35 U.S.C. 318 (pre-AIA) — Stay of litigation
Ninth Edition, Revision 01.2024
[Editor Note: Applicable only to a request for inter partes reexamination filed prior to September 16, 2012.]
Once an order for inter partes reexamination of a patent has been issued under section 313 , the patent owner may obtain a stay of any pending litigation which involves an issue of patentability of any claims of the patent which are the subject of the inter partes reexamination order, unless the court before which such litigation is pending determines that a stay would not serve the interests of justice.
(Added Nov. 29, 1999, Public Law 106-113, sec. 1000(a)(9), 113 Stat. 1501A-570 (S. 1948 sec. 4604(a)).)
Cited authority
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- 1216.01 Appeals to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
- 2201 Introduction
- 2601 Introduction
- 35 U.S.C. 6 Patent Trial and Appeal Board
- 35 U.S.C. 143 Proceedings on appeal
- 35 U.S.C. 321 (note) Post-grant review applicability
- AIA § 18 Transitional program for covered business method patents
- 37 CFR 42.2 Definitions