---
kind: "section"
citation: "37 C.F.R. § 41.103"
title: "37"
number: "41.103"
heading: "Jurisdiction over involved files."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/37/41.103"
---

# §41.103. Jurisdiction over involved files.


The Board acquires jurisdiction over any involved file when the Board initiates a contested case. Other proceedings for the involved file within the Office are suspended except as the Board may order.


## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 35 U.S.C. 2(b)(2), 3(a)(2)(A), 21, 23, 32, 41, 134, 135, and Public Law 112-29.

### Source

Source: 69 FR 50003, Aug. 12, 2004, unless otherwise noted.