MPEP § 2686 — Notification of Existence of Prior or Concurrent Proceedings and Decisions Thereon
Ninth Edition, Revision 01.2024 · last revised R-01.2024
The Office does not accept requests for inter partes reexamination filed on or after September 16, 2012. See 37 CFR 1.913(b). Guidance on the former practice is available in revision 07.2022 of the 9th Edition of the MPEP.
Contents
- 2686.01 Multiple Copending Reexamination Proceedings
- 2686.02 Copending Reexamination and Interference Proceedings
- 2686.03 Copending Reexamination and Reissue Proceedings
- 2686.04 Reexamination and Litigation Proceedings
- 2686.05 Reexamination and Inter Partes Review Proceedings, Post-Grant Review, and Covered Business Method Patent Review
Cited authority
Cited by
- 1442.02 Concurrent Litigation or Trial Before the Patent Trial and Appeal Board
- 2014 Duty of Disclosure in Reexamination Proceedings and Supplemental Examination
- 2207 Entry of Court Decision in Patent File
- 2280 Information Material to Patentability in Reexamination Proceeding Filed under 35 U.S.C. 302
- 2686.05 Reexamination and Inter Partes Review Proceedings, Post-Grant Review, and Covered Business Method Patent Review