---
kind: "section"
citation: "37 C.F.R. § 41.81"
title: "37"
number: "41.81"
heading: "Action following decision."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/37/41.81"
---

# §41.81. Action following decision.


The parties to an appeal to the Board may not appeal to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit under [§ 1.983](/cfr/37/1.983.md) of this title until all parties' rights to request rehearing have been exhausted, at which time the decision of the Board is final and appealable by any party to the appeal to the Board.


## 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.