§42.220. Patent owner response.
37 C.F.R. § 42.220
Scope. A patent owner may file a single response to the petition and/or decision on institution. A patent owner response is filed as an opposition and is subject to the page limits provided in § 42.24.
Due date for response. If no date for filing a patent owner response to a petition is provided in a Board order, the default date for filing a patent owner response is three months from the date the post-grant review is instituted.
Notes, amendments, and revision history
Amendments
[77 FR 48729, Aug. 14, 2012, as amended at 85 FR 79129, Dec. 9, 2020]
Source
Source: 77 FR 48729, Aug. 14, 2012, unless otherwise noted.
Authority
Authority: 35 U.S.C. 2(b)(2), 3, 6, 21, 23, 41, 134, 135, 143, 153, 311, 312, 314, 316, 318, 321-326, 328; Pub. L. 112-29, 125 Stat. 284; and Pub. L. 112-274, 126 Stat. 2456.
Source
Source: 77 FR 48669, Aug. 14, 2012, unless otherwise noted.
Amendments
[77 FR 48729, Aug. 14, 2012, as amended at 85 FR 79129, Dec. 9, 2020]