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37 CFR 1.919: Filing date of request for inter partes reexamination

Taken from the Ninth Edition of the MPEP, Revision 10.2019, Last Revised in June 2020

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Part 1: Rules of Practice in Patent Cases
Subpart H - Inter Partes Reexamination Of Patents That Issued From An Original Application Filed In The United States On Or After November 29, 1999
Requirements For Inter Partes Reexamination Proceedings

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1.919    Filing date of request for inter partes reexamination.

  • (a) The filing date of a request for inter partes reexamination is the date on which the request satisfies all the requirements for the request set forth in § 1.915.
  • (b) If the request is not granted a filing date, the request will be placed in the patent file as a citation of prior art if it complies with the requirements of § 1.501.
[Added, 65 FR 76756, Dec. 7, 2000, effective Feb. 5, 2001; para. (a) revised, 71 FR 9260, Feb. 23, 2006, effective Mar. 27, 2006]