37 CFR 41.101 — Notice of proceeding

Ninth Edition, Revision 01.2024

• (a) Notice of a contested case will be sent to every party to the proceeding. The entry of the notice initiates the proceeding.
• (b) When the Board is unable to provide actual notice of a contested case on a party through the correspondence address of record for the party, the Board may authorize other modes of notice, including:
  • (1) Sending notice to another address associated with the party, or
  • (2) Publishing the notice in the Official Gazette of the United States Patent and Trademark Office.

[Added, 69 FR 49959, Aug. 12, 2004, effective Sept. 13, 2004]