37 CFR 42.3: Jurisdiction
Taken from the Ninth Edition of the MPEP, Revision 08.2017, Last Revised in January 2018
42.3 Jurisdiction.
- (a) The Board may exercise exclusive jurisdiction within the Office over every involved application and patent during the proceeding, as the Board may order.
- (b) A petition to institute a trial must be filed with the Board consistent with any time period required by statute.
[Added, 77 FR 48612, Aug. 14, 2012, effective Sept. 16, 2012]