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SUBPART H—Inter Partes Reexamination of Patents That Issued From an Original Application Filed in the United States on or After November 29, 1999 (§1.902 to §1.997)

• 1.902—Processing of prior art citations during an inter partes reexamination proceeding.
• 1.903—Service of papers on parties in inter partes reexamination.
• 1.904—Notice of inter partes reexamination in Official Gazette.
• 1.905—Submission of papers by the public in inter partes reexamination.
• 1.906—Scope of reexamination in inter partes reexamination proceeding.
• 1.907—Inter partes reexamination prohibited.
• 1.913—Persons eligible to file request for inter partes reexamination.
• 1.915—Content of request for inter partes reexamination.
• 1.919—Filing date of request for inter partes reexamination.
• 1.923—Examiner's determination on the request for inter partes reexamination.
• 1.925—Partial refund if request for inter partes reexamination is not ordered.
• 1.927—Petition to review refusal to order inter partes reexamination.
• 1.931—Order for inter partes reexamination.
• 1.933—Patent owner duty of disclosure in inter partes reexamination proceedings.
• 1.935—Initial Office action usually accompanies order for inter partes reexamination.
• 1.937—Conduct of inter partes reexamination.
• 1.939—Unauthorized papers in inter partes reexamination.
• 1.941—Amendments by patent owner in inter partes reexamination.
• 1.943—Requirements of responses, written comments, and briefs in inter partes reexamination.
• 1.945—Response to Office action by patent owner in inter partes reexamination.
• 1.947—Comments by third party requester to patent owner's response in inter partes reexamination.
• 1.948—Limitations on submission of prior art by third party requester following the order for inter partes reexamination.
• 1.949—Examiner's Office action closing prosecution in inter partes reexamination.
• 1.951—Options after Office action closing prosecution in inter partes reexamination.
• 1.953—Examiner's Right of Appeal Notice in inter partes reexamination.
• 1.955—Interviews prohibited in inter partes reexamination proceedings.
• 1.956—Patent owner extensions of time in inter partes reexamination.
• 1.957—Failure to file a timely, appropriate or complete response or comment in inter partes reexamination.
• 1.958—Petition to revive inter partes reexamination prosecution terminated for lack of patent owner response.
• 1.959—Appeal in inter partes reexamination.
• 1.979—Return of Jurisdiction from the Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences; termination of appeal proceedings.
• 1.981—Reopening after a final decision of the Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences.
• 1.983—Appeal to the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit in inter partes reexamination.
• 1.985—Notification of prior or concurrent proceedings in inter partes reexamination.
• 1.987—Suspension of inter partes reexamination proceeding due to litigation.
• 1.989—Merger of concurrent reexamination proceedings.
• 1.991—Merger of concurrent reissue application and inter partes reexamination proceeding.
• 1.993—Suspension of concurrent interference and inter partes reexamination proceeding.
• 1.995—Third party requester's participation rights preserved in merged proceeding.
• 1.997—Issuance and publication of inter partes reexamination certificate concludes inter partes reexamination proceeding.