and under the restricted protestor participation permitted under 37 CFR 1.291(*>d<) is not petitionable to the * >Director<.