---
kind: "section"
citation: "37 C.F.R. § 42.70"
title: "37"
number: "42.70"
heading: "Oral argument."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/37/42.70"
---

# §42.70. Oral argument.

- (a) **Request for oral argument.** A party may request oral argument on an issue raised in a paper at a time set by the Board. The request must be filed as a separate paper and must specify the issues to be argued.
- (b) Demonstrative exhibits must be served at least seven business days before the oral argument and filed no later than the time of the oral argument.

## Notes

### Amendments

[77 FR 48669, Aug. 14, 2012, as amended at 81 FR 18765, Apr. 1, 2016]

### 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 48669, Aug. 14, 2012, as amended at 81 FR 18765, Apr. 1, 2016]