§1.913. Persons eligible to file, and time for filing, a request for inter partes reexamination.
37 C.F.R. § 1.913
Except as provided for in § 1.907 and in paragraph (b) of this section, any person other than the patent owner or its privies may, at any time during the period of enforceability of a patent which issued from an original application filed in the United States on or after November 29, 1999, file a request for inter partes reexamination by the Office of any claim of the patent on the basis of prior art patents or printed publications cited under § 1.501.
Any request for an inter partes reexamination submitted on or after September 16, 2012, will not be accorded a filing date, and any such request will not be granted.
Notes, amendments, and revision history
Amendments
[76 FR 59057, Sept. 23, 2011]
Source
Source: 65 FR 76777, Dec. 7, 2000, unless otherwise noted.
Authority
Authority: 35 U.S.C. 2(b)(2), unless otherwise noted.
Source
Source: 24 FR 10332, Dec. 22, 1959, unless otherwise noted.
Amendments
[76 FR 59057, Sept. 23, 2011]